Links specific to A World In Music Series

West Africa

Links Specific to “A World In Music” volume – West Africa

 

Unit 1

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Home_Page/Country.html

Bibliography and links area for material to do with African music – teacher can choose appropriate websites for his/her own use, not necessarily suitable for students.

 

Unit 2

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/About_African/ww_aud.html

Bibliography and links area for material to do with African music – teacher can choose appropriate websites for his/her own  use, not necessarily suitable for students.

http://www.dancedrummer.com/anlo.html

Good information on Ewe culture in particular, with drums drumming information as well

 

Unit 3

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Ghana.html

Good resource on Ghana specifically, and links to language information

http://www.dancedrummer.com/anlo.html

Good information on Ewe culture in particular, with drums drumming information as well

 

Units 4/5

http://www.baobabtree.org/

Kathy Armstrong – contributor to the curriculum.  Website for Baobab Tree in Ottawa, and Kathy Armstrong founder and percussionist.  Source for information, workshops

http://www.dunyo.com/

Kwasi Dunyo – contributor to this curriculum – website, also source for information and materials

 

Unit 6

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Ghana.html

Good resource on Ghana specifically, and links to language information and many other facets of the country and its culture.

http://africa.mrdonn.org/fables.html

Source for traditional African folktales, including some Anansi stories.  For teacher use, to source stories for activities.

 

General web resources for study of West Africa and its music

 

West African Culture

 

http://africa.mrdonn.org/index.html

Source for student-geared information on Africa, folktales, legends, for teacher use

http://africa.wisc.edu/outreach/units/story-bib.html

Bibliography of print and video resources on African storytelling, including Anansi stories

http://myghanaroots.com/

A multi-faceted site, best for teachers to explore and select information for students

http://people.ehe.ohio-state.edu/mmerryfield/general-resources-on-africa/

Excellent site to find other good links for teachers – most of the ones here are listed on this site.

 

http://www.africaaccessreview.org/

Also has instructional materials for teachers

http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/Ghana.html

Information on Ghana from U. Penn.  Excellent resource on all aspects of the country, and links to other African countries and many resources

http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/depts/langlit/french/afrique.html

Francophone site for information on Africa

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Interactive site about Africa, for teachers too

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/WWW_Links.html

Has links to African resources for teachers as well

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/

Excellent web-based information resource for cultural groups in Canada and their music (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada is linked in this resource, and contains music information on all indigenous and many other culture groups, as well as composers, genres, government resources, etc.)

 

West African Music

http://www.baobabtree.org/

Kathy Armstrong – contributor to the curriculum.  Website for Baobab Tree in Ottawa, and Kathy Armstrong founder and percussionist.  Source for information, workshops

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/music.html

Clearing-house for online African music resources – sites listed should be used with caution, but site is valuable because of its selected traditional and popular music content

http://www.dunyo.com/

Kwasi Dunyo – contributor to this curriculum – website, also source for information and materials

http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?grade=all&keywords=west+african+culture&rating=3&search_type=narrow

Teacher lesson plans for Africa etc. , rated, includes music and culture.  Requires yearly subscription.

http://www.yorku.ca/aconline/dance/groups.html

African culture, especially dance – suitable for teachers, gives performers and dance groups all over Canada