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Located in the Wilson 2nd Floor West
Video Collection unless otherwise noted. |
Summary |
| African culture : drumming and
dance.
Chatsworth, CA : AIMS Multimedia, c2000. |
GV1705 .A46 2000 |
Entertained and educated by a
group called Ashante-Sebei. Ashante is the name of a group found in West
Africa and Sebei is the name of a group found in East Africa. Members are
Margo Black, singer, choreographer and story teller, etc., Tony Rios and
David Closson, percussionists. Ashante-Sebei demonstrates the culture found
in Africa. Together they will teach the viewer polyrhythms. |
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The Art & joy of hand drumming
/ John Bergamo ; produced by Ben James ; directed by Toby Keeler. |
MT662.6 .A77 1990 |
Demonstrates methods of playing
the bodhran (Irish drum), kanjira (South Indian drum), tunable frame drum,
quinto (conga drum from traditional Latino music) & sogo (from Ewe music of
Ghana), tambourine, kendang (Balinese drum), and Indonesian "boss" gongs. |
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Atumpan : the talking
drums of Ghana
/ Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles in
cooperation with African Studies Center, UCLA [and] School of Music and
Drama, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana ; filmed and
recorded by Mantle Hood. |
Music Library Video
Video UCLA ATUMPAN |
Documentary about West African
ceremonial drums. Explains the different uses for each drum and who may use
them as well as showing how they are made. Also shown are some of the dances
performed to the beat of the drums. |
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The Chopi timbila dance
/ produced by Gei Zantzinger ; directed by Andrew Tracey. |
Music Library - Video
Video PENN STATE Chopi |
An analytical film on the Chopi
music of Mozambique, one of the big orchestral sounds and men's dance of
Africa. The timbila orchestra consists of variously-sized xylophones. Only
one instrumental (prologue) and three dance movements (entry, slow,
councillors' dance) out of the usual 9 or 10 in a performance are shown. |
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The Dance of the spirits
/ School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa ; written by Christopher
Roy. |
GV1705 .D35 1988 |
An exploration, through still
images and taped performances, of the designs and significance of various
mask styles and dance performances in the African country of Burkina Faso.
Examines the social and spiritual customs of the Mossi, Gurunsi, Bobo and
other peoples of the Upper Volta. Filmed on location. |
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Dances of Southern Africa
/
produced, directed & photographed by Gei Zantzinger.
University Park, Pa. : Media Sales, Pennsylvania
State University, 1973. |
GV1705
.D36 1973a |
Presents a general survey of the
dances of southern Africa, including the stamping dances of the Nguni
peoples, the Shona-Karanga, and the Ndau. Shows the dances seen in urban
contexts and in the context of life in home countries. |
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Djembefola
/ avec Mamady Keita ; un film de Laurent
Chevallier. |
Music Library - Video
Video INTERAMA 5431 |
Mamady
Keita, Guinean drummer, travels from his home in Brussels back to his remote
native village and in the process explores his personal and cultural
background. |
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Duro Ladipo
: with
the Duro Ladipo Travelling Theatre Company of Oshogbo, Nigeria / National
Educational Television ; produced in collaboration with the Federal Film
Unit, Lagos, Nigeria ; producer, director, Henry Doré ; executive producer,
Lane Slate.. |
PL8824.L3 D87 1967 |
Introduces Duro Ladipo, founder,
director, playright, composer and principal male actor of the Duro Ladipo
Traveling Theatre Company. Explains how Ladipo became interested in drama
and music, and shows members of the company touring Yoruba villages. |
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The JVC Smithsonian Folkways
video anthology of music and dance of Africa
/ director, Hiroshi Yamamoto. |
Music Library Video
Video JVC VTMV 218E-220E
3 volumes |
Presents ethnic music from
Africa. Most segments are short. Includes folk music, folk songs,
performances on traditional musical instruments, dances, and religious or
ritual performances. The tapes contain no spoken introduction or
explanation, but the booklets contain: overview essays that present
ethnological information; selection descriptions that present information
about each cut; and resource material, including suggestions for listening,
viewing, and reading. The quality of the recording varies from segment to
segment. |
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The JVC video anthology of
world music and dance/
edited by Fujii Tomoaki ; assistant editors Omori Yasuhiro, Sakurai Tetsuo ;
in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka) ; producer,
Ichikawa Katsumori ; director, Nakagawa Kunihiko, Ichihashi Yuji. |
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Video JVC VTMV 31-60
volumes1- 30 |
v. 16. Middle East & Africa 1,
Turkey/Iran/Iraq/Lebanon/Qatar -- v. 17. Middle East & Africa 2,
Egypt/Tunisia/Morocco/Mali/Cameroon/Zaire/Tanzania -- v.18. Middle East &
Africa 3, Chad/Cameroon -- v. 19. Middle East & Africa 4, Ivory
Coast/Botswana/Republic of South Africa. |
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Juju music!
/ Rhapsody Films. |
Music Library - Video
Video RHAPSODY FILMS JUJU |
This documentary explores the
Nigerian popular music form known as Juju through interviews and concert
footage of top performers, who combine traditional song forms, rhythms and
instruments with Western musical influences. |
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Kpegisu, a war drum of the Ewe
: a performance of Kpegisu by the Wodome-Akatsi Habobo / produced & directed
by David Locke. |
Music Library - Video
Video WHITE CLIFFS Kpegisu |
"Kpegisu is a type of
traditional music and dance of the Ewe people of Ghana & Togo (West Africa).
At least several hundred years old, this heritage is vibrantly maintained by
a performing group in Wodome, a village near the town of Akatsi in
southeastern Ghana."--Video. |
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Mbira--the technique of mbira dza
vadzimu /
Alfred G. Zantzinger. University Park :
Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services, c1981. |
Video PENN STATE Mbira |
Deals with various aspects of
South African cultural anthropology. An introduction to musical technique
and sound of mbira dza vadzimu as played by Ephat Mujuru, a leading mbira
player. Using animation and freeze-frame techniques, demonstrates some of
the rhythmic and harmonic elements of the music. Various traditional songs
illustrate the use of improvisation, different styles of playing, and
combination of two mbiras in duet. |
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N/um tchai, the ceremonial dance
of the !Kung Bushmen
/ from the Bushman Film Studies of John Marshall. Watertown,
Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, [198-?] |
DT1058.K86 N85 1980 |
Documents a formalized Bushman
curing ceremony in the Kalahari Desert of Southwest Africa by showing an
all-night "medicine dance" in which a number of men go into trance and
exercise special curing powers. Divided into two parts: the first reviews
and explains typical dance scenes; the second shows the ceremony without
subtitles or narration. |
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Kpegisu, a war drum of the Ewe :
a performance of Kpegisu by the Wodome-Akatsi Habobo
/ produced & directed by
David Locke. |
Music Library - Video
Video WHITE CLIFFS Kpegisu |
"Kpegisu is a type of
traditional music and dance of the Ewe people of Ghana & Togo (West Africa).
At least several hundred years old, this heritage is vibrantly maintained by
a performing group in Wodome, a village near the town of Akatsi in
southeastern Ghana."--Video. |
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El sebou' = Egyptian birth
ritual / a film
by Fadwa El Guindi. |
GT2465.E3 S4 1986 |
The Egyptian ritual
celebration of sebou, held on the seventh day after the birth of a child, is
featured here. Observed by Muslim and Coptic families alike, this film
brings us into the family home of new parents of twins (boy and girl), where
the festivities, involving music and dance, are ongoing. |
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Yoruba ritual : a
companion video
/ by Margaret Thompson Drewal. |
DT515.45.Y67 Y67 1992 |
Features segments of Yoruba
ritual performances analyzed in Drewal's book with the same title. Includes
sequences from Agemo, Egungun, and Jigbo masking and dancing; divination
rituals; an Osugbo elders' dance evoking "life's journey"; a Muslim Yoruba
celebration of 'Id al-Kabir; and a new festival, the Imewuro Annual Rally. |