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| West African countries (Francophonic;french) |
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Senegal
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Togo
Benin
Cameroon
Gabon
republic of Congo |
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| West african countries (portuphone; portuguese) |
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| West African countries (Anglophonic; English) |
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Sierra leone
Liberia
Ghana
nigeria |
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| England, france, spain, portugal, neterlands, germany, italy |
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| Many different native languages spoken, even within one country. Practical to speak a European language as a Lingua Franca (common language) |
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| clothing sparse and sometimes semi nudity prevalent. |
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Master Drummer-role of
-leads musicians
-dancers
-built instruments
-teaches drumming
-improvises on this drum |
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Drums:
family of drums
-all tuned differently
-sometimes head made from antelope skin
-Kagan-small to medium with 6in head and high pitched
Kidi-medium Approx 2ft high pitch
Sogo-medium tall approx 26 in with 8in head, many times used as lead drum, lower pitched
atsimevu-tall 4.5ft drum head 9 in |
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| Characteristics of WA dance forms |
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bent knees, body close to earth
-use the foot as a whole in that the weight is shifted immediately from one foot to the other
-isolation of body parts such as head, shoulders, hips, ribcage
-rhytmatically complex and syncopated movement
-carrying as many as 2-3 rhythms in the body at pones
-combining music and dance as a single expression
-functionalism-becoming what you dance the art of real life. |
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