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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.  Music Library - Video
 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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