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African dance (also Afro dance, Afrodance and Afro-dance) [1][2][3][4][5] refers to the various dance styles of sub-Saharan Africa. These dances are closely connected with the traditional rhythms and music traditions of the region. Music and dancing is an integral part of many traditional African societies.
173. ISBN. 978-0-375-87088-0. OCLC. 947074808. Let's Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs & Stories From An African American Childhood is a 2017 book by Patricia McKissack. It is a collection of games, songs, proverbs, stories including those from McKissack's childhood.
History of games. Indian Ambassadors, probably sent by the Maukhari King Śarvavarman of Kannauj, present the Chaturanga chess game to Khosrau I, from "A treatise on chess", 14th century. [1][2] The history of games dates to the ancient human past. [3] Games are an integral part of all cultures and are one of the oldest forms of human social ...
Pirate metal, viking metal. A sea shanty, shanty, chantey, or chanty (/ ˈʃæntiː /) is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing vessels. The term shanty most accurately refers to a specific style of work song belonging to this historical repertoire.
The game was a common pastime of Tanzanian village children of the African Tanganyika plateau circa the 1910s. [25] Not long after, it is recorded in the Freetown settler community. [26] Christian missionaries encountered it there in the 19th century. [27] Children in late Edo period Japan also were known to play the game. [28]
The African Children's Choir is a large choir composed of children ages 7 to 12 from several African nations. [citation needed] Since its inception, the choir has included children from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana. [citation needed] Many of the children have lost one or both parents to AIDS and other poverty-related ...
In African music, this is a cross-rhythmic fragment generated through cross-rhythm: 8 pulses ÷ 3 = 2 cross-beats (consisting of three pulses each) with a remainder of a partial cross-beat (spanning two pulses). In divisive form, the strokes of tresillo contradict the beats while in additive form, the strokes of tresillo are the beats.
Afrobeat is a music genre with major popularity throughout West Africa. Originating in Nigeria in the early 20th century [9][10][11], [12] Afrobeat grew in popularity in the 1960s. This growth was mainly due to the considerable fame of Fela Kuti, the ‘Father of Afrobeat’, [13] and other pivotal artists such as Tony Allen and Ebo Taylor.