A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

Materials Related to African Culture

There are 5 titles in this list.

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All Hands On! An Introduction to West African Percussion Ensembles
by Lynne Jessup
$7.95 (book); $14.95 (book and CD)
Subjects: Music; History; Geography; African Culture;
Locations: West Africa;

http://worldmusicpress.com/handson.htm

Includes percussion pieces in an easy-to-follow chart form, clapping exercises to facilitate the learning of polyrhythms, basic drumming techniques, cultural maps of Africa, and resource lists, for grades 4-12.

Published by:
World Music Press
PO Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203/748-1131

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Cultural Heritage for Innovative Community Outreach
by free
Subjects: African American Culture; African Culture; Asian Culture; Native American Culture; Family Celebrations and Traditions; Folk Arts and Material Culture;
Locations: Indonesia; Africa; Puerto Rico; Michigan;

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/

Website, sponsored by the Univ of Michigan School of Information, containing many resources on various cultural expressions that could be used in a classroom setting. Includes online presentations, teacher's guides, resource lists, and classroom activities. Site contains a great wealth of information - highly recommended.

Published by:
Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach
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Let Your Voice Be Heard: Songs from Ghana and Zimbabwe, 10th Anniversary Edition
by Abraham Kobena Adzenyah, Dumisani Maraire, Judith Cook Tucker
$29.95
Subjects: Music; African Culture;
Locations: Ghana; Zimbabwe;

http://www.worldmusicpress.com/letyourvoicebeheard.htm

The book is divided into sections on game songs, story songs, recreational songs, and a lesson on how to create the sound. Also included are a pronunciation guide and some history and geography of Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Published by:
World Music Press
PO Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203/748-1131

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Portable Museum
by Brooklyn Children's Museum
$unknown
Subjects: Native American Culture; African American Culture; Jewish American Culture; African Culture; Music; Folk Arts and Material Culture; Mexican Culture;
Locations: Africa; Mexico; United States; India;

http://www.bchildmus.org/schools/portable.html

Hands-on learning kits organized around various cultures or ideas containing objects, teacher's guides, activities, and supplemental materials. Most for grades 4 and up.

Published by:
Brooklyn Children's Museum
145 Brooklyn Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11213
718/735-4400

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Songs and Stories from Uganda
by W. Moses Serwadda, Hewett Pantaleoni
$17.95
Subjects: African Culture; Geography; History; Music; Storytelling; Luganda Language Materials;
Locations: Uganda;

http://worldmusicpress.com/songsandstoriesuganda.htm

Thirteen traditional story songs with English narrative, work songs, game songs and lullabies from the repertoire of W. Moses Serwadda, Ugandan musician, folklorist and faculty member at Makarere University in Uganda. The songs appear in the original Luganda, with phonetic pronunciation, English translation and an explanation of the story or purpose of each. Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Published by:
World Music Press
PO Box 2565
Danbury, CT 06813-2565
203/748-1131