Discovering the Music of Africa (1967)

Explores the rhythmic music of bells, rattles, and drums and shows how they are used today in Africa both as musical instruments and as a means of communication. Instruments are played separately and together, and traditional dances are performed. From the Discovering music series. Originally shared at archive.org I do not own the rights.
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[@oseiosei6649]

Wow, this is just amazing. Afrikans were able to talk to each other by deciphering the frequencies and pitch of the sound of a drum. And they said we were swing on trees and living in mud huts. I’m just amazed.

[@Blucifah]

@11STARFIRE n deep down u should know u ain't from dusty Afrika but from the most blessed land which is ahmarahcah or America if u a pale face..they done a good job on u lot smh

[@marryannsawyer4190]

@@Blucifah stop being a troll bitch

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

AND THE AMERICANS INVENTED PHONES N SHIT !! LOL

[@snitra.]

at work, my coleagues call me Drout and they also said I live in a mud hut I was sad and sorry to hear that, and a few months later I left my job and came back to Africa . that happened in the UK scotland and durham .

[@Undressful]

​@@snitra.Sorry to hear that. Full respect to african people and culture! And humility towards those who still don't understand how cool Africa is :)

[@audiovisualproof5407]

I pray the "reelblack" channel remains accessible years after I'm dead and gone. The content is an important and invaluable source of information on our culture through audio and video.

[@jonathanmitchell9886]

Thank you for bringing back pleasant memories :) The last time I saw this film was in 1984 or '85, in my sixth grade social studies class, but it made a vivid impression. I used to love it when the teachers would crank up the old 16mm projector; nearly everything we watched had been produced in the '60s and '70s, and back then even educational films were shot with a sense of style. The lighting in this film is beautiful.

[@themostgraciousqueenmarger2015]

You have such an eclectic channel

[@DavidRichardson95]

reelblack is a black history channel through and through. I hope you got more in the vault!!

[@codyives5409]

So music is not only an art form, but a means of communication. Love it.

[@MadAngel209]

Not only haven't I seen these programs since I was younger, but I have discovered something new everyday. Big ups to reelblack.

[@astrojazzman]

The roots of Music is in Africa!!! I love collecting field recording records from Africa.Thx for this uploads & keep up the amazing work!!!

[@leomaier4231]

wonderful video! thank you!!

[@ThatGuyFromGh]

This is truly amazing. I've enjoyed every bit of it.

[@NadavHbr]

This is mainly about the music of Ghana. In the whole of Africa there are thousands of musical traditions- some very different than that of Ghana. To describe them all would take countless hours !

[@monagiselle]

I think the narrator made it clear the emphasis was on Ghana

[@montannamontanna4408]

Did you watch the video from the beginning? Or ur ears were death when he said the focus is on Ghana

[@XAVIERAZADI]

Love all this retro-vintage films and footages.

[@RangerDoesThings]

This is really amazing and a good source of learning about music👍

[@osholeneupiomoh]

You share amazing information, thank you so much. It is a pity that he had to keep comparing our magnificence to the devil's. We invented music, and their beats together cannot copy our Great Afrakan complicated notes. We even play it without knowing that it is complicated, until we realized that others can't follow, lol. How Devine are we! And just like it was said in antiquity, that they were our students, you could see that here, even from old times.

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

RACIST BASTARD

[@kidflersh7807]

invented music??? what do you mean by that?

[@adangbe]

Reminds me of an African cultural video I watched when I was in elementary school.

[@chrissystewart6268]

I 💖 African music & I 💖 this channel I enjoy stories I never seen in my life 😉. I want to learn more about music in Africa

[@CraigDurango]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

[@t4tana196]

Remember when I was a toddler in the 80s schools used to have these big drums to call students for start/end of school and gatherings in Ghana. That was real demonstration of drums being used as means of communication Irony is that we just normalized it and thought is was because our school was poor but it was our culture! But we were not taught to have awareness of these cultural symbols, so over time they have all disappeared. How I wish there was a time machine.

[@rejoiceprah8554]

We need of our culture back!

[@Blucifah]

Well go look for it ,but ain't in afrika lol

[@user-ft9wu3jc1q]

​bro are u ok@@Blucifah

[@franklinenfor9592]

Wow this is an amazing educative documentary on African music. I have been searching for documentaries like this and luckily I came across this. Watching from Cmeroon. thank you very much for this beaiutiful documentary.

[@nanjemoyal-kursi3078]

I stayed glued to this vedio until the end it had me frozen into place. I have been a string musician/ guitar for many of years and have always love the kunga and jembe drums. It has always been in my mind what the talking drum was saying and this vedio has given me a understanding to the questions that I have had for years. THANK YOU

[@calinempl]

Interesting reportage 👌🏾

[@dee1380]

love it!!

[@mekkar3d17]

ASHE ASHE 🇬🇭

[@jesusjesus6244]

Hi Mekkar

[@Alex-dy4ix]

From Ghana 👍

[@CrowdPleeza]

To those complaining about Europeans playing African music. You don't have to be Black to play African music. Many non Black people in Latin America also play African rooted music. You can find Puerto Ricans and Cubans of various colors playing congas,bongos and bells because it's a part of their cultures.

[@jsreye101912]

59 second IS THAT GUCCI MAINE KINFOLK???????

[@illuminickiblanco]

Stawp omg u read my mind 😂😂😂☠☠☠

[@phidafitzpatrick302]

Maybe gucci mane dna is connected to ghana your mind and soul always give you hints ....you never know maybe....👽👽👽👽

[@illuminickiblanco]

@@phidafitzpatrick302 very true

[@brockjms1]

I love this as I'm a conga player myself. I wish that Africa (in the past and now) didn't share all of its secrets with the European. Drumming as communication can be very useful.

[@Nghilifa]

True, but to understand it, you have to be fluent in the language. Simply knowing how to play the drum won´t make any difference if you don´t speak the language.

[@kidflersh7807]

music should have no secrets, it should be free flowing

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

yes it's our sound we want it back!

[@Blucifah]

Who's, aunt my ppl sounds lol in Jamaica at this time my ppl had far advanced music n in Americas lol unless u know ya fam came from Afrika then cool but if not dont fall into the trap u been in since they renamed our ancestors on this land

[@user-ft9wu3jc1q]

​@@Blucifahbro, dnt be mislead into stupidly, u are from Africa, for sucks sake, where did u get that American thing from😂

[@rainbowrotcod]

loved watching that girl dance!

[@josephineakumbuno3462]

Wow, the presenter is my tribe mate. I wish I know where exactly he come from. That accent is so clean

[@illuminickiblanco]

Who would thumbs down this.. Probably someone who listens to mumble rap..smh..this is golden ❤🖤💚

[@lql1094]

Mumble rap has African roots too.😂😂😂😂😂

[@illuminickiblanco]

@@lql1094 u know what, and I just saw a few videos recently that they say mumble rap is spell casting, and we know voodoo started in the motherland, so u know what it makes sense if ur right.. But I was being funny bc these millennials have no clue about culture appreciation, history, or feeding their minds.. but I may have to look into that

[@sweetsavage8296]

Thought this was GucciMane on the thumbnail🤷🏾‍♀️

[@lol-od6wk]

📣

[@wanjikuroki2688]

Our music , is music for the soul 🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥

[@illuminickiblanco]

❤🖤💚

[@dandamuxima]

Adupé oo! 🇬🇭🇧🇷

[@emausderratsuchende5447]

Whats about the Musik from the 60/70' ? Do you now Ok Jazz...Pepe Kale...Franko...Zaiko Langa Langa and others. Later,in the 80/90'....Koffi Olomide....Werrason....King Kester Emineya and others Musicians? They used western Instruments to develop a modern African Style.

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

there were many instruments were coming from different African states that you must be OK. a tribe to use the best the bouncing sound much carefully. like when you play the dudu drum you must be in the Benin tribe or the kalimba from a Ghana tribe, the Ashanti tribe

[@del7410]

WOW!!! MY DJEMBE'S BOUT TO GET THAT WORK!!! 👏👏👏💪💪💪✊✊✊😂😂😂

[@adg_87]

Sis liable to give those men a heart attack at the end.

[@oseiosei6649]

Man, I won’t be surprise if Gucci mane is related to this Afrikan man. And they say Afrikan American are not Afrikan. Gucci looks just like him.

[@oama2009]

It's pure and willful ignorance to say that anybody black is not from Africa. The Ghana region had a lot of people taken away during the slave trade era. You can google the names of the slaves ships, their routes, and destinations. I like the fact that the white man has kept so much records, i think he should be applauded for that.

[@Goddesskc11]

Is it just me or do they all look like they don't want to be there ?!?!

[@Lord-ce2kv]

I thought that was Gucci Mane

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

sounded so sweet I want some of the cow horns the dudu drums and the ram skinned congas. it's very nice but our sound had been robbed by culture vultures. yes who ever said that comment, we need our sound back. !!!!!!!!!!!

[@Blucifah]

Dont u know anyting about America's lol or the islands? So many lost ppl in Americas smh

[@alexspreservationsociety4737]

Came here because of Ginger Baker.

[@ajsplace12]

Gucci!!

[@phidafitzpatrick302]

Maybe gucci man dna is the connection to ghana you never know or maybe

[@KMims747]

Somebody is telling a half truth.

[@kevinp7519]

Gucci Mane is talented

[@anniyah52]

Gucci mane lol

[@capoislamort100]

White folks on the goddamn band, now, ain’t that something?.........

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

ISNT RACIAL DIFFERENCE GREAT !! WE NEED MORE OF THAT !!

[@Original.D]

I was expecting to see all black Africans playing in the band. But there were colonizers/infiltrators damn.

[@brockjms1]

Right. I was disappointed when I saw that.

[@christaclemons1455]

Original D. As per usual

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

RACIST BASTARD !!

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

@@brockjms1 WHY? YOU RACIST BASTARD !!

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

@@christaclemons1455 RACIST BASTARD !

[@Blucifah]

Bwoooii we defo didn't come from afrika haga at this same time we had nuff other beats n tings in Americas n Jamaica lol no lie that reminded me of how pale faces try do rhythmic sounds..I'm not shocked tho..I am shocked how easily lead our ppl are..we are drawn to everyting we think we are but not searching for what we KNOW we are..I'm sad so many of u are in the oldest land yet u mostly BELIEVE u afrikaan, trust me I'm in UK n I see what a good job the pale faces have done to take ya land n rename u n give u a whole new way to think n u did it Easyyyyyy :/ n u rate the vid but look pon di pale faces yet again in there

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

PALE FACES ?

[@gwattsrealestate]

Bull shhhh!! What if the Lyon Eats the Drummer!! The Word of the Drum is the root rhythm and Magic of Music and Imagination and Soul. (4 4 Count of the Heart) You can't "speak" Magic with Music but you can cast Spells with Words.

[@kbriddock3570]

Please expound

[@shaypink40]

This sounds horrible!

[@bindaredundat-uv6wz]

LOL

[@richiecharger3423]

It's always the Africans hating on their own tradition and culture