the music of south africa
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The music of South Africa
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History
• Originally held by Native people• 1632 Dutch came, mixed with French and German
settlers – “Afrikaaners”• Later immigrants from England, India, China• White settlers displaced native people• 1900’s system of “apartheid” – government
oppressed Black South Africans• Apartheid ended in 1994 – led by people like
Nelson Mandela
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Musical Sound Evolved
• Began with strong vocal harmony tradition• Later African immigrants brought drums,
mbiras, marimbas• Europeans brought the guitar, accordian,
pennywhistle and church music • 1800s singing groups toured the U.S.– Iscathimiya – all male groups with call-response
style• Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Instruments
• Mbira – 2 performances – different size instruments
• Marimba
• Pennywhistle
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1950’s and later
• Spokes Mahiyane
• Mbaqanga replaced penny whistle with sax– 2 slides
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Electric sound
• Mahotella Queens
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Miriam Makeba
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Hugh Masekla
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Kwaito
• Original to South Africa• Mixes hip-hop, reggae, local song styles• Tells stories• Brothers of Peace• Bongo Maffin
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#1 South African people have a mixture of people from the following heritages:a. Nativeb. Dutchc. Englishd. Indiae. Chinaf. All of the above
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#2 True or FalseApartheid was a system in which the white South African government oppressed and controlled the Black South African population. Music was a major tool in protesting apartheid.
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#3 True or falseSouth African music has been continuously developing, using instruments of the people who immigrated there from other countries.
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#4 Ladysmith Black Mambazo uses a style called iscathimiya. This style includes: a. All female groups with lots of solosb. All male groups with “call and response”
sound with a lead singer and group answer/background
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#5 A modern South African style that merges hip-hop, reggae and traditional gospel style is calleda. Icathimiyab. Gospelc. Kwaitod. Spirituals