African Dance & Drumming Traditions 2023

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Today we are obtaining with each other to share some of our tale and the drumming as well as likewise a different-we have a various story we ' re going to be- I ' m going to be sharing with you. That'' s just how the village as well as different villages they come and get together and also they celebrate due to the fact that it is light and it'' s like an enjoyable time. Samadi can mean no, I'' m sorry. He was like, "No, I wear'' t -I wear ' t believe I can think what you're claiming. That'' s why I ' m sharing this. I'' m going - I ' m going to play the balafon for that. Today we are obtaining with each other to share some of our tale and also the drumming as well as also a different-we have a different story we ' re going to be- I ' m going to be sharing with you. That ' s why now when you go to the modern neighborhood, even currently you ' re going to see a lot of people stop as well as individuals invite you, doing like the welcome or they say hi. I ' m doing this discussion we do right currently is to share the culture and likewise to chat about where this instrument comes from, as well as exactly how this instrument and also this songs was bringing individuals with each other back in the day in Africa where they didn'' t have -when they didn ' t have like all this communication -or this cell phone when really did not have like a cell phone or electrical energy and also all this things. That'' s why I ' m sharing this. I'' m going - I ' m going to play the balafon for that.We speak about a little bit of the tale of Samadhi as well as just how Samadhi was accepted in that a neighborhood and they were dancing together.Everybody was delighted so the

people was playing music, but no one was dancing. Is that? I don ' t assume people can just like play music without dancing? I think I want to dance. I don't wan na dance by myself. Just how are we going to do that? I can -I can educate someone some dance steps and also we can do it together. Just how about that? I recognize some people are prepared, come on people. Come on people right here up. Begin individuals, up right here. I require a couple of individuals up below. We're mosting likely to do some dancing. Okay. We're going to shut this part, this initial part, with our dance and drumming. As well as now we ' re mosting likely to rely on the second tale we'have for you today. Okay, everyone, come below straight. All right, make it one line here. I ' m mosting likely to remain in front so make a line behind me. Right here we go. Currently your very first -your initial action you ' re going to be doing- I ' m going to educate them the point. As well as after that, the music is mosting likely to begin and they ' re going to do it.So now the very first point you reached do, this is

a drum call you ' re mosting likely to listen to, Pa pa pa pa. When you hear that call your initial point, you ' ve going to go like that. One and 2', you see. One, you go down a little, one. Yeah, better. One and also two, one. And also you're going to be doing that. You ' re going to hear the telephone call again. Okay. Like a pa pa pa pa. As well as you're mosting likely to alter one and 2. Exact same thing however left, right and also left. Alright. As well as you maintain going. You ' re going to hear the call, pa pa pa pa pa. You go right and also right, left and left. Right as well as right, left as well as left. pa pa . You go left, right and also return. Stop clap, clap, clap. Clap. And afterwards you'' re going to listen to pa pa pa.You go one, two, one, 2, end. You remember? First one- First one is this one, One and also two. All right, pa pa pa pa pa pa. One and also currently pa pa pa pa pa. Right. That'' s good. As well as last one. pa pa pa. Clap, clap. Clap, clap. And also last one. Pa pa pa pa. One, two'. One, 2, one. Okay, allow ' s try it with songs. Ready? This pace. pa . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Pa pa pa pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ Yeah, you obtained it. ♪ ♪ You got it. ♪ ♪ pa pa pa pa . Up as well as up. You obtained it. Up and also up. Up as well as up. ♪ ♪ Last one, pa pa pa pa. . Left and also left. . Left as well as left. ♪ ♪ pa pa pa pa . ♪ ♪ Last one. Pa pa pa pa . Good job. Thanks drummers.

Good, offer it up for one even more time for the drummers and also dancers. So you see, that ' s like the celebration I was speaking about. You see these individuals, we didn ' t simulate any kind of wedding rehearsal. We were alot like currently. We didn'' t make any type of strategy, just state, okay, tonight- today we're going to carry out. It was not a plan. It was just like the tale of a Samadhi, bring all of us to commemorate something due to the fact that the end of the story was beautiful. So what we need to do at the end of the story? We got to commemorate. As well as that'' s just how everybody come and also join me and join us and we celebrate together. So that'' s all, that ' s the means we want it, fine. Currently we ' re going to alter it to Sujata Tale One even more time, I ' m going to come back again to this. Right currently we go to the 2020s, 2023. Believe about it, 2019, 18, 17, 16, go'down all the way to 12.' That ' s when the story I ' m mosting likely to be telling you, that ' s where that tale was starting, the Sunjata Tale. Okay. The King of Mande. Okay. So back then during that time, it was a great deal of things was occurring a that time. You can ' t also think of, it couldn ' t happen currently. And it was a great deal of stuff when you become aware of that time you're like," Wow, is that true? Is that what ' s taking place? "And there ' s a great deal of things you hear and also you're like," Oh,

this is weird.Why they were doing this thing to him?" And also in some cases you'' ll hear, "Oh, this is terrible." So at this tale of the Sunjata tale, you're gon na hear a great deal of various things, however back then it's a story. If you don'' t hear the real story, if you cover it, you ' re not going to recognize your tale. Okay. The Sunjata tale was like a great deal of branches, as well as a great deal of fight taking place as well as a great deal of just how they assemble as well as everything like that. I ' m going to begin it- a little bit- and also then one thing, a couple things that you need to recognize regarding this story, when you hear Zimbo or when you

hear Dozo.The Dozo is the hunter, the seeker is like- in West Africa the individuals that go to the woodland and also they hunt and also things, they have like extremely huge power as well as so we call them Dozo individuals. And also the Griot, the Griot is a lot more like the storyteller and likewise- an author as well as an artist and also all of that. That'' s the Griot individuals. You ' re going to listen to a lot with this tale, you are going to hear Griot and also Dozo. Okay, so it was one-time, there was this chief his name was Naré Maghan Kon Fatta. Naré Maghan Kon Fatta, he was principal of Mande, the Mandinka. As well as prior to I begin the Mande story, in Africa it was a lot of different empires. It was not simply the Mande Realm. There was various, various realms, yet we're speaking about the Mande Empire right currently. The Mande Realm. So, Maghan Kon Fatta, he was the principal- or was the king that was very effective. He obtained a partner and he's got one boy at his residence. And Also Naré Maghan Kon Fatta- when I rehash like the Dozo people, when they come as well as search about, they have to come like- whatever they obtain, like a meat, around your spot, they need to come as well as provide it to the chief, like to the king.So one Dozo was, like, hunting and he- as well as when he'' s done he concerned give Maghan Kon Fatta's component, and also Maghan Kon Fatta was very concerned concerning his- uh, that'' s mosting likely to be his successor. I said that in French, who'' s going to be the following regulation. I imply, the following king. Okay, so he spoke with the Dozo individual, he resembled, "I'' m worried about something.'" "I don ' t recognize who ' s mosting likely to be the next King, can you help me with? "As well as the Dozo, they have like something -they can see -they can see points that are gon na take place or they can see this'story.That ' s their task. The Dozo person was like, "Okay, allow me see what I can see." And he have a look at all this things as well as he assumed, "Maghan Kon Fatta, it's mosting likely to be- eventually there's going to be some hunters, two young seekers is mosting likely to bring a woman, I see like a over something." "To ensure that'' s mosting likely to be your second partner. "As well as he was like, "What?" Which partner was going to have an additional kid which kid is mosting likely to be the King of Mande. That was'extremely complicated. It was very unusual. Everyone ' s like," What? Something didn ' t -hasn't occurred? ""No one found out about this. "" You just claim things like, as if it has happened."The Dozo was. And also by that time it resembled-some beef, like a buffalo. And also it-at some village was like almost like eliminating everybody would certainly come out at nighttime. It was a really mean buffalo.

That buffalo was doing that for some reason too.It was not a genuine buffalo, it was someone that was changing themself and coming to be a buffalo, to do that kind of things. As well as there was 2 young -young boys, they were going to hunt, 2 young Dozo men they were going to search it. And they reached see this lady someplace as well as she was hungry, she was dehydrated and also they concern her as well as she resembled- they shared their food as well as their beverage with her. And she was the one who was changing herself to be the buffalo. She informed them, "Okay-" She asked them what they are doing as well as they claim they'' re looking for this buffalo due to the fact that it's been extremely harmful for the neighborhoods, so they try to take treatment of it. As well as she said, "Okay, I intend to give you the secret exactly how you men can obtain the buffalo." So she taught them all the keys, how they can get the buffalo.And she was like,"

Yet when after you get the Buffalo, they ' re mosting likely to offer you people like a recompense,"like the woman, that ' s gon na be your repayment, it would certainly resemble, "good work!" They're gon na reimburse you which lady is mosting likely to be the Maghan Kon Fatta's 2nd partner. So they did that. They resembled hunting and they saw the buffalo as well as they did the exact same point the lady, the old woman informed them to do. They did the same point like that to eliminate the buffalo and they did it. When they did it, the method the story is shown the story, whatever occurred like that. So they take the woman home, which her name was Sogolon Kondé. They take Sogolon home as well as take her to the king. Okay, take Sogolon to the king. And also when they obtained there, the king was very shocked. That'' s mosting likely to be his other half. Anyway, the lengthy tale, Sogolon became the kings spouse. As well as Sogolon had another child, which is the set of the

story.That child'' s going to be the King of Mande. Which kid who come would be Sunjata Keïta. When Sunjata was born, he was birthed handicapped. He couldn'' t walk. And the whole time Sunjata was born, he was burdened during. And they were like -"This is exactly how you people claimed -the very first other half resembled,"Well you said this is mosting likely to be the king, he can't be the king." "He can't also walk and also all this." It was very strange at that time.And Sunjata's

mama was very not in a great spot since everyone was claiming a great deal of things, negative things to her as well as things- she was like truly, truly having a tough time because of Sunjata. And eventually she went to ask her- Maghan Kon Fatta's very first wife if she could have some food and things like that. Anyway, Maghan Kon Fatta's initial spouse didn'' t -she was not wonderful to her. So she did something poor to her and she was weeping. And Sunjata was not extremely happy. So Sunjata stated he was going to get up. It was in the tale that Sunjata was going to get up someday. So Sunjata claimed,"Today, I require to get up." So they mosted likely to get like all this kind of like huge, big, strong staff, try to aid Sunjata

to obtain up.Nothing was functioning. Absolutely nothing was working. Till like his mama brought like one branch of a tree. That branch of the tree assisted Sunjata to rise. And also when Sunjata got up, it was- wow, it was a miracle. Yet nobody might think it. See, no one might think it, "Wow, Sunjata is up." And also currently, Sunjata is up currently it resembled- he had to attempt to be like a competitor now for his- I indicate he attempted to aid his mother or attempt to be like, "No, you individuals can not treat my mom like that." "You individuals can not do that." He was mosting likely to defend his mother. So when he stood up, he was so strong. Sunjata would attempt to show everything, and also his bro- his brother was assuming- because he assumes Sunjata was happening the King, he didn'' t want Sunjata to be the king. So he intend to be like a huge partnership with an additional king, which was Soumaoro Kante, to start to combat Sunjata to disappear. So Soumaoro Kante was extremely solid. He obtained Sunjata to go away. So Sunjata gets away to the village.He wasn ' t also part of the tale any longer. However Sunjata didn ' t surrender because he was attempting to get back -to take the land back, since that land was for him. He stated he was supposed to be the king, however they kicked him out. Sujata went out for like a couple of years and things like that. Try to obtain like a different, various individuals together, a various whole lot. And also at the exact same time, Soumaoro Kante, he did the very same point he did to Sunjata, he was doing the very same point to a whole lot of different, different areas. So everybody was not happy with Soumaoro Kante being the King of the Mandinka since he was not a nice individual. He was not treating the Mandinka people right. Everybody was kind of like waiting for Sunjata to attempt to come help them, or who was going to assist them? Soumaoro was very, extremely effective. Nobody could. Sunjata was the one. This, he came back and also he got to battle Soumaoro. I tried to cut this tale a little bit down due to the fact that it was like in a lot of different places.They obtained to such as a divide. It happened like, 17 battles, some people claim. Some people say 7 fights. Different, various places prior to Sunjata can return as well as confronted Soumaoro Kante, which implies like returned and also obtain to Soumaoro Kante. However when Sunjata came back, he did it. He got to battle Soumaoro Kante, yet the large the huge-the funny point, I suggest, not amusing, however the real thing regarding that tale they stated at the fight, Soumaoro Kante simply vanished at the end of the fight.Even till now this tale, individuals -no one recognizes where Soumaoro Kante went. Some individuals-they understand Sunjata wins the battle. Yet where is Soumaoro Kante? Some people say he ends up being like a bird and also go away, some individuals state be transformed to be like the water. Everybody states various points. To make sure that tale's still up there. However the important things I'' m chatting with you now concerning this Sunjata tale, I know to discuss this type of story is really excellent when you- if my- if English was my language, it was mosting likely to make even more feeling to you as well as I was mosting likely to understand just how to go to like, all these small, little details for, you recognize, for you to comprehend. Even after a year, if anybody- any kind of part you didn'' t comprehend since my English certainly since the accent, feel cost-free to come to me and also state, "Oh, this part, I was a little baffled about this part.What is this component?" I suggest, I ' m mosting likely to attempt to explain it because this tale is as well lengthy and also it'' s actually like- you got many branches. It's like one big tree, which has numerous, lots of branches, so to speak. So if I wish to speak about Sunjata's story in the Mandinka Empire story, we would certainly take like all the time, all night right here. You recognize, yet I'' m attempting to jump, jump, leap a little to see if it can make feeling. Okay.'So we ' re going to stop our Sunjata tale here. I understand we have a time to-are we going to have time to have various other concerns? And likewise, we got extra music for you. Leslee, what do you assume we should do now? Should we play extra songs? We've obtained time for music? Okay, so now,'this following track we ' re going to play for you is called Boroto. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thank you. Now this is a thing we call it the Voice of Djembe. Alright, so it's to reveal you all the- the tone as well as the put and the base of a djembe as well as what the djembe can do.Because this instrument, you have like, a great deal of different you see, like that it's much like one skin in addition to it. And it is animal skin. Occasionally goat skins, in some cases cow skin, and also the method the djembe was made in West Africa in some cases it resembles an unique- it resembles some special tree they made the djembe, I suggest it'' s not all sort of trees. Currently with the you know, like I claimed back in the day in Africa it was like a Djalairi or Lenke or Tomiyiri. Now you can see djembe is made out of all various kind of trees. It is- that'' s not a negative point yet the djembe original was made out of those type of trees like that. You can't even see them in a whole lot of places.So this tool resembles- and the tree they were making the djembe from was like really spiritual trees. As well as the pet skin you use it to place on a djembe have like a large spirit too, you recognize it's a pet skin. And you a human being play the djembe that'' s like 3 big spirits with each other to make sure that djembe- djembe is the tool make really- is always like that. It resembles also when you most likely to such as some city, every city you go you don'' t recognize any person you go to drum circle and stuff like that. You'' re visiting individuals having a great time.You see 2 individuals would get-take a djembe and get together and also start to play. They ' re enjoying, you do not even understand why. The tool will certainly have like a lot of in it. And also the tone as well as slap as well as the bass is not like a tuning or there is no like- you have to- there is one space where there's a run here.You can find the tone or put below. You recognize, is all like concerning practice. You know, like you need to discover, you need to learn because the connection in between your hand and also the skin and the pet skin. And additionally sometimes I most likely to some institution when I stated, it's the pet skin on the djembe, I also had one inquiry concerning someone was like, "No, that'' s not wonderful to you recognize to eliminate the pet for your djembe things. So I have to discuss to them as well as I stated, "No you don'' t- people simply don ' t -simply go to the one animal even if your djembe is broke. In Africa, same like right here some individuals consume the meat and they make use of the -they utilize the animals skin to do a great deal of various things. We make use of to make a belt. We make footwear out of it. We make a hat, a lot of various things like that. I'' m going to reveal you a little bit, a little bit different audio of this, this djembe. So you can see this is a slap.And this is the tone and this is the base. That when I'' m having fun, you ' re going to listen to three'of them with each other. I'' m stagnating my hand or I ' m not looking for like any kind of key or try to tune it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That was simply to show you a bit just how the djembe can duplicate 2 different -all those various sound, the tone as well as put are functioning together. And also we and the hands are relocating. So like this for instance. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thanks. Okay, I assume we have a time to take a number of inquiries before we have- and also we have another song for you I think. Yeah. Yeah. This track. >> > > Leslee: Just how about that tune that you- >> > > Adama: There'' s one thing I desire to-I nearly ignored to shut the- to shut the Sunjata, the Sunjata song. To shut the Sunjata or the Sunjata story.We ' re going to end with this tune, however I jumped up on. So let ' s come back to this song. Okay. The song for that was when Sinjata went that was right after the wedding event, when they are when they deal with against Soumaoro Kante. It was a song, the Griot individuals came and also they sing this song and also more than happy with this song. I mean, this tune was to honor Sunjata or to say thank you for helping us or thanks for just conserving our neighborhood. Thank you for, you understand, for whatever you did. So that was a song called-we call it Sunjata FASA. Okay, so you individuals start with that tune? Okay, so we ' re going to research little by little bit the first'thing was a Okay, so allow ' s-I ' m going to start it. ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ All. We got it. Allow ' s attempt again. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Everyone. ♪ ♪ I feel like I'' m vocal singing by myself. Since I can ' t hear anyone. So allow'' s try it again. Ready? One, 2', allow ' s go. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That ' s excellent. So currently possibly we can attempt that with the music, because I think you obtained it currently. Ready? One even more time. One, two, three, go. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thanks. Thanks. To make sure that'tune- that ' s Sunjata's song. There ' s like, many various, like I rehashed this stories long and also the Sunjata Tune because as soon as Sunjata came the Guinea individuals, the Mali individuals, the Gambia individuals the Senegal people, everyone was having like- producing some song for him.So there is some track where they call due to the fact that Sunjata, he resembled- Sunjata call him like a whole lot of different names. They were calling him like the King of Mande, The Lion of Mande, the Icon of Mande all that remained in them. Different people have like- interpret various song for him, you know. So now we got another, right? One and currently pa pa pa . pa pa pa pa pa. pa pa pa pa. ♪ ♪ ♪ pa pa pa pa. Pa pa pa pa pa.And we'll obtain to your inquiries. Okay, we obtained another for you. We obtained one rhythm for you, it's called Castle. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Okay, we've got to call that track. You all set? After this. Great. Hmm. ♪ ♪ That'' s great. Okay, currently we're mosting likely to do it with the songs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ > > > Leslee: Okay, that is Adama Dembele Okay, we have time for questions.There ' s a

microphone right there that you can migrate to. As well as there'' s the microphone right below. So, yeah what are your inquiries? Adama can address anything. While you'' re thinking. I have a concern. You talked about the tunes that bring the neighborhood with each other. I recognize that in Liberal arts 124 we read African tracks and rhymes, yet they're tracks that commemorate birth and also, as well as likewise functioning tunes. Songs that speak about a work like making a pot. There's a tune called Lazy Bones that we review. Are songs made use of because means, yeah today and how- >> > > Adama: Yeah, we have a tune- that was a very excellent concern you asked, we have a track, it's called Like I said, Africans have thus many The from the Boli people.The Boli individuals are in central Ivory Coast. As well as is a dancing where they were betting white individuals -white people, was working in the forest, you know, like in a yard, not woodland in a yard. Like where they were making, you recognize, they were making rice. They were making- they were making banana. They were making all these, you know, cleaning up, making peanuts. So while they were working there was a rhythm. Rhythm was dipping into the exact same time with the dance motion. That work, dancing motion point, they take that and also bring to the city. In some cases you see like a performance.Those people, they do the

dance as well as action. That ' s what it is explaining. It's explaing just how people was working, like can be like ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ That's the rhythm. And individuals be like- they be like one, 2, and also 3. One, two, one, two and also order as well as ordering things and also place in basket probably as well as relocate off, clean this up. You get to see a whole lot of dance. You see people dancing like that. So when you see individuals dance, that'' s what they attempt to discuss. They describe like what, what it was before, before even become like a dancing on the stage. So we have a great deal of different dance similar to this. These are angling, dance. You see often when you are there, you see some dancing and also you go like that. Like the action can be like that. Wrap and the grab. And 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 function of females in the informing of the stories as well as vocal singing as well as dance? The function of women.Are they additionally society caretakers? > > Adama: Yes, they are >>. They're also society keepers like, among the evidence, since the initial, the first- the last tune we play, Cuckoo. That was a- that'' s a woman tune. When females -the woman was angling, that'' s a song they produced them. You recognize, were they where going to like angling and also bringing- as well as make food. Over there they have most like a- also like at the ballet, the women would certainly do the mostly- they do the dancing and also the drumming and the singing all of them. The society caretaker like- when we talk about Griot, when we speak regarding Griot, there is Griot men, as well as there is a woman.So the Griot woman, she informed God this story or this track, like, They are vocalists, they informed an African story. So they are culture caretaker. Women are society keepers as well as like males too. They both have a different way to keep it, but they carry out like their role in it. Even drumming, at some point people ask me do the females drum in Africa? I said yes, they drum a great deal also, yeah. >> > > Leslee: Exist tracks for death and battle and also grieving? >> > > Adama: Yes. Yes. Yeah, there is a song for that and there is a track for like the healing, there is a tune for every one of that. You know, like back in the day as well, even now it still happens in the forest, when somebody obtain harmed sometimes, a lot of the time working in a garden. When individuals obtain here at the village, they just know like a very fast method to bring people to the healthcare facility since the roadway is bad and also sometimes there is no other way to call a rescue like there'' s no phone, it's not there.So many of the moment they put- when somebody gets hurt, they take the person and if you have like some drums or they call each various other and individuals constantly, they run, they come they will come when they hear there is something going on, people start yelling and things. They will come and also play the drums. As well as there is a healing track. There is a healing rhythm. Everyone makes a circle as well as they start to sing that tune and also play those rhythm prior to the individual. And also a lot of the time you help the individual to be able to be to life, to keep it- to maintain it, to have like a much more, you recognize, even more power to be solid prior to they can even take the individual to the city to head to the healthcare facility. There is a song for that.And often

there is a fatality, there is a track for that, things like that. These resemble in all the society. All the culture have like a various song for anything. It'' s like that. >> Yeah. > > Target market participant: Hey Adama, I have a question about drum making. So your household is a standard drum maker household. Is it gave by family members in the family tree or anyone can learn to make djembe in your society? >> > > Adama: Any person can learn to make in culture. I imply anybody can because when again, my household- my family have like that society, however around my household like the different town as well as various people, they can learn that culture, too.You recognize

and also when they discover it, they all share it. It doesn'' t have to be like someone have to be from my family members to do that. As well as likewise the Griot individuals is not simply on Ivory Coastline, it'' s not just my household. There ' s a great deal of them, there resembles a various name, like a Griot. There is a There is a All of this group ethnic have like a their tale as well as you can maintain it also. And where individuals come to my household, they maintain their culture too, like I give you an example. I understand some individuals from the United States in 2001 when they pertained to stay at my residence and also discover the music and learn all this culture. And they come to the United States or some of them go to France as well as they maintain the culture.They maintain you recognize,

they share the society with individuals, as well. The culture is like that. It doesn'' t need to be simply someone has to exist. Everyone can learn as well as share it as well as have the culture too, because having this essential culture it's vital for everyone to have it. >> > > Leslee: And also you can learn it as well. You can subscribe to take drums and dance. All type of opportunity there. Allow'' s give one even more round of praise. Thank you, that's great.

>> > > Adama: Thank you so a lot. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. As well as the individuals be like- they be like one, 2, as well as 3. They discuss like what, what it was in the past, before also ended up being like a dancing on the stage. Like the relocation can be like that. Over there they have most like a- also like at the ballet, the females would do the primarily- they do the dance and also the drumming as well as the vocal singing all of them. Yeah, there is a tune for that and there is a track for like the healing, there is a tune for all of that.

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