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Author : John F. Carrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (141 download)
Download or read book Talking Drums of Africa written by John F. Carrington and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lisa Braxton
Publisher : Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series
ISBN 13 : 9781771337410
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (374 download)
Download or read book The Talking Drum written by Lisa Braxton and published by Inanna Poetry & Fiction Series. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1971. The fictional city of Bellport, Massachusetts, is in decline with an urban redevelopment project on the horizon expected to transform this dying factory town into a thriving economic center. This transformation has a profound effect on three African American couples as their own personal transformations take place. Sydney Stallworth steps away from her fellowship and law studies at an elite university to support husband Malachi's dream of opening a business in Bellport, his hometown--The Talking Drum Bookstore and Cultural Center--which he believes will benefit from the new development coming to the city. For Omar Bassari, an immigrant from Senegal, Bellport is where he will establish his drumming career and will be the launching pad for the establishment of his drumming institute from which he will spread African culture across the world. However, he's on the verge of losing his foothold in Bellport and his marriage to college sweetheart, Natalie, as his neighbourhood prepares to be taken by eminent domain. Della Tolliver has built a fragile sanctuary in Bellport for herself and daughter Jasmine, a troubled child prone to nightmares and outbursts, but that sanctuary is in jeopardy because Della's boyfriend, local activist Kwamé Rodriguez, is--unbeknownst to her--the head of an arson ring torching buildings in the neighbourhood scheduled for demolition.Tensions rise as the demolition date moves closer and the pace of the arsons picks up.The couples find themselves at odds with a political system manipulating their lives and question the future of their relationships. The Talking Drum explores intra-racial, class, and cross-cultural tensions, along with the meaning of community and belonging.
Author : Stephanie Coker Aderinokun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Ariella and the Talking Drum written by Stephanie Coker Aderinokun and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you trade a precious friendship for the prettiest things you've ever seen? Ariella and her talking drum Tito, are getting ready for the spectacular Eko dance competition. Jealous Princess Adeteni decides to convince Ariella to hand over Tito, in exchange for some of the prettiest things Ariella has ever seen. Will Ariella succumb and trade in her best friend Tito? This beautifully Illustrated book celebrates African culture in its setting and characterization, woven through with Africa sounds. Readers will learn a valuable lesson on contentment. This book will also make a wonderful addition in any home or class library.
Author : Mirjam de Bruijn
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9956558532
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa written by Mirjam de Bruijn and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2009 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'We cannot imagine life now without a mobile phone' is a frequent comment when Africans are asked about mobile phones. They have become part and parcel of the communication landscape in many urban and rural areas of Africa and the growth of mobile telephony is amazing: from 1 in 50 people being users in 2000 to 1 in 3 in 2008. Such growth is impressive but it does not even begin to tell us about the many ways in which mobile phones are being appropriated by Africans and how they are transforming or are being transformed by society in Africa. This volume ventures into such appropriation and mutual shaping. Rich in theoretical innovation and empirical substantiation, it brings together reflections on developments around the mobile phone by scholars of six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania) who explore the economic, social and cultural contexts in which the mobile phone is being adopted, adapted and harnessed by mobile Africa.
Author : Amanda Villepastour
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351958437
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Ancient Text Messages of the Yoruba Bata Drum written by Amanda Villepastour and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bata is one of the most important and representative percussion traditions of the people in southwest Nigeria, and is now learnt and performed around the world. In Cuba, their own bata tradition derives from the Yoruba bata from Africa yet has had far more research attention than its African predecessor. Although the bata is one of the oldest known Yoruba drumming traditions, the drum and its unique language are now unfamiliar to many contemporary Yoruba people. Amanda Villepastour provides the first academic study of the bata's communication technology and the elaborate coded spoken language of bata drummers, which they refer to as 'ena bata'. Villepastour explains how the bata drummers' speech encoding method links into universal linguistic properties, unknown to the musicians themselves. The analysis draws the direct links between what is spoken in Yoruba, how Yoruba is transformed in to the coded language (ena), how ena prescribes the drum strokes and, finally, how listeners (and which listeners) extract linguistic meaning from what is drummed. The description and analysis of this unique musical system adds substantially to what is known about bata drumming specifically, Yoruba drumming generally, speech surrogacy in music and coded systems of speaking. This book will appeal not only to ethnomusicologists and anthropologists, but also to linguists, drummers and those interested in African Studies.
Author : Louis L'Amour
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553900161
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)
Download or read book The Walking Drum written by Louis L'Amour and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis L’Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier—the enthralling lands of the twelfth century. Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard is a daring seeker of knowledge and fortune bound on a journey of enormous challenge, danger, and revenge. Across Europe, over the Russian steppes, and through the Byzantine wonders of Constantinople, Kerbouchard is thrust into the treacheries, passions, violence, and dazzling wonders of a magnificent time. From castle to slave galley, from sword-racked battlefields to a princess’s secret chamber, and ultimately, to the impregnable fortress of the Valley of Assassins, The Walking Drum is a powerful adventure in an ancient world that you will find every bit as riveting as Louis L’Amour’s stories of the American West.
Author : Brandon Toews
Publisher : Drumeo
ISBN 13 : 1999151941
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (991 download)
Download or read book The Drummer's Toolbox written by Brandon Toews and published by Drumeo. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide to drumming styles by the co-author of the best-selling instructional book The Best Beginner Drum Book. Brandon Toews and Drumeo present... THE DRUMMER'S TOOLBOX! The Drummer's Toolbox presents drummers of all skill levels with the most comprehensive introduction to 100 different drumming styles from the past century. This ultimate guide includes more than 900 groove examples, as well as listening suggestions for 1000 recommended recordings. Throughout the book, drummers will also learn about the history of each drumming style, effective techniques for playing them, and how to break down different grooves limb-by-limb. The Drummer's Toolbox is for any drummer who's serious about expanding their musical vocabulary and becoming more versatile behind the drum-set. You will learn how to play: - Rock: Surf Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock... - Jazz: 4/4 Swing, Up-Tempo Swing, Contemporary Jazz... - Blues: Texas Blues, Chicago Blues, Flat Tire Shuffle... - Country: Train Beat, Two-Step, Rockabilly... - Soul & Funk: Motown, Neo-Soul, New Orleans Funk... - Metal: Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Metalcore... - Electronic: Hip-Hop, Drum and Bass, Trap... - Afro-Cuban: Mambo, Nanigo, Songo... - Afro-Brazilian: Samba, Marcha, Bossa Nova... - Afro-Caribbean: Merengue, Reggae, Zouk... - And many more!
Author : Isaac Olaleye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Distant Talking Drum written by Isaac Olaleye and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems describe life and customs in a Nigerian village.
Author : Yaya Diallo
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892812561
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (125 download)
Download or read book The Healing Drum written by Yaya Diallo and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1989-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the personal story of internationally acclaimed drummer Yaya Diallo we see the power of music as a sacred, healing force in West African culture.
Author : Ruth Finnegan
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1906924708
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Oral Literature in Africa written by Ruth Finnegan and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Author : David Locke
Publisher : White Cliffs Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Drum Damba written by David Locke and published by White Cliffs Media. This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring Abubakari Lunna, a master drummer of Dagbon.
Author : Michael Drake
Publisher : Talking Drum Publications
ISBN 13 : 0962900265
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Shamanic Drumming written by Michael Drake and published by Talking Drum Publications. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people in today's world are being called by spirit to become shamans. A yearning exists deep within many of us to reconnect to the natural world. It is a call to a life lived in balance with awareness of nature, of spirit, and of self. In his third drum guide, Shamanic Drumming: Calling the Spirits, Michael Drake recounts his journey into shamanic practice and explores what someone should do if they feel the call to become a shaman. Following up on his definitive handbook on shamanic drumming, The Shamanic Drum, the author provides a new series of exercises and lessons that allow for a deeper understanding and utilization of this core shamanic practice. He has written a guide to becoming a shamanic healer that encompasses the power of the drum, of community, and of the accountability inherent in authentic shamanic practice.
Author : Evelyn Coleman
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613318228
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (182 download)
Download or read book To Be a Drum written by Evelyn Coleman and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daddy Wes tells how Africans were brought to America as slaves, but promises his children that as long as they can hear the rhythm of the earth, they will be free.
Author : Jordan Sonnenblick
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545231167
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (452 download)
Download or read book Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie written by Jordan Sonnenblick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave and beautiful story that will make readers laugh, and break their hearts at the same time. Now with a special note from the author! Steven has a totally normal life (well, almost).He plays drums in the All-City Jazz Band (whose members call him the Peasant), has a crush on the hottest girl in school (who doesn't even know he's alive), and is constantly annoyed by his younger brother, Jeffrey (who is cuter than cute - which is also pretty annoying). But when Jeffrey gets sick, Steven's world is turned upside down, and he is forced to deal with his brother's illness, his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece, his homework, the band, girls, and Dangerous Pie (yes, you'll have to read the book to find out what that is!).
Author : Spencer Tweedy
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 3791386530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (913 download)
Download or read book Mirror Sound written by Spencer Tweedy and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual portrait that delves into the people and processes behind self-recorded music, featuring some of the biggest names in music today. Everywhere you look, musicians are creating, recording, and selling their music without the help of big-name studios, producers, or labels. This book offers tangible--and visually stunning--proof that self-recording is a path to artistic freedom. Each chapter takes on a specific aspect of self-recording through original interviews with musicians and all new photography, revealing the joys and complications of recording music on one's own terms. You'll learn how some of your favorite musicians charted their path to self-recording and how they use emerging technologies to make exceptional music. The book features intimate shots of artists recording in living rooms, backyards, and garages--such as Eleanor Friedberger, Mac DeMarco, Vagabon, Tune-Yards, Yuka Honda, and more. The first book devoted entirely to the practice of self-recording, Mirror Sound charts a way forward for any musician who aspires to make their own music and those who just love to listen.
Author : Jennifer S. Miller
Publisher : Fair Winds Press
ISBN 13 : 1631597752
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Confident Parents, Confident Kids written by Jennifer S. Miller and published by Fair Winds Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confident Parents, Confident Kids lays out an approach for helping parents—and the kids they love—hone their emotional intelligence so that they can make wise choices, connect and communicate well with others (even when patience is thin), and become socially conscious and confident human beings. How do we raise a happy, confident kid? And how can we be confident that our parenting is preparing our child for success? Our confidence develops from understanding and having a mastery over our emotions (aka emotional intelligence)—and helping our children do the same. Like learning to play a musical instrument, we can fine-tune our ability to skillfully react to those crazy, wonderful, big feelings that naturally arise from our child’s constant growth and changes, moving from chaos to harmony. We want our children to trust that they can conquer any challenge with hard work and persistence; that they can love boundlessly; that they will find their unique sense of purpose; and they will act wisely in a complex world. This book shows you how. With author and educator Jennifer Miller as your supportive guide, you'll learn: the lies we’ve been told about emotions, how they shape our choices, and how we can reshape our parenting decisions in better alignment with our deepest values. how to identify the temperaments your child was born with so you can support those tendencies rather than fight them. how to align your biggest hopes and dreams for your kids with specific skills that can be practiced, along with new research to support those powerful connections. about each age and stage your child goes through and the range of learning opportunities available. how to identify and manage those big emotions (that only the parenting process can bring out in us!) and how to model emotional intelligence for your children. how to deal with the emotions and influences of your choir—the many outside individuals and communities who directly impact your child’s life, including school, the digital world, extended family, neighbors, and friends. Raising confident, centered, happy kids—while feeling the same way about yourself—is possible with Confident Parents, Confident Kids.
Author : Christopher Wise
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780894108679
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)
Download or read book The Desert Shore written by Christopher Wise and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
