Re: African info?


BAO (tunde@arches.uga.edu)
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:08:55 -0500 (EST)



Not very much help, but you might want to look into history of brazilian
and south american music. I rememeber reading about the merging of
european i.e. spanish and african music i.e. the rhtymn to form salsa
music and most of the brazillian and some of the other south american
musics.
As side question, pardon my ignorance, but what is the history of the
drum. The drum sets you see in bands today where did they start..do they
have relation to african drums, tom-tom, talking drum e.t.c. i.e. cowhide
strecthed over wood with hollow center or whats the story?

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Adam Cohen wrote:

> I've gotta do an essay for my music class and was thinking about writing a
> little piece about the impact of african music on the western world.. Maybe
> talk about the resurgence of african funk tracks by house remixers and
> such.. Anyways, just wondering if anyone knows of any good links for
> information on Fela, manu dibango or anything else related to african music.
> Or even better, if someone already has an essay on this subject (or an essay
> on any other music related subject at the University level !!! :) Thanks
> for any info/essays..
>
> Adam
>



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