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  1. Friendly Warning: All Make-Up Tests & Quizzes Must Be Completed by 5:00 pm on Monday, 21 April 2014

  2. I. K. Dairo (1930-1996) • Nigerian • Late 1950s – nationalism • Pan-Tribal influences (Yoruba) • Talking Drum • Emphasis on Rhythm • Morning Star Orchestra • Blue Spots (1960s) • “Ju ju”

  3. Jújú • Yoruba-based music (tribe of SW Nigeria) • Emerges in 1930s w/ trios - a leader who sang and played the banjo- a shekere bottle-gourd rattle player- a jùjú (tambourine) drummer • 1948 – addition of Yoruba talking drum • King Sunny’s Band (large lineup, up to 16+)5-8 guitars, 2+ Talking drums, synthesizer(s), pedal steel guitar, miscellaneous percussion, 4 or more backup singers • “Jújú Music” (Island Records, 1982) -200,000 copies sold [replacement for Bob Marley]

  4. King Sunny Adé (b. 1946)“Minister of Enjoyment” “Golden Mercury of Africa”

  5. King Sunny and his African Beats

  6. Highlife, JuJu, Afrobeat(Nigerian Pop) • YouTube - Taxi Driver - A Highlife Classic • YouTube - Classic Highlife • YouTube - West African Highlife Band & Nigerian Brothers drum & chants • YouTube - JUJU MUSIC - Performance Documentary Trailer • YouTube - Dele Abiodun- Juju music -Nigeria Yoruba • YouTube - Juju Tempo Tola Osumare • YouTube - I.K. Dairo - Salome (Audio) • YouTube - I.K. Dairo MBE • YouTube - King Sunny Ade (KSA@60) • King Sunny Ade - Ja Funmi (Waka Version) - YouTube • YouTube - King Sunny Ade - Sunny Ti de Ariya (Audio) • YouTube - king sunny ade (AUDIO)

  7. Fela Kuti (1938-1997)

  8. Fela’s life • Middle-Class Nigerian family- Mother – Feminist & Anti-colonialist- Father – Minister & Teacher (Union Pres.) • London (1958) to study medicine, then music • Koola Lobitos (mixes jazz, funk, highlife) • Nigeria (1963-69) radio producer • United States (1969) – influenced by Black Power movement • Bands: Nigeria ’70, Africa ‘70

  9. Fela Kuti at “Kalakuta Republic” • Founded 1970 • Commune, recording studio, home for band • Declares “independence” from Nigeria • 1974 Raid “Expensive Sh—” • 1977 Attack (“Zombie”) – compound destroyed, Fela beaten, Mother killed

  10. Fela’s life • 1978 – marries 27 women (dancers in band) • Accra concert in Ghana (riots after “Zombie”) • 1979 – runs for president of Nigeria (“Movement of the People” Party) • Band: Egypt ‘80 • 1980s – tours (US, Europe, etc.) • 1984 – jailed (currency smuggling) • 1997 – dies of complications of AIDS

  11. Fela’s Music • Afro Beat (his term) – jazz, funk, highlife • Large horn line, African percussion, etc. • Long (10-minute songs) static dance grooves- ostinato patterns- call & response- improvisation • Political lyrics (pan-Africanism) • Sings in Pidgin English (why?)

  12. I no be gentleman at all [repeat 3x][Chorus]I no be gentleman at all o!I be Africa man original [repeat]Them call you, make you come chopYou chop small, you say you belly fullYou say you be gentlemanYou go hungryYou go sufferYou go quenchMe I no be gentleman like that[Chorus]I no be gentleman at all o!I be Africa man original [repeat 2x]You dey go your way, the jeje waySomebody come bring original troubleYou no talk, you no actYou say you be gentlemanYou go sufferYou go tireYou go quenchMe I no be gentleman like that [Chorus]I no be gentleman at all o!I be Africa man original [repeat]Africa hot, I like am soI know what to wear but my friends don't knowHim put him socks, him put him shoeHim put him pant, him put him singletHim put him trouser, him put him shirtHim put him tie, him put him coatHim come cover all with him hatHim be gentlemanHim go sweat all overHim go faint right downHim go smell like sh--Him go p--- for body, him no go knowMe I no be gentleman like that[Chorus]I no be gentleman at all o!I be Africa man original [repeat]|I no be gentleman at all, at allI be Africa man original [repeat] “Gentleman” (1972)

  13. Zombie O' Zombie Zombie no go, unless you tell them to go Zombie no stop, unless you tell them to stop Zombie no go turn, unless you tell them to turn Zombie no go think, unless you tell them to think Zombie O' Zombie Zombie no go, unless you tell them to go Tell them to go straight No break, no job, no sense Tell them to go kill No break, no job, no sense Tell them to go quench [destroy] Without thought of us Go and Kill Go and Die Go and Quench [Destroy] Zombie O' Zombie ATTENTION Zombie O' Zombie Quick march Slow march Left turn Right turn About turn Double time Salute Open your hat Stand at ease Fall in Fall out Fall down Get ready HA-LT OR-DER Zombie O' Zombie Zombie no go, unless you tell them to go DIS-MISS “Zombie” (1976)

  14. Fela on YouTube • YouTube - Lady/Water No Get Enemy by. Fela Kuti • Fela Kuti - Gentleman | HD Remastered – YouTube • Fela Kuti - Zombie – YouTube • Fela in performance (1971) - YouTube • Fela Kuti Live in Berlin - Berliner Jazztage 1978 - YouTube • Compare to James Brown (1970s: “Funk”)“Hardest Working Man in Show Business” - Hardest Working Man in Show Business...James Brown! – YouTube- JAMES BROWN GREATEST DANCE MOVES EVER-THERE WAS A TIME LIVE - YouTube- YouTube - james brown,say it loud i'm black and i'm proud

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