Habari Gani?

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Habari Gani?
Nzuri sana
Wageni
Mwakaribishwa
Kenya yetu
Hakuna Matata
 Afr0-Latin
American
& Popular
Music

Presentation by SirJMastermind
Aim:
Describe the historical and
cultural background of
Afro-Latin American Music
Aim:
Listen perceptively to
Afro-Latin American Music
Aim:
Analyze the musical
characteristics of
Afro-Latin American Music
Aim:
Sing selections of
Afro-Latin American Music in
appropriate pitch, rhythm, style
and expression
Where in the world
is Latin America?
 What is an
Afro-Latin American?
Afro-Latin American
• is a Latin American person of
significant Saharan Africa
ancestry
 Kat DeLuna Adam Michael Rodríguez Tatyana Ali
Recording artist Actor Actress
“Whine Up” Eric Delko on CSI: Miami Ashley Banks on The Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air
Carmelo Anthony
of the New York Knicks
 Why are there
Africans in the America?
What happened to Latin
America Music?
Latin American music
also incorporates
African music from slaves who
were transported
to the Americas
by European settlers
as well as music from
the indigenous peoples
of the Americas.
Due to its highly
syncretic nature,
Latin American music
encompasses a wide variety of
styles, including influential
genres such as son, rumba, salsa,
merengue, tango, samba and
bossa nova.
 What is
African Music?
What is an example
of Afro-Latin
American music?
Maracatu de nação is an
Afro-Brazilian
performance genre.
The term, often shortened
simply to nação ("nation“),
refers not only to the
performance, but to the
performing groups
themselves.
Maracatu de nação’s
origins lie in
the investiture ceremonies
of the Reis do Congo
(Kings of Congo),
who were slaves that
occupied leadership roles
within the slave
community.
 What are the
characteristics of
Afro-Latin American
Music?
1. Conversation
2. Improvisation
3. The voice
as an instrument
4. The instrument
as a voice
 The Voice
as an Instrument
The Instrument
as a Voice
Conversation and
Improvisation
Call and Response
Using Instruments
Call and Response
Using Voice
 What Life Lesson
can we derive from
the Call and Response
Music of the Afro-
Latin America?
How does knowing
the origin of ALA
music promote
understanding of
the culture and
the way of life
of the past?