Composing the Music of Africa

Abstract

Introduction - composing the music of Africa, Malcolm Floyd melodic and rhythmic aspects of African music, Christopher James. Part 1 The making of "traditional musics": Egypt - Egyptian folk music, Adel Kamel Ghana - the roots of Ghanaian composers, James Flolu drumming in Ghana, Trevor Wiggins the xylophone tradition of North-West Ghana, Trevor Wiggins Uganda - the making of Karimojong' cattle songs, Kenneth Gourlay Embaire xylophone music of Samusiri Babalanda, Gerhard Kubik Kenya - warrior composers - Maasai boys and men, Malcolm Floyd new lyres in Northern Kenya - the enchamugne of the Samburu and the Kilumba of the Turkana, Malcolm Floyd. Part 2 The changing faces of music: consumer-led creation - Taarab music composition in Zanzibar, Janet Topp Fargion Kwela - the structure and sound of pennywhistle music, Lara Allen keeping our ears to the ground - cross-culturalism and the composer in South Africa, "old" and "new", Hans Roosenschoon Timbila, Hans Roosenschoon black - white - rainbow - a personal view on what African music means to the contemporary Western composer, Geoffrey Poole Egyptian composition in the 20th century, Adel Kamel.