you’ll get a chance to dance and sing with
some world-class African musicians!
Books and Resources
Nonfiction for Young Students
• Africa (World of Music) by Andrew
Solway;(Heinemann;Library,;2007)
• African Culture by Rob Bowden and
Rosie;Wilson;(Heinemann;Library,;2010)
•;The;Illustrated;Encyclopedia;Of;Musi-cal Instruments by Bozhidar Abrashev
and Vladimir Gadjev (Könemann,
2006)
•;Musical;Instruments;by Meryl Doney
(Franklin;Watts,;1996)
•Musical Instruments: Traditions
Around The World by Louise Tythacott
(Thomson;Learning,;1995)
Fiction for Young Students
•;Toot;&;Puddle;Get;With;the;Beat;by
Laura;F.;Marsh;(National;Geographic,
2009)
Nonfiction for Older Students
• The Garland Handbook of African
Music edited by Ruth M. Stone
(Routledge,;2008)
• Making Gourd Musical Instruments:
Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion
Instruments & How To Play Them
by Ginger Summit and Jim Widess
(Sterling;Publishing;Co.;Inc.,;1999)
• The Rough Guide to World Music:
Africa & Middle East compiled and
edited by Simon Broughton, Mark
Ellingham, Jon Lusk, and Duncan
Clark;(Rough;Guides,;2006)
•;Theory;of;African;Music,;Volume;I;and
II by Gerhard Kubik (University of
Chicago;Press,;2010)
CDs of African Music
•;Any;of;the;African;Putumayo;CDs,;in-
cluding the following: Acoustic Africa,
African Beat,;African Playground,;Mu-
sic of Africa – African Drum Masters,
South Africa,;and;Women of Africa
• Songs from the Baobab: African Lul-
labies & Nursery Rhymes;by;Chantal
Grosleziat
•;Songs;in;the;Shade;of;the;Olive;Tree:
Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes from the
Maghreb;by;Hafida;Favret,;Magdeleine
Lerasle,;Paul;Mindy
•;Rough;Guide;To;The;Best;African;Music
You’ve Never Heard by Rough Guide
Websites
Terrific sources on African music, instru-
ments, and history:
•
http://exploringafrica.matrix.msu
.edu/teachers/curriculum/m13/notes
.php
• http://makingmulticulturalmusic
. wordpress.com/tag/african
-instrument/
•
http://music.africamuseum.be
/english/ index.html
•
http://www.britannica.com/EB
checked/topic/719112/African-music
/57065/History
• www.putumayo.com/sites/default/
files/.../African_Playground_Guide.pdf
Have your learners compare and contrast the music they normally
listen to with pieces from Africa.
