Edited by Azizi Powell
In the United States, one of the most widely known examples of a playground rhyme that was inspired in part by a military cadence is "Mama Mama Can't You See".
This post features two versions of the United States Marine Corps cadence "Mama Mama Can't You See" and two versions of the hand clap rhyme "Mama Mama Can't You See".
Without any further introductory comments, here are the featured examples of this cadence/rhyme:
UNITED STATES MARINE CORP CADENCE
Video #1: USMC cadence ''Mama can't you see'' with lyrics
Uploaded by DanceOnOldSchool on Aug 31, 2008
Cadence of the USMC ''mama can't you see''.
MaaMaMa cant you see? What this corp has done for me.
Put me in a barbers chair, SNIP SNAP and I had no hair.
And if I die in a combat zone, Box me up and ship me home.
Put me in a set of dress blues, Comb my hair and shine my shoes.
Pin my medals upon my chest, Tell my mama I did my best.
MaaMaMa don't you cry, Marine Corp Motto is do or die!
left right layo, left right layo, low right layo, lefty right low
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Video #2: MAMA MAMA CAN'T YOU SEE (excerpt)
Here is "Mama, mama can't you see". Needless to say, there are plenty of variants...
Mama Mama can't you see
What this road is doing to me
Mama Mama can't you see
What this road is doing to me
Chorus is a chant of the tune
(Whoa whoa), (Yay yay) or (Da da dada)....
Joined the army to get in shape
But all I do is hurry and wait
They put me in a barber's chair
Shaved my head 'til it was bare.
Use to wear designer jeans
Now I'm dressed in jungle greens
Thought I'd get to get to have some fun
But all I do is shoot my gun....
They took away my set of wheels
Now I've blisters on my heels....
Up in the morning much too soon
We're still marching after noon.
Standing tall and looking good
We ought to be in Hollywood....
Ain't no use in going slow
There are many miles to go
Ain't no point in going fast
We shall never be the last
(Someone's name) Don't be blue
Frankenstein was ugly too....
-CET {Edmund}; http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=10803 "Cadence or Marching Songs", 9/30/2004
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Click http://cocojams.com/content/military-cadences-other-cadences for information about military cadences (jody) as well as additional examples of this cadence & other cadences.
Please be aware that Cocojams.com contains family friendly versions of military cadences. However, many examples of those cadences that are found on other sites may not be suitable for children.
HANDCLAP RHYMES
Video #1: mama can't you see?
Uploaded by vdsmdac98mcs on Jun 11, 2010
juego de manos
hand shake games
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The two girls speak Spanish prior to starting the handclap game, and speak English while playing the game.
Here are the words to the version found in the video:
Mama,Mama can't you see
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
What the baby's done to me
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
Took away my MTV.
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
Now I’m watching dumb Barney
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
tic tac toe three in a row
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
barney got shot got shot by GI Joe
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
who ever got stop get a bump in the head
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
and that is how the game will end
[clap clap clap clap clapclap]
-vdsmdac98mcs on Jun 11, 2010 (my transcription from video)
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I placed this version first because it's more similar to the examples of this rhyme that I've collected than the second featured example. The examples that I collected - African American girls & boys (ages 6-12 years old) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1999-2009 - usually say "what the army done to me" (instead of what the baby done to me, although I have also heard that version. And somewhere around 2004, instead of "Barney got shot by GI Joe", I started hearing children chant "your mama got shot by GI Joe". I consider this to quite a disturbing change in wording.
GI Joe is the small American army figurine toy that may not be as popular now as it was in the 1960s or so.
I should also mention that in most of the versions that I've seen online and in person, the tempo is faster in the beginning of the rhyme and MUCH faster at the end. The end lines that I've heard (and the end lines found in a number of online examples) are:
don't stop until your hands get hot/don't stop until your hands get red".
The palms of the hands get hot & red because of the fast paced slapping that is done in this competitive portion of this game. Those slaps can sting! The person who misses a hand slap because she or he moves her or his hands out the way (so the hands won't get slapped) is out. The last person remaining in the game is the winner.
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Video #2: Mama Mama Can't You See?
daledot4kids | August 22, 2007
Silly Megan with the boys...
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Here's the words to this version:
Mama mama can't you see,
What the army done to me.
They took away my favorite toys,
Now I'm playin' with boys.
They took away my MP3,
Now I'm watching Barney.
They took away my favorite jeans,
Now I'm wearin' army greens.
I saw a lady chewin' gum,
I asked her if i could have some.
She looked at me like I was dumb,
That's when I said
See my pinky
See my thumb
See my fist
You betta run!
- daledot4kids | August 22, 2007 [transcription by Azizi Powell given without the boys' sound effects]
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All of the playground rhyme videos of "Mama Mama Can't You See" that I have seen and all of the performances of that rhyme that I have observed use the same tune. Notice that the tune used for the playground rhyme is different from the tune used for the military cadence.
Also, notice the reference to Mp3s. To date, versions of "Mama Mama Can't You See" are the only examples of playground rhymes that I've collected that mention "Mp3s" (or any other Ipod type music player).
Click http://cocojams.com/content/handclap-jump-rope-and-elastics-rhymes-2 for many other versions of "Mama Mama Can't You See" and other hand clap rhymes.
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Seven Of My Favorite African American Gospel Choir Videos
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases seven of my favorite Gospel videos. This selection differs somewhat from a listing of seven of my favorite Gospel songs. In large part that is because I'm focusing not only on the song's lyrics & arrangement but also how the video captures the performance of the song and the congregation or audience's responses to the song while it is being sung.
As clarification, in this post I'm focusing on mass (large) choirs or on church choirs and not on smaller Gospel groups like the Edwin Hawkins Singers or Walter Hawkins Love Center Choir (both of whom I love). Such groups will be the focus of another post.
Without any further introductory comments, presented in no real ranking order (meaning my favorites vary depending on my mood), here are this post's featured videos:
Video #1: Detroit Mass Choir - "The Storm Is Passing Over"
Marcell77 | February 16, 2009
Detroit Mass Choir sings the Donald Vails classic The Storm Is Passing Over
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This song is often given the title "Encourage My Soul".
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Video #2: Mississippi Mass Choir-"When I Rose This Morning"
Uploaded by malacomg on Feb 2, 2011
"When I Rose This Morning" - Mississippi Mass Choir available at www.malaco.com or by calling 1-800-272-7936.
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This song features Mother Moise Burke.
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Video #3: Rev. James Cleveland & Albertina Walker - (If I Perish) "I'm Going To Meet The King"
dpdaniel2 | March 27, 2008
Classic footage of the gospel legend Rev James Cleveland featuring Albertina Walker. Taken from 'The Brothers and Sisters Live in concert' which was a benefit concert for 'Save the Children' in 1972.
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The choir member who sung during the Gospel Break is Loretta Oliver. That singing was unplanned but, in my opinion, greatly enhances this rendition of that song.
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Video #4:
"God is trying to tell you something." - (The Color Purple)
Uploaded by KAKAU99 on Apr 28, 2008
Cena perfeita de um filme perfeito com uma música perfeita.
A cor púrpura
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I included this video even though this is a Gospel choir from a movie and not an actual church or community choir. However, the song's words & the choir's performance still moves me and is interesting to watch which are my two criteria for this list.
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Video #5: Georgia Mass Choir "Bye and Bye"
Uploaded by chj333 on Nov 3, 2010
The Georgia Mass Choir sings "Bye and Bye" led by Punch Baldwin.
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Video #6: Florida Mass Choir "All Night All Day"
Uploaded by chj333 on Apr 7, 2009
Florida Mass Choir "All Night All Day" directed by V. Michael McKay
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Video #6: Beverly Crawford- "Just As Soon (I'll Be Shouting)"
Uploaded by matthew5and9 on Dec 3, 2008
Beverly Crawford singing at the National Baptist World Center [filmed in 1997]
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Video #7: Metropolitan Church of Prayer Choir featuring Diane WIlliams-"Jesus Can Work It Out"
Original Cosmo Version Jesus Can Work It Out - Diane WIlliams
Uploaded by ChiOne07; October 04, 2007
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My thanks to the vocalist and musicians who are featured on these videos, and to the composers of those songs. My thanks also to the video uploaders.
Thanks for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
This post showcases seven of my favorite Gospel videos. This selection differs somewhat from a listing of seven of my favorite Gospel songs. In large part that is because I'm focusing not only on the song's lyrics & arrangement but also how the video captures the performance of the song and the congregation or audience's responses to the song while it is being sung.
As clarification, in this post I'm focusing on mass (large) choirs or on church choirs and not on smaller Gospel groups like the Edwin Hawkins Singers or Walter Hawkins Love Center Choir (both of whom I love). Such groups will be the focus of another post.
Without any further introductory comments, presented in no real ranking order (meaning my favorites vary depending on my mood), here are this post's featured videos:
Video #1: Detroit Mass Choir - "The Storm Is Passing Over"
Marcell77 | February 16, 2009
Detroit Mass Choir sings the Donald Vails classic The Storm Is Passing Over
-snip-
This song is often given the title "Encourage My Soul".
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Video #2: Mississippi Mass Choir-"When I Rose This Morning"
Uploaded by malacomg on Feb 2, 2011
"When I Rose This Morning" - Mississippi Mass Choir available at www.malaco.com or by calling 1-800-272-7936.
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This song features Mother Moise Burke.
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Video #3: Rev. James Cleveland & Albertina Walker - (If I Perish) "I'm Going To Meet The King"
dpdaniel2 | March 27, 2008
Classic footage of the gospel legend Rev James Cleveland featuring Albertina Walker. Taken from 'The Brothers and Sisters Live in concert' which was a benefit concert for 'Save the Children' in 1972.
-snip-
The choir member who sung during the Gospel Break is Loretta Oliver. That singing was unplanned but, in my opinion, greatly enhances this rendition of that song.
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Video #4:
"God is trying to tell you something." - (The Color Purple)
Uploaded by KAKAU99 on Apr 28, 2008
Cena perfeita de um filme perfeito com uma música perfeita.
A cor púrpura
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I included this video even though this is a Gospel choir from a movie and not an actual church or community choir. However, the song's words & the choir's performance still moves me and is interesting to watch which are my two criteria for this list.
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Video #5: Georgia Mass Choir "Bye and Bye"
Uploaded by chj333 on Nov 3, 2010
The Georgia Mass Choir sings "Bye and Bye" led by Punch Baldwin.
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Video #6: Florida Mass Choir "All Night All Day"
Uploaded by chj333 on Apr 7, 2009
Florida Mass Choir "All Night All Day" directed by V. Michael McKay
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Video #6: Beverly Crawford- "Just As Soon (I'll Be Shouting)"
Uploaded by matthew5and9 on Dec 3, 2008
Beverly Crawford singing at the National Baptist World Center [filmed in 1997]
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Video #7: Metropolitan Church of Prayer Choir featuring Diane WIlliams-"Jesus Can Work It Out"
Original Cosmo Version Jesus Can Work It Out - Diane WIlliams
Uploaded by ChiOne07; October 04, 2007
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My thanks to the vocalist and musicians who are featured on these videos, and to the composers of those songs. My thanks also to the video uploaders.
Thanks for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Sesame Street's Love My Hair & Willow Smith's Whip My Hair Videos
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post showcases the Sesame Street "I Really Love My Hair" video, the Willow Smith "I Whip My Hair" video, and a mash-up video entitled "Sesame Street - Whip My Hair "(A mash-up video is one that combines clips from two or more other videos). It's important to note that this mash up video and other YouTube videos that are made from the Sesame Street video and the Willow Smith video are not affiliated in any way with those two videos.
The Sesame Street "I Love My Hair" video aired in 2010 shortly before the Willow Smith video. That video was inspired and produced by Sesame Street's head writer and puppeteer Joey Mazzarino to encourage his adopted daughter from Ethiopia and other girls (particularly Black girls) to love their hair.
Click http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenee-darden/sesame-street-writer-pens_b_767353.html for more of the backstory about Sesame Street's "I Really Love My Hair".
Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair" song isn't necessarily about Black females loving their hair. However, because that song aired shortly after the Sesame Street video that implicitly had that goal, and because both of those songs featured a young Black girl talking positively about her hair, a number of people connect these songs together. This unintended, publicly conferred connection between these two videos is evidenced by several mash-up videos. Those videos use the visuals from the original Sesame Street video and the audio from the Willow Smith song.
Without further introductory comments, here are those three videos.
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Video #1: Sesame Street: Song -- I Love My Hair
Uploaded by SesameStreet on Oct 12, 2010
Sing along and make the world aware that YOU love your hair!...
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To date there are more than 6,000 comments on this video's viewer comment thread. Here's one of those comments:
"Fantastic video. I really needed something like this when I was a little girl and non-black people would tease me about my hair. Luckily, I grew up to eventually appreciate what I have. :) Sadly, a lot of black people, young and old, haven't yet.
-AlohaDucky; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=enpFde5rgmw, February 23, 2012
Here are the lyrics for that song:
I REALLY LOVE MY HAIR
(Joey Mazzarino)
Don’t need a trip to the beauty shop,
’cause I love what I got on top.
It’s curly and it’s brown and it’s right up there!
You know what I love? That’s right, my hair!
I really love my hair.
I love my hair. I love my hair.
There’s nothing else that can compare with my hair.
I love my hair, so I must declare:
I really, really, really love my hair.
Wear a clippy or in a bow
Or let it sit in an afro
My hair looks good in a cornrow
It does so many things you know, that’s why I let it grow
I love my hair, I love my hair
I love it and I have to share
I love my hair, I love my hair!
I want to make the world aware I love my hair.
I wear it up. I wear down. I wear it twisted all around.
I wear braids and pigtails too.
I love all the things my hair can do.
In barrettes or flying free, ever perfect tresses you’ll see
My hair is part of me, an awesome part of me
I really love my hair!
Source: http://www.cocoandcreme.com/2010/10/sesame-street-show-natural-hair-love/
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I've read that a number of people think that the vocalist for this song is Willow Smith. However, the actual vocalist is Chauncey Johnson, a young African American actress who has worked with The Lion King production.
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Video #2: Willow Smith - Whip My Hair
Uploaded by WillowSmithVEVO on Oct 18, 2010
Music video by Willow performing Whip My Hair. (C) 2010 Roc Nation, LLC.
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Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/whip-my-hair-lyrics-willow-smith.html for the lyrics to this song.
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Video #3: Sesame Street - Whip My Hair
Uploaded by evkon711 on Oct 14, 2010
I saw this video from sesame street and was bored at night and thought it needed the willow smith treatment hahaha
From the Sesame Street song "I Love My Hair"
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As a reminder, in spite of its name and its content, this video and similarly produced videos aren't affiliated in any way with Sesame Street or with Willow Smith. I believe that it was just coincidental that two songs featuring a Black girl speaking positively about her hair were aired almost simultaneously. I think that this particular mash-up video "works" as it helps to promote the Sesame Street "I Really Love My Hair" video. And in so doing, the mash-up video helps to promote the positive message of loving your natural, tightly curled hair, a message that isn't as explicitly given in the Willow Smith video as it is in the Sesame Street video.
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My thanks to the artists, performers, producers, and uploaders of these featured videos.
Thank you for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
This post showcases the Sesame Street "I Really Love My Hair" video, the Willow Smith "I Whip My Hair" video, and a mash-up video entitled "Sesame Street - Whip My Hair "(A mash-up video is one that combines clips from two or more other videos). It's important to note that this mash up video and other YouTube videos that are made from the Sesame Street video and the Willow Smith video are not affiliated in any way with those two videos.
The Sesame Street "I Love My Hair" video aired in 2010 shortly before the Willow Smith video. That video was inspired and produced by Sesame Street's head writer and puppeteer Joey Mazzarino to encourage his adopted daughter from Ethiopia and other girls (particularly Black girls) to love their hair.
Click http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenee-darden/sesame-street-writer-pens_b_767353.html for more of the backstory about Sesame Street's "I Really Love My Hair".
Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair" song isn't necessarily about Black females loving their hair. However, because that song aired shortly after the Sesame Street video that implicitly had that goal, and because both of those songs featured a young Black girl talking positively about her hair, a number of people connect these songs together. This unintended, publicly conferred connection between these two videos is evidenced by several mash-up videos. Those videos use the visuals from the original Sesame Street video and the audio from the Willow Smith song.
Without further introductory comments, here are those three videos.
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Video #1: Sesame Street: Song -- I Love My Hair
Uploaded by SesameStreet on Oct 12, 2010
Sing along and make the world aware that YOU love your hair!...
-snip-
To date there are more than 6,000 comments on this video's viewer comment thread. Here's one of those comments:
"Fantastic video. I really needed something like this when I was a little girl and non-black people would tease me about my hair. Luckily, I grew up to eventually appreciate what I have. :) Sadly, a lot of black people, young and old, haven't yet.
-AlohaDucky; http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=enpFde5rgmw, February 23, 2012
Here are the lyrics for that song:
I REALLY LOVE MY HAIR
(Joey Mazzarino)
Don’t need a trip to the beauty shop,
’cause I love what I got on top.
It’s curly and it’s brown and it’s right up there!
You know what I love? That’s right, my hair!
I really love my hair.
I love my hair. I love my hair.
There’s nothing else that can compare with my hair.
I love my hair, so I must declare:
I really, really, really love my hair.
Wear a clippy or in a bow
Or let it sit in an afro
My hair looks good in a cornrow
It does so many things you know, that’s why I let it grow
I love my hair, I love my hair
I love it and I have to share
I love my hair, I love my hair!
I want to make the world aware I love my hair.
I wear it up. I wear down. I wear it twisted all around.
I wear braids and pigtails too.
I love all the things my hair can do.
In barrettes or flying free, ever perfect tresses you’ll see
My hair is part of me, an awesome part of me
I really love my hair!
Source: http://www.cocoandcreme.com/2010/10/sesame-street-show-natural-hair-love/
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I've read that a number of people think that the vocalist for this song is Willow Smith. However, the actual vocalist is Chauncey Johnson, a young African American actress who has worked with The Lion King production.
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Video #2: Willow Smith - Whip My Hair
Uploaded by WillowSmithVEVO on Oct 18, 2010
Music video by Willow performing Whip My Hair. (C) 2010 Roc Nation, LLC.
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Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/whip-my-hair-lyrics-willow-smith.html for the lyrics to this song.
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Video #3: Sesame Street - Whip My Hair
Uploaded by evkon711 on Oct 14, 2010
I saw this video from sesame street and was bored at night and thought it needed the willow smith treatment hahaha
From the Sesame Street song "I Love My Hair"
-snip-
As a reminder, in spite of its name and its content, this video and similarly produced videos aren't affiliated in any way with Sesame Street or with Willow Smith. I believe that it was just coincidental that two songs featuring a Black girl speaking positively about her hair were aired almost simultaneously. I think that this particular mash-up video "works" as it helps to promote the Sesame Street "I Really Love My Hair" video. And in so doing, the mash-up video helps to promote the positive message of loving your natural, tightly curled hair, a message that isn't as explicitly given in the Willow Smith video as it is in the Sesame Street video.
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My thanks to the artists, performers, producers, and uploaders of these featured videos.
Thank you for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Scat Singing: Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, & Ella Fitzgerald
Edited by Azizi Powell
Heebie Jeebies / Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Uploaded by MINICQQPER on May 11, 2010
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This post features information and video examples of scat singing as performed by.
My thanks to these iconic performers for this rich legacy. My thanks also to these videos' uploaders for making these film clips accessible.
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INFORMATION ABOUT SCATTING
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singing
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Video #1: Heebie Jeebies / Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
This video is posted at the top of this page. Here is information about the band members as posted by that video's uploader:
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (c,vo)
Kid Ory (tb)
Johnny Dodds (cl)
Lil Armstrong (p)
Johnny St. Cyr (bj)
February 26, 1926, Chicago, Illinois
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Video #2: Cab Calloway - The Scat Song (1932)
Uploaded by edmundusrex on Aug 27, 2009
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (Dec.25,1907 - Nov.18,1994)
was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s.
Calloway's Orchestra featured performers that included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
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Video #3: Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher [1958]
Uploaded by moontreal on Mar 18, 2008
Minnie the Moocher
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Video #4: Ella Fitzgerald : One note Samba (scat singing) 1969
Uploaded by diegodobini2 on Jan 26, 2007
June 22, 1969 jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald with accompaniment by Ed Thigpen on drums, Frank de la Rosa on bass, and Tommy Flanagan on piano.
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Video #5: Jazz - Conversation in Scat - Ella Fitzgerald (1974)
Uploaded by internet100 on May 10, 2010
7 minutes of scat singin'
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Heebie Jeebies / Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Uploaded by MINICQQPER on May 11, 2010
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This post features information and video examples of scat singing as performed by.
My thanks to these iconic performers for this rich legacy. My thanks also to these videos' uploaders for making these film clips accessible.
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INFORMATION ABOUT SCATTING
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scat_singing
In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice…
Jelly Roll Morton credited Joe Sims of Vicksburg, Mississippi as the creator of scat around the turn of the 20th century…
It was Armstrong's 1926 performance, however, that was the turning point for the medium.[15] According to Armstrong, when he was recording the song "Heebie Jeebies", soon to be a national bestseller, with his band The Hot Five, his music fell to the ground. Not knowing the lyrics to the song, he invented a gibberish melody to fill time, expecting the cut to be thrown out in the end, but that take of the song was the one released.[11] The story is widely believed to be apocryphal,[16] but the influence of the recording was nonetheless enormous.
Jelly Roll Morton credited Joe Sims of Vicksburg, Mississippi as the creator of scat around the turn of the 20th century. Louis Armstrong served as a model for Cab Calloway, whose 1930s scat solos inspired Gershwin's use of the medium in his Porgy and Bess; it was from the 1926 recording of "Heebie Jeebies" arose the techniques that would form the foundation of modern scat.
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Video #1: Heebie Jeebies / Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
This video is posted at the top of this page. Here is information about the band members as posted by that video's uploader:
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong (c,vo)
Kid Ory (tb)
Johnny Dodds (cl)
Lil Armstrong (p)
Johnny St. Cyr (bj)
February 26, 1926, Chicago, Illinois
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Video #2: Cab Calloway - The Scat Song (1932)
Uploaded by edmundusrex on Aug 27, 2009
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (Dec.25,1907 - Nov.18,1994)
was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s.
Calloway's Orchestra featured performers that included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
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Video #3: Cab Calloway - Minnie the Moocher [1958]
Uploaded by moontreal on Mar 18, 2008
Minnie the Moocher
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Video #4: Ella Fitzgerald : One note Samba (scat singing) 1969
Uploaded by diegodobini2 on Jan 26, 2007
June 22, 1969 jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald with accompaniment by Ed Thigpen on drums, Frank de la Rosa on bass, and Tommy Flanagan on piano.
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Video #5: Jazz - Conversation in Scat - Ella Fitzgerald (1974)
Uploaded by internet100 on May 10, 2010
7 minutes of scat singin'
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Blackface Tradition Of The Mardi Gras Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
Edited by Azizi Powell
[Revision: Corrected organization name - 4/13/2012]
Zulu Parade: Mardi Gras 2011 in New Orleans
Uploaded by vparlant on Mar 8, 2011
Scenes from the 2011 Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, La. Includes clip of St. Augustine's Marching 100, McDonogh 35 marching band,dance troupes and Zulus in black face. Video by Nordette Adams
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Since 1909 - with the exception of the years 1965 and 1966 - most of the members of the Mardi Gras krewe* Zulus Social Aid & Pleasure Club (Zulus SA&PC) have worn black face paint and grass skirts during their annual Mardi Gras parade. Members of that predominately Black Mardi Gras krewe usually also wear large black afro wigs as part of their Mardi Gras costumes.
*"krewe" = an organization; a membership group that parades during New Orleans Mardi Gras and engages in other social functions.
The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club krewe was formed in 1909 after members of the African American social group Tramps witnessed a theatric skit about the Zulus South African ethnic group.
From http://www.kreweofzulu.com/history/
Editor: "Ward" here means "city neighborhood". To quote that article "Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members."
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From http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zulu-Social-Aid-Pleasure-Club/111689455522994
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/zulu.html provides additional information about the origins of the Zulu S&PC is found in this article:
Another quote from that same article indicates that at least for a small period of time there was public pressure on the members of that Mardi Gras Krewe to cease wearing blackface:
“Zulus were not without their controversies, either. In the 1960’s during the height of Black awareness, it was unpopular to be a Zulu. Dressing in a grass skirt and donning a black face were seen as being demeaning. Large numbers of black organizations protested against the Zulu organization, and its membership dwindled to approximately 16 men. James Russell, a long-time member, served as president in this period, and is credited with holding the organization together and slowly bringing Zulu back to the forefront."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Social_Aid_%26_Pleasure_Club:
According to that Wikipedia article, in response to those pressures, from 1965 to 1966 the Zulu SA&PC continued to parade wearing grass skirts but during those years stopped wearing blackface. However, from 1967 on that krewe returned to the custom of blackening their skin.
From http://www.eastjeffersonparish.com/culture/MARDIGRA/HISTORY/history.htm:
"Zulu came under pressure from portions of the black community who thought the krewe presented an undignified image. The king resigned and the parade was almost cancelled, but Zulu survived and was a main attraction by 1969".
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Furthermore, in 1973 the Zulu SA&PC began recruiting members regardless of race. And regardless of race, members of the Zulu S&PC wear black facial paint during their annual Mardi Gras Parade.
Why do members of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club wear blackface?
From my online research, the reasons most often given (together or separately) are that the Zulus SA&PC and their costuming is -or at least started out as - a parody of White Mardi Gras krewes, it is tradition, and the parade (and therefore the method of parading) is done just for fun (and therefore shouldn’t be judged).
The "Zulu Mardi Gras parade" as fun is part of the overacrching contemporary (if not traditional) approach to Mardi Gras parades. Although I've never attended any Mardi Gras parade, I don't discount that they are fun. However, just because something is fun, doesn't mean it can't be critiqued. That said, I prefer to focus on the two other reasons that I found mentioned in online articles for the Zulu S&PC's blackening up custom:
Blackface as Parody Of White Mardi Gras Krewes
From http://www.nola.com/mardigras/index.ssf/2011/02/zulu_mardi_gras_krewe_files_su.html
"Zulu is a predominantly black group that, during the Carnival season, wears grass skirts and blackface makeup in parody of stereotypes from the early 1900s."
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From http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/zulu.html "The Zulu Parade of Mardi Gras" [two comments by Ari Kelman]
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From http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/zulu.html "The Zulu Parade of Mardi Gras" [comment by Lawrence Powell]
Blackening Up As Tradition
From http://discoverblackheritage.com/zulu-social-aid-pleasure-club
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From http://heatherleila3.blogspot.com/2010/02/mardi-gras-gender-and-race-and-everyone.html
“Everyone who rides in Zulu wears blackface. Everyone. (Or maybe just the men.) That means when white people ride in Zulu, they wear blackface too. It's tradition. You don't question tradition. Or do you?"
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With regard to blackface being a tradition, it should also be noted that from the late 19th century until the mid 20th century, it was traditional for Black actors as well as White actors to wear blackface.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface#20th_century_examples
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My Comment
With regard to "tradition", customs that occur over time become tradition. Since the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club celebrated their one hundred anniversary of marching in Mardi Gras parades in 2009, there's no doubt that that organization's distinctive costuming is tradition.
With regard to "parody", it seems to me that the population being parodied by the blackface traditions of the Mardi Gras Zulus are Black people and Black African people in general, and KwaZulu people in particular. And it also seems to me that the Zulu S&PC's much sought after coconut “throw” is too close to the “black people as monkey” meme. I’m not one of those folk who think that negative stereotypes and pejorative words (like the “n word” should or can be reclaimed.
I believe that it’s important for people to be aware that the depictions of the Zulus by the Zulu SA&PC have nothing whatsoever to do with the KwaZulu people. In my opinion, no matter how much fun this parade is, and regardless of the fact that its members' costumes started as a way to safely mock White Mardi Gras customs, I believe that those costumes and that organization's name disrespect the South African KwaZulu's rich traditions, though no disrespect was intended. Although I have no association with the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, I am taking the liberty of apologizing to the KwaZulu people for this unintended disrespect.
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Zulu Parade: Mardi Gras 2011 in New Orleans
Uploaded by vparlant on Mar 8, 2011
Scenes from the 2011 Zulu Parade on Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, La. Includes clip of St. Augustine's Marching 100, McDonogh 35 marching band,dance troupes and Zulus in black face. Video by Nordette Adams
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Since 1909 - with the exception of the years 1965 and 1966 - most of the members of the Mardi Gras krewe* Zulus Social Aid & Pleasure Club (Zulus SA&PC) have worn black face paint and grass skirts during their annual Mardi Gras parade. Members of that predominately Black Mardi Gras krewe usually also wear large black afro wigs as part of their Mardi Gras costumes.
*"krewe" = an organization; a membership group that parades during New Orleans Mardi Gras and engages in other social functions.
The Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club krewe was formed in 1909 after members of the African American social group Tramps witnessed a theatric skit about the Zulus South African ethnic group.
From http://www.kreweofzulu.com/history/
Early in 1909, a group of laborers who had organized a club named “The Tramps,” went to the Pythian Theater to see a musical comedy performed by the Smart Set. The comedy included a skit entitled, “There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me,” about the Zulu Tribe...
After seeing the skit, they retired to their meeting place (a room in the rear of a restaurant/bar in the 1100 block of Perdido Street), and emerged as Zulus. This group was probably made up of members from the Tramps, the Benevolent Aid Society [of that ward] and other ward-based groups.
While the “Group” marched in Mardi Gras as early as 1901, their first appearance as Zulus came in 1909, with William Story as King.
The group wore raggedy pants, and had a Jubilee-singing quartet in front of and behind King Story. His costume of “lard can” crown and “banana stalk” scepter has been well documented. The Kings following William Story, (William Crawford – 1910, Peter Williams – 1912, and Henry Harris – 1914), were similarly attired.
1915 heralded the first use of floats, constructed on a spring wagon, using dry good boxes. The float was decorated with palmetto leaves and moss and carried four Dukes along with the King. That humble beginning gave rise to the lavish floats we see in the Zulu parade today.
Editor: "Ward" here means "city neighborhood". To quote that article "Benevolent Societies were the first forms of insurance in the Black community where, for a small amount of dues, members received financial help when sick or financial aid when burying deceased members."
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From http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zulu-Social-Aid-Pleasure-Club/111689455522994
In 1908, John L. Metoyer and members of a New Orleans Mutual aid society called “The Tramps”, attended a vaudevillian comedy show called, “There Never Was and Never Will Be a King Like Me”. The musical comedy performed by the “Smart Set” at the Pythian Temple Theater on the corner of Gravier and Saratoga in New Orleans, included a skit where the characters wore grass skirts and dressed in blackface. Metoyer became inspired by the skit and reorganized his marching troupe from baggy-pant-wearing tramps to a new group called the “Zulus”. In 1909, Metoyer and the first Zulu king, William Story, wore a lard-can crown and carried a banana stalk as a scepter. Six years later in 1915, the first decorated platform was constructed with dry goods boxes on a spring wagon. The King’s float was decorated with tree moss and palmetto leaves.
In 1916, Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club became incorporated where the organization’s bylaws were established as well as its social mission and dedication to benevolence and goodwill.
In 1933, the Lady Zulu Auxiliary was formed by the wives of Zulu members, and in 1948, Edwina Robertson became the first Queen of Zulu making the club the first to feature a queen in a parade.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/zulu.html provides additional information about the origins of the Zulu S&PC is found in this article:
King Zulu has reigned in the streets of New Orleans nearly every Fat Tuesday since 1909. The first kings of Zulu wore lard cans for crowns and carried banana stalks as scepters. Jubilee-singers flanked the king, with Mr. Big Stuff and the Witch Doctor in grass-skirts and black face in attendance. By 2005 the Zulu parades were premiere Mardi Gras events with lavish floats. Gone was the raggedy pants parody of the original parade; the king and queen of Zulu reigned in elegant tuxedo and gown.
Another quote from that same article indicates that at least for a small period of time there was public pressure on the members of that Mardi Gras Krewe to cease wearing blackface:
“Zulus were not without their controversies, either. In the 1960’s during the height of Black awareness, it was unpopular to be a Zulu. Dressing in a grass skirt and donning a black face were seen as being demeaning. Large numbers of black organizations protested against the Zulu organization, and its membership dwindled to approximately 16 men. James Russell, a long-time member, served as president in this period, and is credited with holding the organization together and slowly bringing Zulu back to the forefront."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Social_Aid_%26_Pleasure_Club:
In the 1960s, [Zulu SA&PC] membership dwindled as a result of social pressures from civil rights activists. The protesters advertised in the local black community's newspaper The Louisiana Weekly stating:
"We, the Negroes of New Orleans, are in the midst of a fight for our rights and for a recognition of our human dignity which underlies those rights. Therefore, we resent and repudiate the Zulu Parade, in which Negroes are paid by white merchants to wander through the city drinking to excess, dressed as uncivilized savages and throwing cocoanuts like monkeys. This caricature does not represent Us. Rather, it represents a warped picture against us. Therefore, we petition all citizens of New Orleans to boycott the Zulu Parade. If we want respect from others, we must first demand it from ourselves".
According to that Wikipedia article, in response to those pressures, from 1965 to 1966 the Zulu SA&PC continued to parade wearing grass skirts but during those years stopped wearing blackface. However, from 1967 on that krewe returned to the custom of blackening their skin.
From http://www.eastjeffersonparish.com/culture/MARDIGRA/HISTORY/history.htm:
"Zulu came under pressure from portions of the black community who thought the krewe presented an undignified image. The king resigned and the parade was almost cancelled, but Zulu survived and was a main attraction by 1969".
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Furthermore, in 1973 the Zulu SA&PC began recruiting members regardless of race. And regardless of race, members of the Zulu S&PC wear black facial paint during their annual Mardi Gras Parade.
Why do members of the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club wear blackface?
From my online research, the reasons most often given (together or separately) are that the Zulus SA&PC and their costuming is -or at least started out as - a parody of White Mardi Gras krewes, it is tradition, and the parade (and therefore the method of parading) is done just for fun (and therefore shouldn’t be judged).
The "Zulu Mardi Gras parade" as fun is part of the overacrching contemporary (if not traditional) approach to Mardi Gras parades. Although I've never attended any Mardi Gras parade, I don't discount that they are fun. However, just because something is fun, doesn't mean it can't be critiqued. That said, I prefer to focus on the two other reasons that I found mentioned in online articles for the Zulu S&PC's blackening up custom:
Blackface as Parody Of White Mardi Gras Krewes
From http://www.nola.com/mardigras/index.ssf/2011/02/zulu_mardi_gras_krewe_files_su.html
"Zulu is a predominantly black group that, during the Carnival season, wears grass skirts and blackface makeup in parody of stereotypes from the early 1900s."
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From http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/zulu.html "The Zulu Parade of Mardi Gras" [two comments by Ari Kelman]
The Zulu parade emerged around the turn of the twentieth century and grew out of New Orleans's powerful African American community. Members of benevolent organizations, groups that engaged in community organizing, decided that if Mardi Gras was going to be segregated, they would begin a Krewe (a Mardi Gras club) of their own. They crowned a king, who wore a lard can atop his head and held a banana stalk as a scepter, mocking the class privilege of most white Carnival Krewes...
I don't think Zulu is just about fun, just as all of the Mardi Gras parades have multiple meanings. In this case, Zulu is about the city's African-American community asserting its right to parade in public spaces, to subvert racist images, and to participate in civic culture. Given New Orleans's extraordinarily complicated racial dynamics, these are important and powerful impulses. And so Zulu isn't just about fun; it's also about people asserting their citizenship.
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From http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/neworleans/sfeature/zulu.html "The Zulu Parade of Mardi Gras" [comment by Lawrence Powell]
That Zulu was founded just as segregation was hardening and racial violence was on the upswing helps answer the question. New Orleans's bloodiest race riot -- the Robert Charles riot -- had occurred nine years earlier. Dissent from racial orthodoxy had become dangerous. By embracing and amplifying white stereotypes of black character, Zulu was a safe way to mock the mockers. Its clownish royalty punctured the pretensions of the ermine-bedecked white elite. As Thomas Brothers explains in Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, Zulu's deployment of double-edged racial symbolism was "a classic example of carnivalesque release of class tensions with the special twist of African American signifying." The strategy made the black bourgeoise uncomfortable, however.
Blackening Up As Tradition
From http://discoverblackheritage.com/zulu-social-aid-pleasure-club
Established in the early 1900′s, the Zulu Krewe, initially known as the “Tramps,” developed first as a marching group. According to legend, its members adopted the idea for the group from a popular vaudeville skit from the period, “There Never Was and Will Never Be a King Like Me,” dressing up in grass skirts and wearing blackface, traditions that continue today. Zulu royalty has counted among its kings, Louis Armstrong , who served in 1949 and sport special “float characters of Zululand,” including the Big Shot, the Witch Doctor and the Soulful Warriors…
The organization was designed to provide blacks with a way to socialize during Jim Crow era and segregation, and later, as a verhicle to provide its members with much needed burial insurance in a time when African Americans were unable to buy such policies. As a side benefit, it was also a way for New Orleans’s black residents to participate in the city’s official Mardi Gras celebrations—which until the 1960′s was mostly a “whites only” affair—by holding their own parades and balls and crowning faux royalty. Of all the throws to rain down from the many floats in the parades during carnival, the Zulu coconut or “Golden Nugget” is the most sought after
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From http://heatherleila3.blogspot.com/2010/02/mardi-gras-gender-and-race-and-everyone.html
“Everyone who rides in Zulu wears blackface. Everyone. (Or maybe just the men.) That means when white people ride in Zulu, they wear blackface too. It's tradition. You don't question tradition. Or do you?"
-snip-
With regard to blackface being a tradition, it should also be noted that from the late 19th century until the mid 20th century, it was traditional for Black actors as well as White actors to wear blackface.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface#20th_century_examples
In both the United States and Britain, blackface was most commonly used in the minstrel performance tradition, but it predates that tradition, and it survived long past the heyday of the minstrel show. White blackface performers in the past used burnt cork and later greasepaint or shoe polish to blacken their skin and exaggerate their lips, often wearing woolly wigs, gloves, tailcoats, or ragged clothes to complete the transformation. Later, black artists also performed in blackface…
In the Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA), an all-black vaudeville circuit organized in 1909, blackface acts were a popular staple....For example, one of the most famous stars of Haverly's European Minstrels was Sam Lucas, who became known as the "Grand Old Man of the Negro Stage". Lucas later played the title role in the 1914 cinematic production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. From the early 1930s to the late 1940s, New York City's famous Apollo Theater in Harlem featured skits in which almost all black male performers wore the blackface makeup and huge white painted lips, despite protests that it was degrading from the NAACP. The comics said they felt "naked" without it.
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My Comment
With regard to "tradition", customs that occur over time become tradition. Since the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club celebrated their one hundred anniversary of marching in Mardi Gras parades in 2009, there's no doubt that that organization's distinctive costuming is tradition.
With regard to "parody", it seems to me that the population being parodied by the blackface traditions of the Mardi Gras Zulus are Black people and Black African people in general, and KwaZulu people in particular. And it also seems to me that the Zulu S&PC's much sought after coconut “throw” is too close to the “black people as monkey” meme. I’m not one of those folk who think that negative stereotypes and pejorative words (like the “n word” should or can be reclaimed.
I believe that it’s important for people to be aware that the depictions of the Zulus by the Zulu SA&PC have nothing whatsoever to do with the KwaZulu people. In my opinion, no matter how much fun this parade is, and regardless of the fact that its members' costumes started as a way to safely mock White Mardi Gras customs, I believe that those costumes and that organization's name disrespect the South African KwaZulu's rich traditions, though no disrespect was intended. Although I have no association with the Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club, I am taking the liberty of apologizing to the KwaZulu people for this unintended disrespect.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Music & Dance From Zimbabwe, South Africa
Edited by Azizi Powell
Zambezi Express - The Amazing New African Dance Musical...
Uploaded by gypsiiboy on Oct 6, 2009
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This post features four videos of traditional music and dance from Zimbabwe, South Africa.
My thanks to the participants, producers, and uploaders of these videos.
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Video #1: Zambezi Express - The Amazing New African Dance Musical...
This video is found at the top of this page.
The video uploader's summary is as follows:
"Highlights from this amazing new show. The story follows a boy named Zilli, born in the slums of a township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe who dreams of becoming a top-flight footballer. His adventures on the Zambezi Express - the train that leaves Bulawayo for South Africa once a week - and his struggles in the big city have created this extraordinary, pulsating new show straight from the heart of Africa. Pounding, multi-layered African beats and powerful acapella vocals alongside jumping, jiving, and acrobatic dance numbers by a 30 strong company. A soccer-based musical for the approaching World Cup in South Africa 2010 - This is the beautiful game as its never been seen before!"...
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Video #2:
Traditional Song _ Chegutu, Zimbabwe (Africa)
Uploaded by elikkka on Jun 3, 2009
African dance - school project zimbabwe -
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Video #3: siyaya, zimbabwe dancers
Uploaded by lawrencewinter on Apr 26, 2008
These guys are from kokoba town in blawayo. Vanogona kujaiva zvese. chokwadi!
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Video #4: Great Traditional Dance. Zimbabwe, Africa
Uploaded by elikkka on Nov 12, 2009
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Zambezi Express - The Amazing New African Dance Musical...
Uploaded by gypsiiboy on Oct 6, 2009
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This post features four videos of traditional music and dance from Zimbabwe, South Africa.
My thanks to the participants, producers, and uploaders of these videos.
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Video #1: Zambezi Express - The Amazing New African Dance Musical...
This video is found at the top of this page.
The video uploader's summary is as follows:
"Highlights from this amazing new show. The story follows a boy named Zilli, born in the slums of a township in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe who dreams of becoming a top-flight footballer. His adventures on the Zambezi Express - the train that leaves Bulawayo for South Africa once a week - and his struggles in the big city have created this extraordinary, pulsating new show straight from the heart of Africa. Pounding, multi-layered African beats and powerful acapella vocals alongside jumping, jiving, and acrobatic dance numbers by a 30 strong company. A soccer-based musical for the approaching World Cup in South Africa 2010 - This is the beautiful game as its never been seen before!"...
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Video #2:
Traditional Song _ Chegutu, Zimbabwe (Africa)
Uploaded by elikkka on Jun 3, 2009
African dance - school project zimbabwe -
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Video #3: siyaya, zimbabwe dancers
Uploaded by lawrencewinter on Apr 26, 2008
These guys are from kokoba town in blawayo. Vanogona kujaiva zvese. chokwadi!
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Video #4: Great Traditional Dance. Zimbabwe, Africa
Uploaded by elikkka on Nov 12, 2009
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Traditional Zulu Dancing - South Africa
Edited by Azizi Powell
Pretty Zulu Girls show their Wedding Dance.
Uploaded by GlobalDVC on Apr 28, 2008
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This post showcases three videos of traditional Zulu dances.*
This post also provides information about two traditional dances of the KwaZulu (Zulu) people of South Africa.
My thanks to the author of the excerpted post and the participants, producers, and uploaders of these videos.
*In recognition of the educational guidelines in the elementary through high school public schools in the United States, these featured videos do not include any female topless views.
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INFORMATION ABOUT TWO TRADITIONAL ZULU DANCES: INGOMA (ISISHAMENI)AND INDLAMU
From http://www.eshowe.com/article/articlestatic/74/1/13/:
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Click that link for information about other traditional Zulu dances.
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Video #1:
This video is placed at the top of this page.
The video uploader's summary is as follows:
http://www.voluntourismtips.blogspot.com
Beautiful Zulu girl Mafuthi Mathenjwa works at the Simunye Community Tourism Association Office (sponsored by DaimlerChrysler) based at the entrance of Khula Village a small rural settlement next to the Dukuduku Forest on the fringes of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park in Zululand.
Mafuti is the pretty receptionist and dancer in the nearby Veyane Cultural Village we filmed her and the dancers in a wedding song for YouTube. They like to become famous and attract more tourists, so tell them please you saw her here on YouTube. This tourism office is the first in South Africa to be entirely owned and operated by members of the local community.
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Video #2: Zulu Dancing
Uploaded by varzinczak on Jan 15, 2009
Zulu dancing in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Video #3: zulu kids dancing in south africa
Uploaded by voodoochop on Nov 7, 2006
zulu kids dancing in south africa. part of "a modern odyssey" photography show. amodernodyssey.com. proceeds go to two sisters charity. twosisters.org.za
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Pretty Zulu Girls show their Wedding Dance.
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This post showcases three videos of traditional Zulu dances.*
This post also provides information about two traditional dances of the KwaZulu (Zulu) people of South Africa.
My thanks to the author of the excerpted post and the participants, producers, and uploaders of these videos.
*In recognition of the educational guidelines in the elementary through high school public schools in the United States, these featured videos do not include any female topless views.
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INFORMATION ABOUT TWO TRADITIONAL ZULU DANCES: INGOMA (ISISHAMENI)AND INDLAMU
From http://www.eshowe.com/article/articlestatic/74/1/13/:
Ingoma (isishameni) - a harmonising performance with boys and girls together
but dancing separately. The boys clap while the girls dance and vice-versa.
Indlamu - the traditional dance most often associated with Zulu culture. It
is performed with drums and full traditional attire and is derived from the war dances of the warriors.
This war dance is untouched by Western influence probably because it is regarded as a touchstone of Zulu identity. Full regimental atture, precise timing and uncompromised posture are required. It is danced by men of any age wearing skin(amabeshu), headrings, ceremonial belts, ankle rattles, sheilds and weapons like knobkeries and spears. While indlamu uses similar steps as girls do for ingoma, it has a much more calculated, less frantic feel, showing off muscular strength and control of the weapons with mock stabs at imaginary enemies. Dancers are more likely to make eye contact with the audience. Various drums and whistles accompany the dance.
Both indlamu and ingoma are performed at weddings. Women perform ingoma and men indlamu.
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Click that link for information about other traditional Zulu dances.
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Video #1:
This video is placed at the top of this page.
The video uploader's summary is as follows:
http://www.voluntourismtips.blogspot.com
Beautiful Zulu girl Mafuthi Mathenjwa works at the Simunye Community Tourism Association Office (sponsored by DaimlerChrysler) based at the entrance of Khula Village a small rural settlement next to the Dukuduku Forest on the fringes of the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park in Zululand.
Mafuti is the pretty receptionist and dancer in the nearby Veyane Cultural Village we filmed her and the dancers in a wedding song for YouTube. They like to become famous and attract more tourists, so tell them please you saw her here on YouTube. This tourism office is the first in South Africa to be entirely owned and operated by members of the local community.
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Video #2: Zulu Dancing
Uploaded by varzinczak on Jan 15, 2009
Zulu dancing in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Video #3: zulu kids dancing in south africa
Uploaded by voodoochop on Nov 7, 2006
zulu kids dancing in south africa. part of "a modern odyssey" photography show. amodernodyssey.com. proceeds go to two sisters charity. twosisters.org.za
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Songs About Black Pride
Edited by Azizi Powell
In the United States and in numerous other countries in the world most of the attributes for the color "black" are negative.
For centuries the color "black" has been equated with things that are bad or problematic or evil, for example "black clouds", "being in a black mood", and "black humor" (gallows humor, humor that is cynical). In European countries and also in the United States, it was traditional to warn children that if they were bad, they would receive a clump of black coal on Christmas day but if they were good, they would received a lump of white sugar. And throughout Europe, the devil has long been symbolized as being the color "black", and not just the color "red" that is familiar to most people in the United States.
Those negative connotations for the color black easily carried over to negative views about people who have dark skin. And it's significant that, until very recently, God, Jesus, and angels were only portrayed as being White. Although there are statues & paintings of Black Madonnas* in Europe, few people in the United States know of these works of art.
While most of the connotations for the color "black" are negative, there are a few positive connotations for that color - "being in the black" (making a financial profit), "black soil" (soil that is rich and fertile), and wearing a black dress for formal occassions (epitomizing sophistication). But the centuries old negative connotations for the word "black" help create and maintain institutional & personal racism against Black people. Negative connotations for the color "black" and negative attitudes toward and images of dark skinned people also result in colorism** that dark skin people have toward each other.
Songs of Black pride are one way to counteract the negative connotations of the color "black" and the low self-esteem and low group esteem that many Black skin and dark skin people feel. Here are a few songs about Black pride.
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Video #1: Kofi -- Brown Sugar -"Black Pride"
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Kofi -- Brown Sugar they topped the reggae charts in 1977 three girls with talent from south London. They formed a singing group while in their mid teens and were recommended to Dennis Harris at that time (mid late 1970s) Dennis was the owner operator of the Lover's Rock label straight outta Brockley, London SE4 United Kingdom...
Lyrics to "Black Pride"*
(as sung by Kofi-Brown Sugar)
Verse 1
Yeah Yeah Oooh
Black is the color of my skin
Black is the life that I live.
And I’m so proud to be
the color that God made me
I just got to say
Chorus:
Black is my color, yeah
[Black pride for all to see]
Wouldn’t be any other
[Oh no. I must be me.]
I said Black is my color, yeah
[Black pride for all to see]
Wouldn’t be any other. No No No
[Oh no. I must be me.]
Verse 2
Brown is the color of my eyes.
I’ve got no reason to disguise.
Black is the pride in me.
All of the world to see.
I just got to say
Chorus
Yeah Yeah Woo ooh
Verse 3
Black is the pride in me.
All of the world to see
I just got to say
Chorus [repeat multiple times]
-transcribed from the video by Azizi Powell
Please send in any corrections to this transcription.
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Video #2: james brown,say it loud i'm black and i'm proud
Uploaded by crabby68 on Jan 12, 2007
james brown doin what he does best.
-snip-
Click http://artists.letssingit.com/james-brown-lyrics-say-it-loud-im-black-and-im-proud-pt-1-5w39354 for the lyrics to this song.
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Video #3: Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Uploaded by NinaFestival on Aug 16, 2010
Harlem Cultural Festival 1969
-snip-
Click http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nina+simone/to+be+young+gifted+black_20100554.html for lyrics to this song.
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Video #4: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - We're a Winner
Uploaded by thepowderedclouds on Jul 26, 2008
Title track from the 1968 Album.
Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/were-a-winner-lyrics-curtis-mayfield.html for lyrics to this song.
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Video #5: Bob Marley - Buffalo soldier
Pgroenberg, Uploaded on Apr 23, 2008
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Video #6: Sesame Street: Song -- I Love My Hair
SesameStreet, Uploaded on Oct 12, 2010
Sing along and make the world aware that YOU love your hair!
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Video #7: Buju Banton - African Pride
VeryPalpableHit, Uploaded on Nov 4, 2007
A mix of clips I put together set to Buju Banton's song, African Pride, off of his 1997 album, Inna Heights.
LYRICS: AFRICAN PRIDE
(Writer(s): Writer(s): MARSDEN, STEVEN / DUNBAR, LOWELL / DENNIS, DONALD / MYRIE, MARK / GERMAIN, DONOVAN
Thou we struggle
Jah is the ruler and protector of I & I life
All man a bawl (Eh!)
(Ethiopia) Africans with African pride
(Somalia) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For our nation to move forward
(Mozambique) Africans with African pride
(Zambia) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
What make we can't all unite
Put each man difference aside
Why can't we just come together
Cease from tribal wars and fight
Who knows better must do better
A source of collective insight
May not be exposed to education
But surely knows wrong from right
(Nigeria) Africans with African pride
(Ghana) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
(Zimbabwe) Africans with African pride
(Zaire) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Self help with inner motivation
Teach I to be self sufficient
don't want to depend on no one
For attainment of my bread
Oh these words
Oh my calling
Children crying white squall tears
Hunger rampant harvest plenty (ooohwe, whoa)
(Senegal) Africans with African pride
(South Africa) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For any nation to move forward
(Ethiopia) Africans with African pride
(Somalia) Fighting to attain our rights
(oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
(oh oh oh oh oh oh)
(Unde-lay, Unde-lay, Unde-lay, uh lay lay woi)
(Unde-lay, Unde-lay, Unde-lay, uh lay lay woi)
(Woi)
(Freedom) free Africa
A free free Africa
(Freedom) free Africa
A free indi-Africa
(Freedom) free Africa
Di whole entire Africa
(Freedom) free Africa (Whoa, woy-yo)
(Botswana) Africans with African pride
(Cameroon) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
(Angola) Africans with African pride
(Namibia) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
What make we can't all unite
Put each man difference aside
Why can't we just come together
Cease dis tribal war and fight
Who knows better must do better
A source of collective insight
May not be exposed to education
But surely knows wrong from right
(Algeria) Africans with African pride
(Mali) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
(Benin) Africans with African pride
(Burundi) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
http://www.lyrics007.com/Buju%20Banton%20Lyrics/African%20Pride%20Lyrics.html
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna for an article about Black Madonnas
Click http://civilliberty.about.com/od/raceequalopportunity/g/inst_racism.htm for a definition of "institutional racism".
Click http://racerelations.about.com/od/understandingrac1/g/definitionofcolorism.htm for a definition of "colorism".
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the composers, performers, and uploaders of these videos.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
In the United States and in numerous other countries in the world most of the attributes for the color "black" are negative.
For centuries the color "black" has been equated with things that are bad or problematic or evil, for example "black clouds", "being in a black mood", and "black humor" (gallows humor, humor that is cynical). In European countries and also in the United States, it was traditional to warn children that if they were bad, they would receive a clump of black coal on Christmas day but if they were good, they would received a lump of white sugar. And throughout Europe, the devil has long been symbolized as being the color "black", and not just the color "red" that is familiar to most people in the United States.
Those negative connotations for the color black easily carried over to negative views about people who have dark skin. And it's significant that, until very recently, God, Jesus, and angels were only portrayed as being White. Although there are statues & paintings of Black Madonnas* in Europe, few people in the United States know of these works of art.
While most of the connotations for the color "black" are negative, there are a few positive connotations for that color - "being in the black" (making a financial profit), "black soil" (soil that is rich and fertile), and wearing a black dress for formal occassions (epitomizing sophistication). But the centuries old negative connotations for the word "black" help create and maintain institutional & personal racism against Black people. Negative connotations for the color "black" and negative attitudes toward and images of dark skinned people also result in colorism** that dark skin people have toward each other.
Songs of Black pride are one way to counteract the negative connotations of the color "black" and the low self-esteem and low group esteem that many Black skin and dark skin people feel. Here are a few songs about Black pride.
The content of this post is presented for its motivational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
FEATURED VIDEOS
(These videos are presented in no order of preference.)
Video #1: Kofi -- Brown Sugar -"Black Pride"
Uploaded by max1xxx on Jul 21, 2010
Kofi -- Brown Sugar they topped the reggae charts in 1977 three girls with talent from south London. They formed a singing group while in their mid teens and were recommended to Dennis Harris at that time (mid late 1970s) Dennis was the owner operator of the Lover's Rock label straight outta Brockley, London SE4 United Kingdom...
Lyrics to "Black Pride"*
(as sung by Kofi-Brown Sugar)
Verse 1
Yeah Yeah Oooh
Black is the color of my skin
Black is the life that I live.
And I’m so proud to be
the color that God made me
I just got to say
Chorus:
Black is my color, yeah
[Black pride for all to see]
Wouldn’t be any other
[Oh no. I must be me.]
I said Black is my color, yeah
[Black pride for all to see]
Wouldn’t be any other. No No No
[Oh no. I must be me.]
Verse 2
Brown is the color of my eyes.
I’ve got no reason to disguise.
Black is the pride in me.
All of the world to see.
I just got to say
Chorus
Yeah Yeah Woo ooh
Verse 3
Black is the pride in me.
All of the world to see
I just got to say
Chorus [repeat multiple times]
-transcribed from the video by Azizi Powell
Please send in any corrections to this transcription.
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Video #2: james brown,say it loud i'm black and i'm proud
Uploaded by crabby68 on Jan 12, 2007
james brown doin what he does best.
-snip-
Click http://artists.letssingit.com/james-brown-lyrics-say-it-loud-im-black-and-im-proud-pt-1-5w39354 for the lyrics to this song.
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Video #3: Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Uploaded by NinaFestival on Aug 16, 2010
Harlem Cultural Festival 1969
-snip-
Click http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nina+simone/to+be+young+gifted+black_20100554.html for lyrics to this song.
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Video #4: Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - We're a Winner
Uploaded by thepowderedclouds on Jul 26, 2008
Title track from the 1968 Album.
Click http://www.metrolyrics.com/were-a-winner-lyrics-curtis-mayfield.html for lyrics to this song.
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Video #5: Bob Marley - Buffalo soldier
Pgroenberg, Uploaded on Apr 23, 2008
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Video #6: Sesame Street: Song -- I Love My Hair
SesameStreet, Uploaded on Oct 12, 2010
Sing along and make the world aware that YOU love your hair!
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Video #7: Buju Banton - African Pride
VeryPalpableHit, Uploaded on Nov 4, 2007
A mix of clips I put together set to Buju Banton's song, African Pride, off of his 1997 album, Inna Heights.
LYRICS: AFRICAN PRIDE
(Writer(s): Writer(s): MARSDEN, STEVEN / DUNBAR, LOWELL / DENNIS, DONALD / MYRIE, MARK / GERMAIN, DONOVAN
Thou we struggle
Jah is the ruler and protector of I & I life
All man a bawl (Eh!)
(Ethiopia) Africans with African pride
(Somalia) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For our nation to move forward
(Mozambique) Africans with African pride
(Zambia) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
What make we can't all unite
Put each man difference aside
Why can't we just come together
Cease from tribal wars and fight
Who knows better must do better
A source of collective insight
May not be exposed to education
But surely knows wrong from right
(Nigeria) Africans with African pride
(Ghana) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
(Zimbabwe) Africans with African pride
(Zaire) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Self help with inner motivation
Teach I to be self sufficient
don't want to depend on no one
For attainment of my bread
Oh these words
Oh my calling
Children crying white squall tears
Hunger rampant harvest plenty (ooohwe, whoa)
(Senegal) Africans with African pride
(South Africa) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For any nation to move forward
(Ethiopia) Africans with African pride
(Somalia) Fighting to attain our rights
(oh oh oh oh oh oh oh)
(oh oh oh oh oh oh)
(Unde-lay, Unde-lay, Unde-lay, uh lay lay woi)
(Unde-lay, Unde-lay, Unde-lay, uh lay lay woi)
(Woi)
(Freedom) free Africa
A free free Africa
(Freedom) free Africa
A free indi-Africa
(Freedom) free Africa
Di whole entire Africa
(Freedom) free Africa (Whoa, woy-yo)
(Botswana) Africans with African pride
(Cameroon) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
(Angola) Africans with African pride
(Namibia) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
What make we can't all unite
Put each man difference aside
Why can't we just come together
Cease dis tribal war and fight
Who knows better must do better
A source of collective insight
May not be exposed to education
But surely knows wrong from right
(Algeria) Africans with African pride
(Mali) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
(Benin) Africans with African pride
(Burundi) Fighting to attain our rights
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
Want no more shedding of blood
For dis nation to move forward
http://www.lyrics007.com/Buju%20Banton%20Lyrics/African%20Pride%20Lyrics.html
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RELATED LINKS
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna for an article about Black Madonnas
Click http://civilliberty.about.com/od/raceequalopportunity/g/inst_racism.htm for a definition of "institutional racism".
Click http://racerelations.about.com/od/understandingrac1/g/definitionofcolorism.htm for a definition of "colorism".
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the composers, performers, and uploaders of these videos.
Thanks for visiting pancocojams.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Jonkanoo, Gombey, New Orleans Indians, & The Philadelphia Mummers Costume Traditions
Edited by Azizi Powell
Roots New Years Day Junkanoo 2010 [The Bahamas]
Uploaded by hugomanager on Jan 6, 2010
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The purpose of this page to present videos that showcase the similarities between the costume traditions of the Jonkanoo & Gombey paraders in the Caribbean and the costume traditions of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, and Philadelphia Mummers in the United States.
The Caribbean videos are presented first because my research suggests that the Mardi Gras Indians developed their costume traditions from the Caribbean costume traditions and the Mummers developed their feathered fancy dress costume traditions from the Mardi Gras Indians costume traditions and/or the Caribbean costume traditions.
Visit http://www.jambalayah.com/node/1144 "Jonkanoo, New Orleans Indians, & Mummers Costume Traditions" for information of these traditions, as well as more videos of those traditions. Also visit that same post for information and videos of possible African, European, and North American Indian sources for those traditions.
SELECTED VIDEOS
Video #1: Roots New Years Day Junkanoo 2010
This video is found at the top of this page.
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Video #2:
Bermuda Gombey Documentary - "Behind The Mask" Official Trailer (2008) [Bermuda]
Uploaded by aklathan on Sep 28, 2011
This feature length film captures and documents the ongoing history of the Bermuda Gombeys, one of Bermuda's oldest Folklife traditions. Running 88 minutes in total it was designed to supplement Bermuda's education system; its narrative chapters split into detailed sections covering every aspect of the Gombey culture, instruments, dance, costumes, training, history and traditions.
A Special Edition version was released in 2010 with subtitle options included and Bonus Features accessible from the DVD menu.
Synopsis: Historically, the Gombeys were not viewed as a respectable art form by the island's ruling class. Slaves were allowed to dance only once a year and did so in masks in order to protest, without fear of retribution, the injustices done them by their slave masters. Incorporating elements of African, Native American, Caribbean and British cultures the Gombeys have evolved into the colorful, uniquely Bermudian art form beloved by locals and tourists alike. From archival texts and insights of our foremost historians to the memories of the oldest living Gombey Masters, from the hearts and minds of today's Captains to the youngest Gombeys carrying the tradition into the future...
Behind the Mask explores the past, the present and the future of this proud and resilient heritage, and is a celebration of all these exceptional Bermudian tradition-bearers.
For more information on Bermuda culture, heritage and the Bermuda Gombeys, and to purchase the film visit the website of The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Bermuda.
http://www.communityandculture.bm/behind_the_masks
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Video #3: 7th Ward Creole Hunters, Mardi Gras Indians, 2009 [New Orleans, Louisiana, USA]
Uploaded by anotherapple on Mar 8, 2009
Big Chief Jermaine Cooper Bossier and his 7th Ward Creole Hunters on Mardi Gras 2009 in New Orleans.
-snip-
Click http://cocojams.com/content/mardi-gras-indian-songs-chants for more musical sound files & videos of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians.
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Video #4:
Ferko String Band 1989- At The Strutters Ball [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA]
Uploaded by 69mets86 on May 22, 2008
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Viewer comments are welcome.
Roots New Years Day Junkanoo 2010 [The Bahamas]
Uploaded by hugomanager on Jan 6, 2010
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The purpose of this page to present videos that showcase the similarities between the costume traditions of the Jonkanoo & Gombey paraders in the Caribbean and the costume traditions of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, and Philadelphia Mummers in the United States.
The Caribbean videos are presented first because my research suggests that the Mardi Gras Indians developed their costume traditions from the Caribbean costume traditions and the Mummers developed their feathered fancy dress costume traditions from the Mardi Gras Indians costume traditions and/or the Caribbean costume traditions.
Visit http://www.jambalayah.com/node/1144 "Jonkanoo, New Orleans Indians, & Mummers Costume Traditions" for information of these traditions, as well as more videos of those traditions. Also visit that same post for information and videos of possible African, European, and North American Indian sources for those traditions.
SELECTED VIDEOS
Video #1: Roots New Years Day Junkanoo 2010
This video is found at the top of this page.
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Video #2:
Bermuda Gombey Documentary - "Behind The Mask" Official Trailer (2008) [Bermuda]
Uploaded by aklathan on Sep 28, 2011
This feature length film captures and documents the ongoing history of the Bermuda Gombeys, one of Bermuda's oldest Folklife traditions. Running 88 minutes in total it was designed to supplement Bermuda's education system; its narrative chapters split into detailed sections covering every aspect of the Gombey culture, instruments, dance, costumes, training, history and traditions.
A Special Edition version was released in 2010 with subtitle options included and Bonus Features accessible from the DVD menu.
Synopsis: Historically, the Gombeys were not viewed as a respectable art form by the island's ruling class. Slaves were allowed to dance only once a year and did so in masks in order to protest, without fear of retribution, the injustices done them by their slave masters. Incorporating elements of African, Native American, Caribbean and British cultures the Gombeys have evolved into the colorful, uniquely Bermudian art form beloved by locals and tourists alike. From archival texts and insights of our foremost historians to the memories of the oldest living Gombey Masters, from the hearts and minds of today's Captains to the youngest Gombeys carrying the tradition into the future...
Behind the Mask explores the past, the present and the future of this proud and resilient heritage, and is a celebration of all these exceptional Bermudian tradition-bearers.
For more information on Bermuda culture, heritage and the Bermuda Gombeys, and to purchase the film visit the website of The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Bermuda.
http://www.communityandculture.bm/behind_the_masks
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Video #3: 7th Ward Creole Hunters, Mardi Gras Indians, 2009 [New Orleans, Louisiana, USA]
Uploaded by anotherapple on Mar 8, 2009
Big Chief Jermaine Cooper Bossier and his 7th Ward Creole Hunters on Mardi Gras 2009 in New Orleans.
-snip-
Click http://cocojams.com/content/mardi-gras-indian-songs-chants for more musical sound files & videos of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians.
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Video #4:
Ferko String Band 1989- At The Strutters Ball [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA]
Uploaded by 69mets86 on May 22, 2008
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Viewer comments are welcome.
Vintage Gospel Songs By Albertina Walker & The Caravans
Edited by Azizi Powell
The Caravans - Lord Keep Me Day by Day
Posted by DaSourcespr06; May 07, 2008
The Original version of The Caravans flagship song "Lord Keep Me Day by Day; feat. Eddie Williams. ca.1958
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This post is presented without editorial comments for their religious, historical, and aesthetic value, and is dedicated to my mother Leotta Banfield Manning on her 91st birthday. Happy Birthday, mommy!
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My thanks to The Caravans and to the composers of these songs for the wonderful musical heritage they have gifted to the world. My thanks also to the uploaders of these videos for sharing them with others. These videos are posted in no chronological or ranking order.
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OVERVIEW OF THE CARAVANS
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caravans
VIDEOS
Video #1: The Caravans - Lord Keep Me Day by Day
This video is found at the top of this page.
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Video #2: Albertina Walker & The Caravans The Angels Keep Watching Over Me (Rare)
Uploaded by steven2312 on Apr 7, 2011
Live 1955
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Video #3: He's Sweet I know by Albertina Walker with The Caravans
Uploaded by MTCfan on Oct 20, 2009
This is a very old, but powerful arrangement of the hymn 'He's Sweet I Know' performed by "Lady Albertina Walker" as the radio announcer called her. This single is no longer published. I'm sorry for the poor sound quality but it was the best that could be done. I decided to post this version anyway, and prayerfully despite the scratchy background, the reverence is what will shine through and be a blessing to someone else as well.
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Video #4: "Standing In The Need of Prayer" (1956)- The Caravans
Uploaded by JayEm86 on May 21, 2008
From 1956, Dorothy Norwood on lead vocals.
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Video #5: Caravans - Mary Don't You Weep
Uploaded by AIKAN74 on Nov 3, 2008
Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, Delores Washington, Albertina Walker
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Video #6: The Caravans - We Are Soldiers
Uploaded by OlSkoolSaint on Jun 22, 2008
Another recording with Imogene Green on lead
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Video #7: The Caravans.mpg
Uploaded by chj333 on Oct 16, 2008
This is The Caravans reunion with James Cleveland at the 1988 Stellar Awards.
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Thanks for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
The Caravans - Lord Keep Me Day by Day
Posted by DaSourcespr06; May 07, 2008
The Original version of The Caravans flagship song "Lord Keep Me Day by Day; feat. Eddie Williams. ca.1958
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This post is presented without editorial comments for their religious, historical, and aesthetic value, and is dedicated to my mother Leotta Banfield Manning on her 91st birthday. Happy Birthday, mommy!
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My thanks to The Caravans and to the composers of these songs for the wonderful musical heritage they have gifted to the world. My thanks also to the uploaders of these videos for sharing them with others. These videos are posted in no chronological or ranking order.
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OVERVIEW OF THE CARAVANS
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caravans
The Caravans is a Jubilee Gospel group that was started by Albertina Walker (queen of gospel). The group reached its peak popularity during the 1950s and 1960s, launching the careers of a number of artists, including: Delores Washington, Albertina Walker, Bessie Griffin, Cassietta George, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, Shirley Caesar, Josephine Howard, Rev. James Cleveland, and more. The group underwent numerous personnel changes between 1951 and 1961. 1962 to 1966 provided the Caravans with its most stable group member lineup, consisting of Washington, Walker, Caesar, George, James Herndon and Josephine Howard. The group also made frequent TV appearances during this time on shows such as TV's Gospel Time and Jubilee Showcase....****
VIDEOS
Video #1: The Caravans - Lord Keep Me Day by Day
This video is found at the top of this page.
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Video #2: Albertina Walker & The Caravans The Angels Keep Watching Over Me (Rare)
Uploaded by steven2312 on Apr 7, 2011
Live 1955
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Video #3: He's Sweet I know by Albertina Walker with The Caravans
Uploaded by MTCfan on Oct 20, 2009
This is a very old, but powerful arrangement of the hymn 'He's Sweet I Know' performed by "Lady Albertina Walker" as the radio announcer called her. This single is no longer published. I'm sorry for the poor sound quality but it was the best that could be done. I decided to post this version anyway, and prayerfully despite the scratchy background, the reverence is what will shine through and be a blessing to someone else as well.
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Video #4: "Standing In The Need of Prayer" (1956)- The Caravans
Uploaded by JayEm86 on May 21, 2008
From 1956, Dorothy Norwood on lead vocals.
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Video #5: Caravans - Mary Don't You Weep
Uploaded by AIKAN74 on Nov 3, 2008
Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, Delores Washington, Albertina Walker
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Video #6: The Caravans - We Are Soldiers
Uploaded by OlSkoolSaint on Jun 22, 2008
Another recording with Imogene Green on lead
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Video #7: The Caravans.mpg
Uploaded by chj333 on Oct 16, 2008
This is The Caravans reunion with James Cleveland at the 1988 Stellar Awards.
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Thanks for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Shared Aesthetics: Ivory Coast Mask Dances & Chicago Footwork
Edited by Azizi Powell
Zaouli de Manfla
Uploaded by KONAN947 on Feb 26, 2010
Zaouli of Manfla, center-west of Ivory Coast, filmed by Konan Kouakou David
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This post focuses on the similarities between the fast footwork of the Djoanigbe & Zaouli masking tradition dances and the African American dance called "Chicago footwork".
The information and videos in this post are presented for their historical, folkloric, and aesthetic values.
I also want to clearly state that I am not suggesting that this Ivory Coast dance tradition is the only African dance tradition which features fast footwork. Furthermore, I'm not suggesting that Chicago footwork is the only style of fast footwork dancing among African Americans or among other people in the African Diaspora.
By showcasing these two dance forms I'm pointing out the similarities in those performances and I'm suggesting that these two dance forms obviously share a common aesthetic appreciation for dances with fast footwork. However, I don't know enough about the Ivory Coast dance to suggest that any of the meanings & purposes of that dance is ing that the meanings and purposes of that dance are the same as the meanings and purposes of the African American. One ignificant differences between these two dances is that the Chicago footwork dance is a non-religious dance, and the Ivory Coast mask dances may include religious elements. Furthermore, the Chicago footwork dance is highly competitive, but I'm not certain whether these Ivory Coast dances are at all competitive.
With that said, the similarities between how the Djoanigbe & Zaouli masking tradition dances and the African American "Chicago footwork" dance are performed - including the fast footwork and one individual at a time dancing within a circle made up of onlookers & dancers- causes me to wonder if a valid case could be made that African Americans' aesthetic preference for certain forms of dance are genetically influenced by our unconscious rememberances of similar traditional African dances.
My thanks to those featured in the videos, to those who uploaded these videos, and to Juliana Azoubel, the author of a journal paper about these traditions from which I have quoted. It's my hope by sharing these excerpts, I will raise awareness about that paper, and will encourage others to read the entire paper.
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OVERVIEW & VIDEO OF DJOANIGBE & ZAOULI MASKING TRADITION & DANCES (IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA)
From http://www.clas.ufl.edu/jur/200003/papers/paper_azoubel.html
Video #1: Zaouli de Manfla
This video is presented at the top of this page.
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Video #2: Zahouli fo Manfla 4
Uploaded by goninti on Jan 22, 2010
Rythmique exceptionnelle
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Video #3: Zahouli of Manfla2.avi
Uploaded by goninti on Jan 22, 2010
Le jeune danseur de Manfla, très énergétique, a de l'avenir. Il lui reste à parfaire sa technique et à apprendre les nombreux pas de danse des devanciers !
Très bon !!! Courage jeune frère !
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OVERVIEW & VIDEOS OF CHICAGO FOOT WORK DANCING
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footwork_(Chicago)
Video #1: Chicago Footwork
Uploaded by ghettotekz on Apr 24, 2010
no real battle, just some amazin footworkin. This was with MOB, TS, Wolf Pac, Litebulb, Deryon, Stepz, Manny, just a whole bunch of dope cats. ..
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Video #2: Battlegroundz Battle 6: Tae Vs Dipset
uploaded by ghettotekz on Jan 28, 2010
Come to Battle Groundz at 87th/East End every sunday to join, or watch the hottest footworkers in Chicago.
Editor:
WARNING: This YouTube viewer comment thread includes profanity and the "n word".
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RELATED LINK
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/07/shared-aesthetics-west-african-dozo.html Shared Aesthetics: West African Dozo Hunters & Chicago Footwork
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Zaouli de Manfla
Uploaded by KONAN947 on Feb 26, 2010
Zaouli of Manfla, center-west of Ivory Coast, filmed by Konan Kouakou David
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This post focuses on the similarities between the fast footwork of the Djoanigbe & Zaouli masking tradition dances and the African American dance called "Chicago footwork".
The information and videos in this post are presented for their historical, folkloric, and aesthetic values.
I also want to clearly state that I am not suggesting that this Ivory Coast dance tradition is the only African dance tradition which features fast footwork. Furthermore, I'm not suggesting that Chicago footwork is the only style of fast footwork dancing among African Americans or among other people in the African Diaspora.
By showcasing these two dance forms I'm pointing out the similarities in those performances and I'm suggesting that these two dance forms obviously share a common aesthetic appreciation for dances with fast footwork. However, I don't know enough about the Ivory Coast dance to suggest that any of the meanings & purposes of that dance is ing that the meanings and purposes of that dance are the same as the meanings and purposes of the African American. One ignificant differences between these two dances is that the Chicago footwork dance is a non-religious dance, and the Ivory Coast mask dances may include religious elements. Furthermore, the Chicago footwork dance is highly competitive, but I'm not certain whether these Ivory Coast dances are at all competitive.
With that said, the similarities between how the Djoanigbe & Zaouli masking tradition dances and the African American "Chicago footwork" dance are performed - including the fast footwork and one individual at a time dancing within a circle made up of onlookers & dancers- causes me to wonder if a valid case could be made that African Americans' aesthetic preference for certain forms of dance are genetically influenced by our unconscious rememberances of similar traditional African dances.
My thanks to those featured in the videos, to those who uploaded these videos, and to Juliana Azoubel, the author of a journal paper about these traditions from which I have quoted. It's my hope by sharing these excerpts, I will raise awareness about that paper, and will encourage others to read the entire paper.
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OVERVIEW & VIDEO OF DJOANIGBE & ZAOULI MASKING TRADITION & DANCES (IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA)
From http://www.clas.ufl.edu/jur/200003/papers/paper_azoubel.html
Journal of Undergraduate Research University Of Florida
Volume 1, Issue 6 - March 2000
Juliana Azoubel
The Cote d'Ivoire Mask Tradition from the Viewpoint of Dance Ethnology: Dancing the Gap between Spirit and Human Worlds
The Cote d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) is the origin of several of the most important and interesting masking traditions in Africa. In the West, these masks have been viewed primarily as art objects. Through their embodiment in dance, however, masks are the way many Ivorians communicate with supernatural forces and bring power to the community...
THE DJOANIGBE MASK
...Djoanigbe is a very important mask among the people from the Cote d'Ivoire and, fortunately, it is one that I had the opportunity to see perform...
The movements of Djoanigbe show speed and power. They are grounded low to the earth and there is a sense of mystery in the performance juxtaposed by moments of surprise that shock and startle. Since most of the steps are designed to imitate the running of a panther-the sacred or totem animal-the performance requires a great deal of space. In his November 18, 1999 performance on the stage of the Center for Performing Arts, the Djoanigbe mask completely covered the space, pacing with quick stops and direction changes.... The movement fully embodies the awe-inspiring power of Djoanigbe, and the black mask decorated with cowrie shells creates an imposing presence...
THE ZAOULI MASK AND HER FLIRTATIOUS SISTER FLALI
According to the Guros, the masks that did not originate from the animal spirits are entertainment masks, and among them are Sauli (Zaouli), Flali and Wali. The essential dance activity for the Zaouli mask is rapid-fire movement of the feet . Dictated by the rhythm of the drums for both the Zaouli figure and the head movements of the forest dancers, this dance is high speed and very dynamic (Poynor). "Saouli masks are topped by multi-figured compositions, the subjects of which often have nothing to do with the dance itself. The purpose of the superstructure seems to be to introduce an element of surprise into the entertainment and to increase its attractiveness"(Poynor 173)...
Zaouli is female yet the Zaouli performer is always male. The cross-gender mask performs on many different occasions to amuse people: during holidays, for entertainment of visitors to the community, to collect food from the community members during the initiation process, and also in some funeral ceremonies. Zaouli has a young sister called Flali. This mask, also performed exclusively by men, shares many characteristics of Zaouli, including the actual mask. It is entirely the dance activity that distinguishes Flali from her sister, Zaouli. Flali shows more charm and flirting in her performance. She uses a high proportion of upper back articulation in her dance, contrasting the forceful footwork-based that characterizes Zaouli. The performance of Flali is a deep play on movement characteristics of a woman and the dance becomes exaggeratedly feminine and more delicate than a female dancer's, and of Zaouli's for that matter.
Video #1: Zaouli de Manfla
This video is presented at the top of this page.
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Video #2: Zahouli fo Manfla 4
Uploaded by goninti on Jan 22, 2010
Rythmique exceptionnelle
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Video #3: Zahouli of Manfla2.avi
Uploaded by goninti on Jan 22, 2010
Le jeune danseur de Manfla, très énergétique, a de l'avenir. Il lui reste à parfaire sa technique et à apprendre les nombreux pas de danse des devanciers !
Très bon !!! Courage jeune frère !
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OVERVIEW & VIDEOS OF CHICAGO FOOT WORK DANCING
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footwork_(Chicago)
Footwork is a style of related music and street dance that originated in the American city of Chicago. The dance involves fast movement of the feet with accompanying twists and turns, and usually takes place as part of a "battle". The music style has evolved from an earlier musical style, juke, a change pioneered by R.P. Boo. The style was popularised outside Chicago by inclusion in the music video for Dude 'n Nem's 2007 single "Watch My Feet".
Video #1: Chicago Footwork
Uploaded by ghettotekz on Apr 24, 2010
no real battle, just some amazin footworkin. This was with MOB, TS, Wolf Pac, Litebulb, Deryon, Stepz, Manny, just a whole bunch of dope cats. ..
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Video #2: Battlegroundz Battle 6: Tae Vs Dipset
uploaded by ghettotekz on Jan 28, 2010
Come to Battle Groundz at 87th/East End every sunday to join, or watch the hottest footworkers in Chicago.
Editor:
WARNING: This YouTube viewer comment thread includes profanity and the "n word".
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RELATED LINK
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/07/shared-aesthetics-west-african-dozo.html Shared Aesthetics: West African Dozo Hunters & Chicago Footwork
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
African American Battle Of The Bands
Edited by Azizi Powell
Black History Month on ESPN: Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M Compete In Battle of The Bands
Uploaded by ESPN on Feb 11, 2011
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These videos of marching bands from a small number of historically Black colleges & universities are presented for their historical, folkloric, and aesthetic value.
A complete listing of historically Black colleges & universitites is found at http://www.petersons.com/college-search/historically-black-colleges.aspx
Here's an excerpt from that page:
My thanks to the video uploaders, and all those groups that are showcased in this post.
These videos are not placed in any ranking order.
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Video #1: Black History Month on ESPN: Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M Compete In Battle of The Bands
"Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M compete in the Battle of the Bands using a mix of modern tunes, fight songs and traditional standards. The 300-plus sized band that learns over 20 songs with dance routines, military style formation and chants is mentally and physically demanding with practices that rival the football team's preparation for game day. The long hours and hard work are only a small part of the payoff that is the hometown pride and year-long bragging rights to the school with the most powerful sound and creative show.
Black History Month on ESPN Season 1 Ep. 23
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Both of these historically Black universities are located in Florida.
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Video #2: SU Marching Into Stadium vs JSU 2010
Uploaded by TBoneNupe1911 on Oct 18, 2010
Editor:
SU = Southern University (New Orleans, Louisiana); "JSU" is "Jackson State University" located in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Notice at 8:15 that some members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. do a (probably impromptu) stroll (slow walking dance routine) to the music.
The “Nupe” (pronounced Newp) in the video uploader’s name indicates that he is a member of that Black Greek lettered fraternity.
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Video #3: NCCU vs. A&T 5th Quarter 9.25.2010 - Part 1
Uploaded by SpeechlessQue on Sep 26, 2010
North Carolina Central University versus North Carolina A&T State University, battling it out in the 5th Quarter after the Aggie-Eagle Classic. Video by Harvey Thompson. Editing by me.
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Editor: A&T = "Agricultural and Technical".
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjRvAwqxMU&feature=related for Part 2 of that video.
The "Que" in the video uploader's name indicates that he is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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Drumline #4: Southern Heritage Classic Big Ballin' Battle 2011
Uploaded by PacMan12995 on Sep 11, 2011
TSU and JSU go at it with Big Ballin'
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TSU = Tennessee State University; "JSU" is "Jackson State University" located in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Drumline #5: Drumline deleted scene - A&T's response
Uploaded by Tockwork on Aug 6, 2010
Disclaimer: Captured from my copy of the blu-ray version of drumline.get it to enjoy the entire experience!!!
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Drumline is a 2002 American movie about competing marching band drum lines. Here's some information about that movie from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303933/trivia
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RELATED LINK
http://www.folkstreams.net/context,249 "A Brief History of African American Marching Bands"
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Thanks for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
Black History Month on ESPN: Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M Compete In Battle of The Bands
Uploaded by ESPN on Feb 11, 2011
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These videos of marching bands from a small number of historically Black colleges & universities are presented for their historical, folkloric, and aesthetic value.
A complete listing of historically Black colleges & universitites is found at http://www.petersons.com/college-search/historically-black-colleges.aspx
Here's an excerpt from that page:
There are 105 historically black universities and colleges, and the majority were created in the United States after the Civil War. They were defined by the Higher Education Act of 1965 as any college or university established prior to 1964 whose main mission was (and is) to educate black Americans, and were accredited--or made strides toward being accredited--by nationally-recognized agencies.-snip-
The history of these historical black colleges and universities offer stories of courage, dedication, and commitment to the ideal of intellectual pursuit for all Americans.
My thanks to the video uploaders, and all those groups that are showcased in this post.
These videos are not placed in any ranking order.
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Video #1: Black History Month on ESPN: Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M Compete In Battle of The Bands
"Marching Bands from Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M compete in the Battle of the Bands using a mix of modern tunes, fight songs and traditional standards. The 300-plus sized band that learns over 20 songs with dance routines, military style formation and chants is mentally and physically demanding with practices that rival the football team's preparation for game day. The long hours and hard work are only a small part of the payoff that is the hometown pride and year-long bragging rights to the school with the most powerful sound and creative show.
Black History Month on ESPN Season 1 Ep. 23
-snip-
Both of these historically Black universities are located in Florida.
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Video #2: SU Marching Into Stadium vs JSU 2010
Uploaded by TBoneNupe1911 on Oct 18, 2010
Editor:
SU = Southern University (New Orleans, Louisiana); "JSU" is "Jackson State University" located in Jackson, Mississippi.
-snip-
Notice at 8:15 that some members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. do a (probably impromptu) stroll (slow walking dance routine) to the music.
The “Nupe” (pronounced Newp) in the video uploader’s name indicates that he is a member of that Black Greek lettered fraternity.
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Video #3: NCCU vs. A&T 5th Quarter 9.25.2010 - Part 1
Uploaded by SpeechlessQue on Sep 26, 2010
North Carolina Central University versus North Carolina A&T State University, battling it out in the 5th Quarter after the Aggie-Eagle Classic. Video by Harvey Thompson. Editing by me.
-snip-
Editor: A&T = "Agricultural and Technical".
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utjRvAwqxMU&feature=related for Part 2 of that video.
The "Que" in the video uploader's name indicates that he is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
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Drumline #4: Southern Heritage Classic Big Ballin' Battle 2011
Uploaded by PacMan12995 on Sep 11, 2011
TSU and JSU go at it with Big Ballin'
-snip-
TSU = Tennessee State University; "JSU" is "Jackson State University" located in Jackson, Mississippi.
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Drumline #5: Drumline deleted scene - A&T's response
Uploaded by Tockwork on Aug 6, 2010
Disclaimer: Captured from my copy of the blu-ray version of drumline.get it to enjoy the entire experience!!!
-snip-
Drumline is a 2002 American movie about competing marching band drum lines. Here's some information about that movie from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303933/trivia
While Morris Brown is a real and prestigious college in Atlanta, there is no real Atlanta A&T. The filming was done at Clark University in Atlanta and at Morris Brown. The performers (aside from those from Morris Brown) were recruited from high school and university bands all over the Atlanta and Metro Atlanta area. High school band director Don Roberts was recruited to turn the performers into real, convincing bands.
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RELATED LINK
http://www.folkstreams.net/context,249 "A Brief History of African American Marching Bands"
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African American Drill Teams
Edited by Azizi Powell
I.R.S. at ELKS Competition in Middletown [Ohio]
Uploaded by Moultry1 on Jul 12, 2010
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These videos of African American drill teams are presented for their historical, folkloric, and aesthetic value. This post is not meant to be a comprehensive presentation of every type of African American drill team. Also, these videos are not placed in any ranking order.
My thanks to the video uploaders, and all those groups that are showcased in this post.
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Video #1: I.R.S. at ELKS Competition in Middletown
This video is presented at the top of this post.
I.R.S = Invincible Regulating Striders
"I.R.S. took home 1st place in the Senior and Pee-wee division at a Drill-O-Rama in Middletown at a competition hosted by the ELKS.. Congradulations... Keep up the good work"
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Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUiMTQvtBk&feature=related for a video entitled "I.R.S.Seniors in Dayton, Ohio Drill Team Competition"
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FOP Drill Team Congress 2011 [Texas]
Uploaded by DubbsWorld on Jun 20, 2011
F.O.P.'s award winning Elite Performance in 2011 National Baptist Congress in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. To God Be ALL The Glory.
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[FOP = "Fountain of Praise"]
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Video #3: Xplosive Pee Wees @ Black Diamond Competition 2010.mp4 [California]
Uploaded by DrillTeamMagazine on Nov 14, 2010
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Video #4: Berkeley Knights Drill Team & Drum Corp [Connecticut]
Uploaded by robkolb4life on Nov 14, 2008
#1 IN THE NATION!
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Video #5:
North Chicago: Block Party - Jazz Steppers [Illinois]
The North Chicago Jazz Steppers Team & Band show you how it's done! :D
Uploaded by djmyth1 on Jul 18, 2009
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RELATED LINKS
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-south-shore-drill-team.html In Praise Of The South Shore Drill Team
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http://cocojams.com/content/kongo-roots-baton-twirling "The Kongo Roots Of Baton Twirling"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drill_teams_in_the_United_States "List of drill teams in the United States"
In Praise Of The South Shore Drill Team
I.R.S. at ELKS Competition in Middletown [Ohio]
Uploaded by Moultry1 on Jul 12, 2010
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These videos of African American drill teams are presented for their historical, folkloric, and aesthetic value. This post is not meant to be a comprehensive presentation of every type of African American drill team. Also, these videos are not placed in any ranking order.
My thanks to the video uploaders, and all those groups that are showcased in this post.
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Video #1: I.R.S. at ELKS Competition in Middletown
This video is presented at the top of this post.
I.R.S = Invincible Regulating Striders
"I.R.S. took home 1st place in the Senior and Pee-wee division at a Drill-O-Rama in Middletown at a competition hosted by the ELKS.. Congradulations... Keep up the good work"
-snip-
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufUiMTQvtBk&feature=related for a video entitled "I.R.S.Seniors in Dayton, Ohio Drill Team Competition"
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FOP Drill Team Congress 2011 [Texas]
Uploaded by DubbsWorld on Jun 20, 2011
F.O.P.'s award winning Elite Performance in 2011 National Baptist Congress in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. To God Be ALL The Glory.
-snip-
[FOP = "Fountain of Praise"]
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Video #3: Xplosive Pee Wees @ Black Diamond Competition 2010.mp4 [California]
Uploaded by DrillTeamMagazine on Nov 14, 2010
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Video #4: Berkeley Knights Drill Team & Drum Corp [Connecticut]
Uploaded by robkolb4life on Nov 14, 2008
#1 IN THE NATION!
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Video #5:
North Chicago: Block Party - Jazz Steppers [Illinois]
The North Chicago Jazz Steppers Team & Band show you how it's done! :D
Uploaded by djmyth1 on Jul 18, 2009
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RELATED LINKS
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-praise-of-south-shore-drill-team.html In Praise Of The South Shore Drill Team
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http://cocojams.com/content/kongo-roots-baton-twirling "The Kongo Roots Of Baton Twirling"
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Thank you for visiting this page.
Viewer comments are welcome.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drill_teams_in_the_United_States "List of drill teams in the United States"
In Praise Of The South Shore Drill Team
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