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Learn About Instruments in the Video

The djembe (JIM-bay) player is sitting in a chair with a shekere (SHEH-kuh-reh) player next to her .
The dunun (DUE-noon) player is standing.
Sitting on the floor are several players of the spinning drum.
The dance is Mendiani by members of Atumpan Dance Theatre.
Mendiani is a social dance of the Malinke people of Guinea and Mali, West Africa. The Mendiani rhythm has a 4/4 time signature with triplets as one of the rhythms that add to the full polyrhythm.

Copy of Spinning Drum Dance .mp4

Membranophone: musical instruments in which a stretched membrane vibrates to produce sound.

Ex: drums (djembe, sakara, dunun, spinning drums)

Chordophone: musical instruments in which a stretched, vibrating string produces the initial sound.

Ex: stringed instruments

Idiophone: musical instruments in which a resonant solid material ( wood, metal, stone) vibrates to produce the initial sound

Ex: shekere, balafons, xylophones, kalimba

Aerophone: musical instruments in which a vibrating mass of air produces the initial sound.

Ex: pan flute, horns, shells

FOLKLORE WITH MEMBRANOPHONES (DJEMBE)

KEY TERMS

1. Sundiata Keita (Sun-jah-tah Kay-ee-tah)- The first ruler of the empire of Mali (circa de 1235- 1255). His proper name was Sogolon Djata Keita. He used his military and leadership to take control of the Niger River trade route.

Semangaru (Say-mon-gah-roo)- An enchanted Soninke (So-neen-kay) chief who took control of the southern Niger River region and eventually the then chiefdom of Mali. He was defeated by Sundiata Keita in battle (circa de 1235). Legend states Sundiata defeated the powerful wizard by shooting an arrow made of magic rooster claws at Semangaru that took away his magic.
Oral tradition- A method of passing on cultural or historical information by word of mouth without the benefit of written records.

NAMING A MALE CHILD

Sogolon Djata Keita (a.k.a. Sundiata Keita) was named in the common Mandinka practice of naming male children. Sogolon (So-go-lone) was his mother’s name, Djata (Jah-tah) was his given name and Keita was his father’s clan name. This practice was more than likely adopted because of Mali’s noblemen having multiple wives—giving the son the name of his mother identified a boy’s branch on his father’s family tree.

Based on this information, boys can figure out what their names might be using these steps:

Use their mother’s name as their first name
Use their actual first name as a middle name
Use school’s name as their clan (last) name.

FOLKLORE WITH MEMBRANOPHONES (DJEMBE)

Manage Digital Spaces

Checklist to Stay Safe on the Internet/When Out

Never tell passwords to others (even friends)
If unsure, ask an adult you trust
Travel where there is plenty of light
Double-check online security settings (public, friends only, friends of friends…)
Be alert when traveling alone
Think of who will be affected before clicking FORWARD or SEND
Two heads are better than one, travel with someone
Only visit online places approved for your use

Manage a Tough Situation

Three Things to do for Ongoing Bullied/Bothered

Report It: by telling a trusted adult any feelings of loneliness, depression, sadness, and powerless are reduced
Ignore It: when possible, students should walk (not run) away from a tough situation to diminish the bully’s power
Talk about It: young people should be encouraged to talk to trusted adults and friends about how tough situations make them feel.

*Trusted adults: teachers, parents, police, counselors

FOLKLORE WITH FULL DJEMBE ORCHESTRA

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