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West African Culture:

West African Culture:. The Oral Tradition. Music. Call and Response is a popular style of West African music Many styles of music like gospel, jazz, rock, and hip-hop are based on call an response. Drums are important instruments. Griots. “ SPEAKING NOTES ” ? ? ?. The Kora.

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West African Culture:

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  1. West African Culture: The Oral Tradition

  2. Music • Call and Response is a popular style of West African music • Many styles of music like gospel, jazz, rock, and hip-hop are based on call an response. • Drums are important instruments.

  3. Griots “SPEAKING NOTES” • ? • ? • ? The Kora

  4. Beauty is only skin deep Don’t count your chickens before they hatch A penny saved is a penny earned Proverbs are short stories and sayings that offer a lesson for life. We have many proverbs in the Bible and in our popular culture African proverbs almost always involve an animal. Proverbs

  5. A West African Proverb Two Roads Overcame the HyenaA very hungry hyena went out on the Tanzanian plains to hunt for food. He came to a branch in the bush road where the two paths veered off in different directions. He saw two goats caught in the bushes at the far end of the two different paths. With his mouth watering in anticipation, he decided that his left leg would follow the left path and his right leg the right path. As the two paths continued to separate in different directions he tried to follow them both at once. Finally he split in two. As the well-known African proverb says: Two roads overcame the hyena.

  6. NOW ITS TIME TO USE YOUR NOTES! • Build a 4-Box Flow Map that summarizes the Proverb. 2. Draw a picture that illustrates the West African Proverb: Two Roads Overcame A Hyena 3. Below your picture, write a caption that explains the lesson of the story.

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