Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Africa Project Research Links

Oral Traditions

http://vafriendsofmali.org/education/teaching-timbuktu/teaching-the-community/griots-malis-historians-and-musicians/   Griots

http://www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2006/gaskin-johnson/gaskin-johnson-2.pdf  Griots

http://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/griots_storytellers.php  Griots

http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/prj/wom/osm/en9606618.htm  Griots

https://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/GriotInstitute/What%20is%20a%20Griot.pdf Griots

https://www.teachervision.com/folk-tales/resource/3716.html  Folktales

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/literature/anansi.htm  Anansi Folktales

http://www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2006/jones/jones-proverbs.pdf  Examples of well known West African Proverbs

http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib08/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/8286/Oral%20Traditions%20of%20Africa%20Article.pdf   Proverbs, Griots and Folktales



Music


http://spotlightonmusic.macmillanmh.com/n/teachers/articles/folk-and-traditional-styles/west-african-folk-music  Overview of Music
 
http://www.theafricanguild.com/mandingmusic/instruments.html  Overview of all instruments

http://www.drumconnection.com/africa-connections/history-of-the-djembe/  Djembe Drums

http://www.drumdr.com/djembe-history.html  Djembe Drums

https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Kora_%28instrument%29.html  Kora

http://www.gambia.co.uk/blog/2014/08/13/west-african-balafon/ Balafon

Art

http://artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa/west.html  Masks

http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/information/african-mask-artists.htm   All About Masks

http://www.csudh.edu/bdeluca/ThePowerofMasks/hum310/2_Africa.html Masks

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/masks.html Masks

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=aa39  Overview of Art

http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/kente/about.htm  Kente Cloth
 
http://www.kentecloth.net/ghanaian-kente-cloth/  Kente cloth

http://www.stlawu.edu/gallery/education/f/09textiles/adinkra_symbols.pdf  Adinkra Stamped Fabric

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/m/mud_cloth_bogolanfini.aspx   Mud Cloth

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa-oceania-americas/africa-art/ife-art/a/kingdom-of-ife-sculptures-from-west-africa  Sculpture

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/bronze-sculpture.html  Sculpture

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