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Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by BlackKenichi(m): 8:42pm On Oct 09, 2013
One of the half truths about West African traditional music is that string instruments were mainly played in the West African Sahara, Sahel and Upper Guinea (Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau and Conakry) while Forest regions and Sudanian savannah was mainly played drum and percussion instruments.

Enter The Ghanaian Seprewa
[img]http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu.edu/teachers/curriculum/m24/activity3_clip_image005.jpg[/img]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHZW3cKBbGs

Traditional Ghanaian (well Akan) music was actually more string instrument lead than percussion lead.
This leads us to it's influence on Jamaican music. You see traditionally a lot of Jamaican folk music was also string instrument based as well.

Enter Mento - Mento is a Jamaican Folk music that majorly predates the popular music genres of Ska (which is an adapted version of American Jazz and Old R&B), Rocksteady, Reggae etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mento
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130811/ent/ent5.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6y5Q14l7mU
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by Jayvarley(m): 8:49pm On Oct 09, 2013
That Mento instrumental sounds like a rendition of this song.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2tt2gQgvG4


am I right?
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by BlackKenichi(m): 8:54pm On Oct 09, 2013
Jayvarley: That Mento instrumental sounds like a rendition of this song.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2tt2gQgvG4


am I right?
Sort of. Go on youtube and type in "Jamaican Mento" and listen for yourself.
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by Jayvarley(m): 8:55pm On Oct 09, 2013
Black Kenichi:
Sort of. Go on youtube and type in "Jamaican Mento" and listen for yourself.

grin I have heard of Mento but did not know a great deal about it.

It sounds a bit like early Calypso. Jamaica use to make calypso in the early days. It's not just for small islanders! grin
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by Supper: 2:46am On Oct 10, 2013
RandomAfricanAm:

I made a post on this topic earlier...
https://www.nairaland.com/1262726/endangered-african-american-musical-instruments

Great post!

From further investigation it would seem that the more fast tempo, robust, Georgian/Alabamian Fife and Drum blues variant in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley sounds a lot more like it's Fulani Flute and Drum parent genre than does the slower, calmer, more bluesly, Northern Mississippi Hill Country variant.

Have a listen at tracks #2 - #5.
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/georgia-fife-and-drum-band-mn0000995150/songs

More on Blues in the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
http://www.southernspaces.org/2004/blues-lower-chattahoochee-valley
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by Nobody: 7:53pm On Oct 10, 2013
Jamaicans learning to speak KiKongo

the man in the video with the microphone is Congolese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bp5wsZMxEQ

grin
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by Jayvarley(m): 6:30pm On Dec 21, 2013
How did the Island of Jamaica really get it's name. The History books tell us that the indigenous Arawak people name the island Xaymaca meaning Land of Wood and Water. But when I stumbled across this video it made me think!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LruM6xpCRMI
Re: Which Culture Has The Strongest Influence Among The African Diaspora? by kwametut: 3:34pm On Aug 17, 2014
North America/US has 70% Bantu (Angola,2 Congos, Gabon,Equitorial Guinea) and Greater Senegambia(Senegal,Gambia,Mali,2 Guineas,Sierra Leone,Liberia) influence. Hang on there I will post ORIGINAL SOURCES from SLAVE TRADE ERA RECORDS.

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