Olya Gregg

Research Question: How did music become important to Africa?

Thesis: Music has become important to Africa because it is a significant part of religion, it is used in different and important ways, and music helped African slaves to work and that caused some well-known music styles.

Topic Sentence #1: Music is a crucial part of religion because god appreciates it, there are sacred performances, and artists present themselves in music based on a god.

Topic Sentence #2: Music is used to entertain and worship people at funerals, it is also used as a medicine, and music is tied to storytelling.

Topic Sentence #3: Music patterns and songs helped African slaves work efficiently together, some of those songs led to well-known music patterns, but the slaves still practiced cultural celebrations.

Works Cited

Information

Bingham, Jane. African Art & Culture. Chicago: Raintree, 2004. Print.

Ellingson, Ter. “Music: Music and Religion.” Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. Vol. 9. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 6248-356. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 26 Mar. 2015.

Gaffney, Nicholas. “West African Influences.” Gale Library of Daily Life. 7th ed. Vol. 1. 2008. 207-09. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 Mar. 2015.

Miller, Karl Hagstrom. “Music: African American.” New American Nation. 7th ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006. 404-06. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Mar. 2015.

“Music and Song.” An Encyclopedia Students. Ed. John Middleton. 7th ed. Vol. 3. N.p.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2002. 106-11. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.

Nkitia, Kwabena. “Music: Music and Religion in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Encyclopedia of Religion. Ed. Lindsay Jones. 2nd ed. Vol. 9. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 6256-60. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 2 Apr. 2015.

Pictures

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Rising: African albums to watch out for in 2013.” Global Fusion. 22 Jan. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

Music

Fiechter, Derek. Cool African Music- African Safari. Youtube.17 Jan. 2014. Web. 13 Apr. 2015.