Cultural Legacy of West Africa

Who is a verbal artist responsible for retelling history and tradition?

• Griot

• Mande

• Proverb

• Ngoni

What is it called when a leader sings and a chorus answers?

• leader and chorus

• Call and Response

• balafon

• ngoni

Fabrics and baskets were a part of which cultural aspect?

• Musical

• Oral Traditions

• Visual Arts

• Written Arts

What is a wise or popular saying?

• griots

• geneologies

• folktale

• proverb

What are textiles?

• fabric or cloth

• short stories

• griots

• musical instruments

True or False: Today African Kente cloth is worn around the world.

• True

• False

Music serves two main functions one is communication and one is...

• assessments

• celebrations

• transportations

• punishments

Who brought call and response songs to the Americas?

• explorers

• Europeans

• slaves

• sailors

The African tradition of call and response has influenced American styles of music including

• jazz and gospel

• country western

• lullabies

• none

The balafon is a

• harp like instrument

• small stringed instrument

• wooden bars laid across a frame- like a xylophone

• trumpet like instrument