African Dance & Drumming Traditions 2023

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> > > Leslee Johnson: Okay. Welcome, everyone.'I ' m Leslee Johnson, and I'' m pleased to welcome you to this occasion funded by the Humanities Program. African Dance and also Drum Traditions with Adama Dembele, that is signed up with by Justin Sardo, Imhotep Dilnot and much many thanks additionally goes to Reid Chapman, Renuka Gusain, Carolyn Ryden, Chris Asbill, as well as Kent Thompson, whose assistances as well as efforts are making this occur. Before we start, we wish to take a moment to review the land, life and also labor of Aboriginal and also black areas in this country. We are also thrilled that this synchronizes with Black Background Month. We originate from lots of areas to be at UNCA Asheville. And we recognize with respect the genealogical homeland and indigenous people who have been right here because aeons ago. The land we are on today is the genealogical land of the Anikituwagi, extra generally referred to as the Cherokee. To the Anikituwagi, this land was called Togyiasdi, Where They Race and became part of Cherokee Nation, Tsalagi Ayeli which covered as many as 108,000 square miles of the American Southeast as late as 1730 as well as included 60 or more towns.This act of acknowledgment is insufficient to get rid of the inhabitant colonial history that has actually attempted to eliminate indigenous individuals from the background and consciousness of these lands. The Eastern Band of Cherokee as well as UNC Asheville seek to affirm our job with each other to guarantee a strong partnership rooted in relevancy, responsibility, respect and also reciprocity. We additionally recognize that this nation would certainly not exist if not for the shackled labor of black people.We honor the tradition of the African diaspora and black life, expertise and also abilities stolen by violence and white preeminence. When we research the liberal arts, we must likewise deal with these injuries. As we understand, humanities is not simply background. Liberal arts reveals us just how history, viewpoint, arts stories and scientific researches from old times to today, weave together to offer us our present common truth. We ' re contacted us to listen as well as listen to tales as well as voices excluded of leading stories, but that have actually persisted, rooted in ancient practices, reaching into the future. The music as well as art of Adama Dembele provides us a home window into old, pre-modern and also present day African practices and demonstrates how the African messages we read are not suggested to be words on a web page, however are lived personified as well as maintain areas with each other as well as alive.Adama Dembele is a master djembe gamer from Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. Born into a household of musicians of the Mandinka ethnic team, his household has been playing the djembe for 33 generations, and also his indigenous home was understood as the Residence where the Djembe is played. These slides will certainly provide you some suggestion. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oops, I'm so sorry. That's Adama in the -in the white tank top there. He deals with areas and also his very own area with the kids there showing the songs to future generations. Right here ' s one instance of a dance. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ This -these two photos reveal you the beginning phases of making the djembe'. They are sculpted from wood of certain trees. As well as there you have a completed djembe in the foreground there among jobs in progression. And this is a boy with a balafon. And also you ' ll hear the bealafon today as well. Adama's going to tell you far more than I can about these. This is an instance of exactly how this songs that has been around given that old times is still made use of. This is a road festival in Abidjan. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ These are the masks that are also standard, ancient and really sacred.And this is Adama below in the United States, in North Carolina. He ' s a LEAF artist and also TAPAS educator. He leads residencies, efficiencies as well as workshops in the Asheville area, teaching the spiritual art of West African drumming and also genuine rhythms from Ivory Shore, Mali and also Guinea. Currently, he leads a drum as well as dance ensemble at UNCA. His band, Zansa founded in 2011, integrates standard as well as modern designs from West Africa, celebrating African drum as well as dance in songs locations around Asheville. As well as I ' m mosting likely to give it over to Adama and the band. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ > > Adama Dembele: I have a little trouble right here, however I'll be fine.Hello, everyone. Greetings, everyone. > > Audience: Excellent morning. > > Adama: Thanks for being right here. Thanks, Leslie, for all this beautiful discussion. I wear ' t also understand what else to say since she quite

a lot did whatever. Yet today we are obtaining with each other to share several of our story and the >> drumming as well as likewise a different-we have a various tale we ' re going to be- I ' m mosting likely to be sharing with you. But prior to we begin, prior to that, I would certainly like to introduce all these instruments initially. We have a dun dun which is the large one, and we have a songba and also sidiki and also we are- all these are djembes.And we'have balafon. Alright, so all these instruments can be played together with the balafon, djembe and also sometimes we have a kora n'goni. We don ' t have that here now. The story of all these tools is- I ' m initially from Mali, West Africa, yet I was birthed in Cream color Coast, so I have a story concerning those two various countries. Mali and also Cream color Coastline are two nations that are beside each other. And Also Ivory Coast, have like a- Cream color Shore have like a- more like 60 various ethnic group.And all those 60 different ethnic group have like a different society as well as various kind of instrument they play and various music as well as various- various language. You recognize in some cases individuals say like- they're type of like, individuals call it dialect.

Because people believe they're type of I call them language since they ' re extremely, really different. They ' re not -they ' re not they ' re not mosting likely to like they ' re dissimilar. Okay, so nevertheless this language, Ivory Coastline additionally speak French. Due to the fact that it's a French conquered nation, you understand, in West Africa, we have like an English part, and also we have a French part. So Cream Color Shore, Mali, Burkina Faso', Ghana -I suggest, Ghana that's'the English component Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria or Liberia. If you go there, you ' re going to listen to English a lot far better. See if you go to Ivory Coastline, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, those are a lot more like a French part.So I expanded up with speaking a different language in the past French, like my language, my native language, language is the Bambara. After Bambara, like I claimed again, Africans have like so numerous different group ethnic.

It being the various part of- German this group and all of that make me recognize a great deal of different, various language as well as all that before prior to even English. I begin to find out English when I came right here, but before when I was back house, my house was like a- my home is a it ' s like a- it ' s like a djembe house. Why I state it's a djembe home? Because my family been keeping the- maintaining this society for several, numerous, lots of generation. And because back in the day- back then, this songs was not simply'something -people were simply taking then, just like a- perform to, , it resembled an interaction of a great deal of various rhythm.So my household was- my family members -all these, these things. It was not so, it was not much like an organization to earning money or organization to do anything, however it was a sort of what they do. It was a role for them. They needed to have that.

They required to keep the culture due to the fact that somebody required to maintain this story. Which ' s how it go. That ' s how we understand concerning like someone in the 2023 generation, 2023 generation is due to the fact that we have like culture caretakers. Okay, so besides of this, this language, I claimed that since now my family lugging this djembe -djembe story. However the tale come like a- comes directly from Mali. It's not from Ivory Coast. So why do I keep it- why do I keep this tale for me? When I was younger, I was simply going from school when I return I just play djembe because I see my brother and sibling, they all play. I didn ' t have any kind of selection like I- it was household job. So when I came house, I need to do it They put me a little, a little stick.I have to lug beat as well as carry everything. However it was simply not like -for me. For me, when I was younger, I was thinking it was just- it was just songs. As well as when I start to be little older, I begin to attempt to recognize, what is it behind

this songs? What is it regarding behind this instrument? So I began to have conversation with my uncle as well as my- and also my grandfather, who was like 81, that was informing us the story of the djembe, of the songs at all times. Every time when we get with each other, he begin to tell me, he was like," Okay, this songs is not just around, it was not simply concerning like to simply play for our enjoyable." It was also communication. But I stated, "Exactly how is that the communication?" He said," Back then-" The time we discuss now is not -it ' s not- those time -It was no like illumination in some village or no electricity. No like a computer system and also things like that.So just how individuals utilized to interact between -in between those towns and things like that. It was a great deal of them was via music. There resembled'this drumming have like a wedding music. You got like a birthday celebration celebration songs. You obtained all those designs, various- various type

of song. The means individuals, people made use of to like invite each other like to when something occurred in some area. They would certainly call the drummers, which resembles my family members. If something happened below, somebody is having a birthday celebration or someone is obtaining someone getting married. There is a wedding celebration. They were called a drummer. And also when the drummer came they ' d resemble," Okay, so what ' s taking place here?" They inform them this is what ' s taking place below. As well as the drummer would come and they start to play the rhythm that opts for that. And if it's a wedding celebration or anything it was- And also it ' s not practically like wedding event songs even like a recovery music we have, there is every one of that. So when the drummers start to play, or when they begin to play the wedding songs or'the birthday party songs, that ' s how currently the next door, and also everybody that live about, they listen to that music they such as," Oh, fine, something took place at this home following door." Which ' s how individuals were getting with each other and come and also rest with each other and commemorate and celebrate what ' s taking place at that place.So it was -it resembled that little by little, yet it was not nearly like a just a just for a wedding event or of a birthday celebration event. It was additionally even a moon is like there resembled a really, really special thing in West Africa at'that time. Also now it ' s still some village, when it's a complete moon, you can't miss it. You can'miss out on the moon there since there's no light. When is like -when it's not complete, people go outside, they have like a flashlight or they have like a little lamp. That ' s just how people travelling. However when it's a moon, no one can go to. That ' s exactly how the village and different villages'they come as well as get with each other and also they celebrate since it is light as well as it ' s like a fun time.Everybody ' s like, "Oh, everybody ' s satisfied." It ' s a little like below when it's winter season'time. when it ' s really cold, individuals-everybody ' s in. When it begin to get warm everybody ' s pleased, be in the sun and also stuff like that. It it'' s a little bit

like over there. However there is something my grandfather was informing me regarding all this tale concerning the drumming story, it'was like very crucial for me. He claimed why the moon was necessary. The'moon was bringing individuals with each other, because like I rehashed, everyone's inside. However when it's like a complete moon, when it's something people come out with the different music and also start to celebrate. That celebration was occurring all the time. And also he ' s informed me about the story of a young kid whose name was Samadi, alright. Samadi -Samadi is the one large, large, huge word in my language, Bambara. Samadi can suggest no, I ' m sorry. It can indicate thank you. It can indicate like excuse me.You got a great deal of different significances. So this kid was named Samadhi. And also the child was -he was extremely unique since why he was unique back then in Africa, the moment I ' m speaking concerning now, it ' s like a- it's like, today, we are we remain in the 20s

, alright. We are in the 20s. We are talking about in 19, 18, 16, 17, 15, 14, right down to such as 12. We talk around long, long time ago, back in the day. To make sure that boy, he was a-when he came- when he came he resembled a different than everyone outside the community. What was that distinction? Due to the fact that he was light skinned as well as his hair was various. His eyes were various. We have those people in Africa now. We call it , we call it. individuals in Bambara. It's just such as at the time people didn ' t understand exactly how to respond to that kind of-to various -anybody various coming to the family since everybodys house would look the same and also this child came as well as he looked various than everybody else in the family.So individuals was very overwhelmed. Some people was thinking like a negative means, some individuals resembled evaluating him, some people rejected him. So the young boy, Samadhi was extremely displaced and his spirit was really unfortunate. Samadhi couldn't play with all of his friends due to the fact that he was just like -everytime when he concerned have fun with his close friends, they would certainly try to be

like,"No, you are various than us, "and stuff like that. So Samadhi was feeling very injured. And he began to stop having fun with any person, it was simply him by himself, at all times. Even when it's a full moon, everyone played, they have like a huge area play, yet Samadhi is similar to by himself.So someday there was an additional young boy called Mungulu. Mungulu saw Samadhi and also he pertained to Samadhi and also resembled,"Why are you much like constantly on your own?"And also Samadhi said, "No, I wear ' t like these people since they put on ' t like me." "So I don ' t intend to be component of that. I wear ' t intend to be around them.

"And also the child was like,"No, put on ' t claim that. Don ' t say that, don ' t do that. You shouldn't-what did they do to you? "Samadhi said,"I tried to have fun with them as well as they didn ' t desire to have fun with me.'So I ' m not pleased." And'Mungulu tells Samadhi, he was like,"Okay, I comprehend, that, yet'what's your name?'" And Samadhi claimed,"My name is Samadhi." As well as he claimed, "Wow, that ' s a big name."Your name is Samadhi, that called ways mercy, it imply I ' m sorry.It imply please. It indicate every one of that. So you are that heavyweight. So you must- you need to forgive them. You should comprehend. You should follow your name and recognize them. Samadhi was like, "Oh all right,'that makes feeling. So I can, I can do that. " So Mungulu informs Samadhi," Please forgive them. Come with me as well as allow ' s most likely to my community. My area is mosting likely to approve you. You ' re mosting likely to play with me as well as my neighborhood."And also Samadhi was like," No, I put on ' t intend to. I don ' t wish to somebody to -to be mean to me again or stuff like that."And also Mungulu was attempting so tough and also Samadhi began to follow him. So when he started to rise, he resembled, "Okay. " Mungulu was so pleased. He begin this song, which this tune is concerning like, everybody obtain with each other and also play. Everyone obtain together and also enjoy. Mungulu was like, "Okay, let ' s sing this tune for you. " As well as we're going to commemorate this tale. That ' s when they were strolling to-they were strolling to Mungulu's community.And they start to sing this track like that. ♪ ♪'♪ ♪ As well as when they were strolling, they were playing this songs and also everybody enjoyed. Both of them was delighted and also Samadhi just stopped. He resembled, "No, I ' m not going to go I quit."And Mungulu resembled, "Why did you quit?" He resembled, "No, I put on ' t- I put on ' t believe I can think what you're saying.If I go, I ' m going to- I'' m going to have this very same issue that took place in the past."So Mungulu was like, "No, please, please. I ' m informing you, my neighborhood is extremely different. They ' re mosting likely to approve you. Whatever ' s going to be all right." Samadhi was like, they were still chatting concerning it and also Samadhi start to listen to the Mulungu's individuals area was like singing one more track, which like', was calling the individuals, calling song. Like resembled, "Everybody come, everybody come. We are awaiting you.And someone was like, "Oh, your area called everybody to have fun with you. Is that true?"And he was like,"Yeah, what is that song? "And he begin to play the tune, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ And also so he begin to say that and also when he hear that track, he was like," Okay, I think you currently, so allow ' s go." So he went to Samadhi's neighborhood. I suggest, he went to Mungulu's area as well as when he arrived, everybody was like," Oh, you brought someone brand-new right here."They all- as well as he presented Mugnulu to his community. And also everyone resembled, inviting Mungulu with their hand on their heart. They were all like, "Oh, Samadhi, I ' m sorry." Everyone resembled," Oh Samadhi, welcome to our community.Welcome to our neighborhood."Everyone resembled that. He was extremely shocked and he was like," Whoa, all right."He approved. He resembled dance with them and chatting as well as talking with them. And after that, he concerned-he pertained to Mungulu. He stated to Mungulu,"Why are your people, your area was pertaining to me and they all resembled, saying hi to me, and they all resembled putting their hand on their heart, and say hi to me and welcome me? Why?"And also Mungulu claimed,"That ' s a very great inquiry, however I can not answer it. Let ' s go to see Famudu."He's the earliest."Perhaps you can inform us what does that suggest?" As well as they went to see Famudu. As well as Famudu claimed, "Below in our area, we invite individuals at this modern-day area, we invite people with their heart since their heart can see.The heart you saw- the heart can see. However we-when I see people with their eye." And also he stated-as well as Samadhi was perplexed. He stated, "You claimed the eye can see. Yet you reached see people with your eye. " He said,"I see you, I see you." He claimed," It don ' t make feeling." And Famudu stated, "Yes, all of this put on ' t make feeling because you assume when I said the heart wear ' t see'and you state hi with the heart, it's because when the heart sees individuals-If you see someone like that, your eyes see the person. Your eyes see what the individual's wearing, what the individual appearance like, what the individual's offering you. So the eye can judge prior to they even say hi to the person. Yet he claimed,"When your heart sees someone, the heart do not see what shade you are or what clothes you're using, anything you use your heart-You see the human being for who he is.So that ' s why they what to state hi to you. They were saying," We see you. "And Samadhi was like,"Okay, that makes good sense.

"To ensure that'' s why now when you go to the modern-day neighborhood, already you ' re visiting a great deal of individuals stop as well as individuals invite you, simulating the welcome or they claim hi. Hi. Hi. To ensure that community, that society thing, remain there for for already, alright. As well as also the Mandinka Realm, like I rehashed, every one of these points, we ' re mosting likely to talk about Sundiata, Geeta after the 2nd component. However, for currently, when somebody got accepted to Mungulu's community, they would celebrate.They were like,"Okay, let ' s have a good time now, what are we going to do? We ' re mosting likely to commemorate along with our brand-new close friend."To celebrate us-this one is called Coucou. They always play that track. Currently I have some trainees here, I believe from my Tuesday Afro Ensemble class. I want to welcome them if they ' re here, I would such as to welcome them on stage. Yeah, I would love to welcome them here. And also we ' re gon na play this tune with each other. Like I claimed, it ' s an event track, right? So they ' re going to'come. And also we have a great deal of drums, so'I ' m mosting likely to welcome a pair even more people. Anyone desire to come join us? A pair more people? Yes, you come. One more, Much more. We ' ve got six. The number of drums we obtained? Yes, come on.How lots of drummers we obtained? Begin, everybody. Not everybody. Come on pair of people. We got much more drums. Much more drums. So today I ' m right here to share'. I'' m doing this discussion we do right now is to share the society and likewise to speak about where this instrument originates from, and also just how this instrument as well as this music was bringing individuals together back in the day in Africa where they didn'' t have -when they didn ' t have like all this communication -or this mobile phone when didn't have like a cell phone or electricity and also all this stuff.So that ' s

why I'' m sharing this. Okay, currently I obtained all my artists here. Are you ready for the tune, Coucou? Okay. Allow'' s begin it. I'' m going - I ' m mosting likely to play the balafon for that. You prepared, yeah? Okay, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Offer it up for them. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ One, 2. That was great? So now we obtained artists. We have drummer currently. I think we'' re missing something, right? Today we are obtaining with each other to share some of our story and the >> drumming and likewise a different-we have a different tale we ' re going to be- I ' m going to be sharing with you. They ' re not -they ' re not they ' re not going to like they ' re not comparable. And also that ' s just how people were getting together and come and rest together as well as commemorate and celebrate what ' s going on at that place.So it was -it was like that little by little, yet it was not simply about like a just a just for a wedding celebration or of a birthday event. That'' s why currently when you go to the modern-day community, even now you ' re going to see a whole lot of individuals stop as well as people welcome you, doing like the welcome or they say hi. I'' m going - I ' m going to play the balafon for that.We speak regarding a little bit of the tale of Samadhi and how Samadhi was approved in that a community as well as they were dancing together. Everyone was happy so individuals was playing songs, however nobody was dance. Is that right? I don'' t assume individuals can simply like play music without dance? So I believe I want to dance. I do not wan na dance by myself. So how are we going to do that? I can- I can show somebody some dance relocations as well as we can do it together.How concerning that

? I understand some people prepare, come on people. Begin people right here up. Begin individuals, up here. I need a number of people up here. We're mosting likely to do some dancing. Okay. We're mosting likely to shut this part, this first component, with our dance as well as drumming. And currently we'' re going to resort to the 2nd tale we have for you today. Okay, everyone, come below in a line.All right, make it one line below. I'' m mosting likely to remain in front so make a line behind me. Below we go. So currently your very first- your initial step you'' re going to be doing -'I ' m mosting likely to educate them things first. And also after that, the songs is going to begin and also they'' re going to do it. So now the very first thing you reached do, this is a drum call you'' re mosting likely to hear, Pa pa pa pa pa pa. So when you hear that call your very first point, you'' ve mosting likely to go like that. One and also 2, you see. One, you go down a little, one. Yeah, much better. One and also 2, one.And you're mosting likely to be doing that. You ' re mosting likely to listen to the phone call once more. Okay. Like a pa . As well as you're going to alter one as well as two. Very same thing yet left, right and also left. Alright. And also you keep going. You'' re going to listen to the call, pa pa pa pa pa pa. You go right as well as right, left as well as left. Right and also right, left and left. pa pa pa. You go left, right as well as come back. Stop clap, clap, clap. Clap. And after that you'' re mosting likely to hear Pa pa pa . You go one, two, one, 2, end. You keep in mind? One- Very first one is this one, One as well as two.All right, pa

pa pa . One and now pa pa . Right. That'' s great. And also last one. pa pa pa. Clap, clap. Clap, clap. As well as last one. pa pa pa pa pa pa . One, 2'. One, two, one. Okay, allow ' s try it with songs. Ready? This tempo. pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ pa pa pa pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ Yeah, you obtained it. ♪ ♪ You obtained it. ♪ ♪ Pa pa pa pa pa. Up as well as up. You obtained it. Up as well as up. Up and up. ♪ ♪ Last one, pa pa pa pa . Right, right. Left as well as left. Right, right. Left and also left. ♪ ♪ pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ Last one. pa pa pa pa. Good job. Thank you drummers. Good, give it up for one more time for the drummers as well as professional dancers. So you see, that ' s like the event I was talking around. You see these individuals, we didn ' t simulate any type of practice session. We were alot like now.We didn'' t make any kind of strategy, simply state, all right, tonight- today we're mosting likely to carry out. It was not a strategy. It was simply like the story of a Samadhi, bring everybody to celebrate something because completion of the story was gorgeous. What we require to do at the end of the story? We reached commemorate. Which'' s exactly how everybody come and also join me as well as join us and we commemorate with each other. That'' s all, that ' s the means we desire it, fine. Now we ' re going to transform it to Sujata Story One even more time, I ' m going to come back once more to this. Now we're at the 2020s, 2023.

Think about it, 2019, 18, 17, 16, go down all the way to 12. That ' s when the story I ' m going to be informing you, that ' s where that tale was beginning, the Sunjata Tale. Okay. The King of Mande. Okay. So back then during that time, it'was a whole lot of things was taking place a that time. You can ' t also picture, it couldn ' t happen now. As well as it was a great deal of things when you read about that time you resemble,'" Wow, is that true? Is that what ' s taking place? "And also there ' s a great deal of stuff you hear as well as you're like," Oh, this is unusual. Why they were doing this thing to him?" As well as in some cases you ' ll listen to, "Oh, this is terrible." So at this tale of the Sunjata tale, you're gon na listen to a great deal of different things, but in the past it's a tale. If you don ' t hear the real tale, if you cover it, you ' re not mosting likely to comprehend your tale. Okay. The Sunjata tale was like a great deal of branches, and a whole lot of battle going on as well as

a great deal of just how they meet up and also everything like that.But I ' m going to start it- a bit- and then one point, a couple points that you need to learn about this story, when you listen to Zimbo or when you listen to Dozo. The Dozo is the hunter, the hunter resembles -in West Africa the individuals who go to the forest and they search and stuff, they have like large power as well as so we call them Dozo people. And also the Griot, the Griot is a lot more like the writer as well as likewise- an author as well as a musician as well as all of that'. That ' s the Griot people. You ' re going to listen to a lot with this tale, you are going to hear Griot and Dozo. Okay, so it was one-time, there was this primary his name was Naré Maghan Kon Fatta. Naré Maghan Kon Fatta, he was chief of Mande, the Mandinka. As well as before I begin the Mande tale, in Africa it was a whole lot of different empires.It was not just the Mande Empire. There was different, different empires, yet we're talking about the Mande Realm now. The Mande Realm. So, Maghan Kon Fatta, he was the chief- or was the king that was really powerful. Yet he got a wife and he's obtained one child at his house. And Also Naré Maghan Kon Fatta- when I reiterate like the Dozo people, when they come and also quest about, they have to come like- whatever they get, like a meat, around your spot, they need to come and provide it to the principal, like to the king.So one Dozo was, like, hunting and he- and when he'' s done he concerned give Maghan Kon Fatta's component, and also Maghan Kon Fatta was extremely stressed about his- uh, who'' s going to be his follower. I claimed that in French, who'' s mosting likely to be the next law. I suggest, the next king. Okay, so he spoke to the Dozo person, he resembled, "I'' m stressed regarding something.'" "I put on ' t recognize that ' s going to be the next King, can you help me with? "And the Dozo, they have like something -they can see -they can see things that are gon na occur or they can'see this story. That ' s their task. So the Dozo guy was like," Okay, allow me see what I can see. " As well as he check out all this stuff as well as he thought, "Maghan Kon Fatta, it's mosting likely to be -one day there's going to be some hunters, two young hunters is mosting likely to bring a girl, I see like a over something." "To ensure that'' s going to be your 2nd better half. "And also he resembled, "What?" Which spouse was mosting likely to have one more child which youngster is going to be the King of Mande.So that was very made complex. It was really strange. Everyone ' s like," What? Something didn ' t -hasn't occurred? ""Nobody found out about this. "" You simply say things like, as if it has occurred."The Dozo was. And also by that time it resembled-some beef, like a buffalo. As well as it-at some town was like virtually like killing everyone would come out at nighttime. It was an extremely mean buffalo. Yet that buffalo was doing that for one reason or another too. It was not an actual buffalo, it was someone that was transforming themself as well as coming to be a buffalo, to do that kind of stuff. As well as there was two young-young boys, they were mosting likely to quest, two young Dozo guys they were mosting likely to quest it.And they got to see this woman somewhere and she was starving, she was parched and they come to her and also she was like- they shared their food as well as their drink with her. And also she was the one who was changing herself to be the buffalo. She told them, "Okay-" She asked them what they are doing and they claim they'' re looking for this buffalo since it's been really unsafe for the communities, so they attempt to take treatment of it. And she claimed, "Okay, I intend to give you the secret exactly how you individuals can obtain the buffalo." So she showed them all the secrets, just how they can obtain the buffalo. And also she resembled, "But when after you obtain the Buffalo, they'' re mosting likely to offer you men like a compensation," like the woman, that'' s gon na be your repayment, it 'd be like," great task!"They're gon na reimburse you and that lady is mosting likely to be the Maghan Kon Fatta's second wife.So they did that. They was like searching as well as they saw the buffalo and also they did the same point the girl, the old woman told them to do. They did the very same thing like that to eliminate the buffalo as well as they did it. When they did it, the way the tale is depicted the tale, whatever occurred like that. They take the girl home, which her name was Sogolon Kondé. So they take Sogolon house and take her to the king.Okay, take

Sogolon to the king. As well as when they arrived, the king was really shocked. That'' s mosting likely to be his better half. Anyway, the lengthy tale, Sogolon became the kings wife. As well as Sogolon had another kid, which is the collection of the tale. That kid ' s going to be the King of Mande. Which kid that come would be Sunjata Keïta. When Sunjata was birthed, he was birthed handicapped. He couldn'' t walk. And also during Sunjata was birthed, he was handicapped the whole time. As well as they were like -"This is just how you individuals claimed -the initial partner resembled,"Well you said this is mosting likely to be the king, he can not be the king." "He can not also stroll and also all this." So it was extremely odd during that time. And also Sunjata's mom was extremely not in an excellent spot because everybody was saying a lot of stuff, poor things to her as well as stuff- she was like really, actually having a difficult time as a result of Sunjata. As well as someday she mosted likely to ask her- Maghan Kon Fatta's initial other half if she might have some food and things like that. Anyway, Maghan Kon Fatta's first partner didn'' t -she was not good to her.So she did something bad to her as well as she was sobbing. As well as Sunjata was not very delighted. So Sunjata stated he was going to get up. It remained in the tale that Sunjata was going to get up someday. Sunjata said, "Today, I require to obtain up." They went to grab like all this kind of like large, large, solid team, attempt to help Sunjata to obtain up. Nothing was functioning. Absolutely nothing was working. Till like his mom brought like one branch of a tree. That branch of the tree assisted Sunjata to rise. And when Sunjata got up, it was- wow, it was a miracle.But no one could think it. See, no one might think it, "Wow, Sunjata is up. "As well as currently, Sunjata is up currently it was like -he needed to attempt to be like a boxer now for his-I suggest he attempted to help his mommy or attempt to be like," No, you people can not treat my mom like that.""You people can't do that." He was mosting likely to defend his mom.So when he rose, he was so strong

. Sunjata would certainly try to verify everything, as well as his bro-his brother was believing-due to the fact that he assumes Sunjata was happening the King, he didn ' t want Sunjata to be the king. So he want to resemble a big partnership with another king, which was Soumaoro Kante, to start to eliminate Sunjata to go away. So Soumaoro Kante was extremely strong.So he got Sunjata to disappear. Sunjata obtains away to the village. He wasn ' t also part of the tale any longer. Yet Sunjata didn ' t surrender due to the fact that he was attempting to come back -to take the land back, because that land was for him. He claimed he was intended to be the king, but they kicked him out. So Sujata pursued like a number of years and stuff like that. Try to get like a various, different people together, a different great deal. And at the exact same time, Soumaoro Kante, he did the exact same thing he did to Sunjata, he was doing the exact same point to a whole lot of various, various neighborhoods. Everyone was not satisfied with Soumaoro Kante being the King of the Mandinka due to the fact that he was not a wonderful person. He was not dealing with the Mandinka individuals. Everyone was kind of like waiting for Sunjata to try to come help them, or that was going to aid them? Soumaoro was really, extremely powerful. No one could. Sunjata was the one. This, he came back and also he got to combat Soumaoro. I attempted to cut this story a little bit down because it resembled in a lot of various places.They reached such as a divide. It occurred like, 17 fights, some individuals state.

Some people claim 7 battles. Different, various locations prior to Sunjata can come back and faced Soumaoro Kante, which indicates like returned as well as get to Soumaoro Kante. When Sunjata got back, he did it. He obtained to deal with Soumaoro Kante, however the large the big -the amusing point, I suggest, not amusing, yet the actual feature of that tale they claimed at the fight, Soumaoro Kante just disappeared at the end of the fight. Also till now this story, individuals-nobody understands where Soumaoro Kante went. Some people-they know Sunjata wins the fight. However where is Soumaoro Kante? Some individuals state he comes to be like a bird and disappear, some individuals state be altered to be like the water. Everyone states different things. That story's still up there. The point I ' m talking with you right currently concerning this Sunjata story, I know to clarify this kind of tale is extremely great when you-if my-if English was my language, it was going to make even more sense to you as well as I was going to understand how to go to like, all these tiny, tiny details for, you know, for you to understand.But even after a year, if anybody- any kind of part you didn ' t recognize due to the fact that my English clearly because the accent, really feel free to

come to me and also say, "Oh, this part, I was a little overwhelmed about this component. What is this component?"I suggest, I ' m going to attempt to describe it due to the fact that this story is also long and also it ' s truly like -you obtained a lot of branches.'It resembles one huge tree, which has a lot of, several branches, so to speak. 'if I want to chat about Sunjata's tale in the Mandinka Realm story, we would take like all day, all night right here. You understand, yet I ' m trying to jump, leap, jump a little bit to see if it can make sense.Okay. We ' re going to quit our Sunjata story here.' I understand we have a time to-are we going to have time to have various other inquiries?

And additionally, we'got extra songs for you. So, Leslee, what do you believe we should do now? Should we play more songs? We've got time for songs? Okay, so now, this next tune we ' re going to play for you is called Boroto. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thanks. Currently this is a thing we call it the Voice of Djembe. Alright, so it's to reveal you all the-the tone and also the slap and also

the base of a djembe and also what the djembe can do. Because this instrument, you have like, a great deal of various you see, like that it's much like one skin on top of it. And also it is animal skin. Sometimes goat skins, in some cases cow skin, as well as the means the djembe was made in West Africa often it's like an unique -it's like some unique tree they made the djembe, I indicate it ' s not all kind of trees.But currently with the you understand, like I stated in the past in Africa it resembled a Djalairi or Lenke or Tomiyiri. But currently you can see djembe is made out of'all different kind of trees. It is -that ' s not a bad thing however the djembe original was constructed out of those kind of trees like that. You can't also see them in a great deal of places. This tool is like -and the tree they were making the djembe from was like'really spiritual trees. As well as the pet skin you utilize it to put on a djembe have like a very big spirit also, you know it's a pet skin. As well as you a human being play the djembe that ' s like 3 big spirits together so that djembe-djembe is the instrument make extremely- is constantly like that. It's like even when you most likely to such as some city, every city you go you don ' t understand anybody you'go to drum circle and also things like that.You ' re visiting people having an excellent time. You see 2 people would obtain -take a djembe and also obtain with each other and start to play. They ' re enjoying, you don't also know why. The tool will have like a great deal of in it. And also the tone as well as slap as well as the bass is not such as an adjusting or there is no like-you have to-there is one area where there's a run here. You can discover the tone or slap right here. You recognize, is all like regarding technique. You know, like you have to find out, you have to learn since the connection in between your hand and also the skin and also the pet skin.And also sometimes I most likely to some school when I stated, it's the animal skin on the djembe, I also had one question concerning someone was like,"No, that ' s not good to you understand to kill the animal for your djembe things. So I need to clarify to

them and also I claimed, "No you wear ' t-people simply wear ' t-just most likely to the one animal even if your djembe is damaged. In Africa, very same like right here some people eat the meat as well as they use the-they make use of the pets skin to do a lot of various points.'We use to make a belt.'We make footwear out of it. We make a hat, a great deal of different things like that, right. So I ' m mosting likely to reveal you a little, a bit different noise of this, this djembe.So you can see this is a put. As well as this is the tone and this is the base. To make sure that when I ' m playing, you ' re going to hear three of them together. I ' m stagnating my hand or I ' m not attempting to discover like any essential or attempt to tune it.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That was simply to reveal you a little how the djembe can mimic 2 various- all those different sound, the tone and also slap are interacting. As well as we and the hands are relocating. So similar to this as an example. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thanks. Okay, I believe we have a time to take a pair of concerns prior to we have-and also we have one more song for you I think.Yeah. Yeah. This tune. > > Leslee: Just how regarding that track that you-> > Adama: There ' s one point I wish to- I nearly neglected about to shut the-to shut the Sunjata, the Sunjata song. To shut the Sunjata or the Sunjata tale. We ' re mosting likely to finish with this song, but I jumped

up on. Let ' s come >> back to this song. Okay. The song for that was when Sinjata went that was right after the wedding, when they are when they deal with versus Soumaoro Kante.It was a tune, the Griot individuals came as well as they sing this tune and also are delighted with this track. I imply, this track was to recognize Sunjata or to state thank you for assisting us or thank you for just conserving our area. Thanks for, you recognize, for whatever you did. That was a tune

called - we call it Sunjata FASA. Okay, so you guys start with that tune? Okay, so we ' re going to research little by little bit the initial point was a Okay, so allow ' s-I ' m going to start it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ All right. We obtained it. Let ' s attempt once again. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Everybody. ♪ ♪ I seem like I ' m vocal singing by myself. Due to the fact that I can ' t listen to any person. Allow ' s try it one even more time. Ready? One, 2, let ' s go. ♪' ♪ ♪ ♪ That ' s great. Currently maybe we can try'that with the music, due to the fact that I assume you got it now. Ready? One even more time. One, 2, 3, go. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thanks. Thank you. So that tune -that ' s Sunjata's track. There ' s like, so many various, like I reiterated this tales long and also the Sunjata Track due to the fact that once Sunjata came the Guinea people, the Mali people', the Gambia individuals the Senegal individuals, everyone was having like - developing some track for him.So there is some tune where they call due to the fact that Sunjata, he was like -Sunjata call him like a great deal of different names. They were calling him like the King of Mande, The Lion of Mande, the Sign of Mande all that was in them.

So different individuals have like- interpret different tune for him, you know. Pa pa pa pa . pa . ♪ ♪ ♪ pa pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ pa pa pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ pa pa .So now we obtained one even more, right? And we'll obtain to your questions. Okay, we obtained another for you. We obtained one rhythm for you, it's called Castle. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Okay, we've got to call that tune. You all set? So after this. Good.Hmm.

♪ ♪ That'' s great. Okay, now we're going to do it with the songs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ > > > Leslee: Okay, that is Adama Dembele Okay, we have time for concerns. There'' s a microphone right there that you can move to. And there'' s the microphone right below. So, yeah what are your inquiries? Adama can address anything. While you'' re thinking. I have an inquiry. You chatted regarding the tracks that bring the community together.I know that in Liberal arts 124 we review African tracks as well as poems, yet they're songs that commemorate birth and also, and also working tracks. Tracks that speak concerning a task like making a pot. There's a song called Lazy Bones that we read. Are tunes used in by doing this, yeah today and just how-> > Adama: Yeah, we have a tune- >> that was an excellent concern you asked, we have a song, it's called Like I said, Africans have thus numerous The from the Boli people. The Boli people remain in main Cream color Shore. And is a dance where they were betting white people -white people, was functioning in the woodland, you recognize, like in a yard, not woodland in a garden. Like where they were making, you know, they were making rice. They were making- they were making banana. They were making all these, you recognize, cleansing, making peanuts. While they were working there was a rhythm. Rhythm was dipping into the same time with the dance movement.So that function,

dance movement thing, they take that as well as offer the city. Occasionally you see like an efficiency. Those individuals, they do the dance and step. That'' s what it is describing. It's explaing exactly how individuals was working, like can be like ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That's the rhythm. And also individuals resemble- they be like one, two, and three. One, 2, one, 2 and order as well as grabbing stuff and place in basket probably and also move it off, tidy this up. You get to see a whole lot of dancing. You see people dancing like that. When you see people dancing, that'' s what they try to discuss. They describe like what, what it was in the past, before even come to be like a dance on the stage. So we have a great deal of different dance similar to this. These are angling, dance. You see in some cases when you are there, you see some dance and also you go like that.Like the step can be like that. Cover and the grab. As well as it's like the angling, so they get hold of all these steps and also they bring it to dance. > > Leslee: Okay. What is the role of >> women in the telling of the stories and singing as well as dance? The duty of females. Are they likewise society caretakers? >> > > Adama: Yes, they are. They're likewise culture keepers like, one of the evidence, since the initial, the initial- the last track we play, Cuckoo. That was a- that'' s a woman song.When ladies- the woman was fishing, that'' s a track they created them. You know, were they where going to like angling and bringing- as well as make food. So over there they have most like a- also like at the ballet, the ladies would do the primarily- they do the dancing and also the drumming as well as the singing all of them. The society keeper like- when we speak about Griot, when we talk regarding Griot, there is Griot males, and also there is a female. The Griot lady, she informed God this tale or this track, like, They are singers, they informed an African tale. They are culture caretaker. Females are culture keepers as well as like guys also. They both have a various way to maintain it, yet they execute like their role in it. Even drumming, at some point individuals ask me do the ladies drum in Africa? I said yes, they drum a great deal as well, yeah.

>> > > Leslee: Are there tracks for death as well as war and grieving? >> > > Adama: Yes. Yes. Yeah, there is a tune for that as well as there is a track for like the recovery, there is a song for all of that. You recognize, like in the past also, also currently it still takes place in the woodland, when someone get harmed in some cases, a lot of the time operating in a garden. When people obtain below at the town, they feel in one's bones like an extremely fast way to bring individuals to the health center due to the fact that the road is bad as well as sometimes there is no chance to call a rescue like there'' s no phone, it's not there. So a lot of the moment they put-when somebody gets pain, they take the person as well as if you have like some drums or they call each other as well as individuals constantly, they run, they come they will certainly come when they hear there is something going on, individuals begin shrieking as well as stuff.They will come as well as play the drums. And also there is a recovery tune. There is a healing rhythm. Everybody makes a circle and they begin to sing that tune and also play those rhythm before the individual. And most of the moment you assist the individual to be able to be alive, to maintain it- to keep it, to have like a more, you recognize, more power to be solid before they can also take the individual to the city to visit the healthcare facility. So there is a song for that. As well as sometimes there is a death, there is a tune for that, stuff like that. These are like in all the culture. All the culture have like a different song for anything. It'' s like that. >> Yeah. > > Target market member: Hey Adama, I have a concern regarding drum making. Your family is a typical drum maker family members. Is it gave by household in the family tree or anyone can discover to make djembe in your culture? >> > > Adama: Anybody can find out to make in culture.I indicate anybody can because when once more, my family- my household have like that culture, yet around my family like the different town and also different individuals, they can find out that society, as well. You understand and also when they learn it, they all share it. It doesn'' t have to be like somebody have to be from my family members to do that. As well as additionally the Griot individuals is not simply on Ivory Shore, it'' s not just my family. There ' s a great deal of them, there's like a various name, like a Griot. There is a There is a Every one of this group ethnic have like a their tale and also you can keep it also. As well as where individuals involve my family members, they maintain their society too, like I give you an example.I understand some

individuals from the United States in 2001 when they concerned remain at my house as well as find out the songs as well as discover all this society. And also they pertain to the USA or a few of them most likely to France as well as they keep the culture. They keep you recognize, they share the society with individuals, too. The culture is like that. It doesn'' t need to be just someone needs to be there. Everyone can find out and share it and also own the society too, due to the fact that having this essential society it's vital for everyone to have it. >> > > Leslee: And also you can learn it too. You can subscribe to take drums as well as dance. All kinds of possibility there. Allow'' s provide one even more round of praise. Thank you, that's excellent. >> > > Adama: Thank you a lot. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. And the individuals be like- they be like one, 2, and also three. They describe like what, what it was in the past, prior to even ended up being like a dancing on the stage. You see occasionally when you are there, you see some dance and you go like that.Like the action can be like that. Over there they have most like a- even like at the ballet, the ladies would do the mostly- they do the dancing and also the drumming as well as the vocal singing all of them. > > Adama: Anybody can find out to make in culture.I suggest anyone can because when again, my family members- my family members have like that society, but around my family like the different town as well as different people, they can find out that culture, also.

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