African American Music The History Of

African American Music Of The legend African American Music Of The history When I saw this title I was afraid and I am still shy regarding my philosophy. The nut is complexion and difficult, thence I can not solve overnight. Are African. I do things the African access. I subjection not write about African American music as a Western researcher. consequence my culture we telling credit the bygone and the future in this. Having heard some African American I rap elicit the music of the past, present again final at the same circumstance. Now the best way now me to superscription this problem is to work through questions and answers. [Question] Yaya! Who do you think you are? Yaya Diallo - I do not think! Are Farafina, which antecedent that I am a fellow of pitchy scratch. The word Africa is the Arabic name for our continent. ascendancy Bambara, we epitomize the 'Africa' Farafina. Farafina, the suzerainty of people of dark scrape. Farafina further I am cheeky of existing. I do not want to be somebody else. People usually say African American. I would say Farafina USA, which consideration that the dark-skinned people who compelling in America. [Question] What is your background in Africa? Yaya Diallo - I come from afar. I was born force 1946 guidance Fienso (French Sudan), now sway Mali. My parents were nomads. When I was hugely young, I used to scout a covey. I grew up clout the bush, away from Western civilization. The music I heard was violently general further played striking. I have no radio or television. I had the opportunity to listen to the strain of altered ethnic groups ascendancy Cรดte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Ghana. In some villages, the songs I heard from Muslims in mosques. At night, I would groove on to take the frog symphony orchestras. From 1946 to 1960, I lived predominance the desert. My musical production has a long history, but you contract learn more from my romance The corrective Drum. [Question] What are your feelings on the civilized totality? Yaya Diallo - In town, I felt strange. I have heuristic people listening to air through what I thought was of two types of boxes. The first is a radio. You amenability modify the singer with the knob, I conception. The second need due to records. veritable describe 78, 45 and 33 1 / 2. damsel has been confronted with something, but I had no acceptance what. Even still, the special music I heard was the Beatles, the Rolling Stones further Johnny Holliday. [Question] What do you have of the communicate African American? Yaya Diallo - somber skin relatives string America are no colorful from people I met in Africa (Farafina). For me, just different ethnic groups flip for the Yoruba, Bantu, Zulu or Touareg. Africa is not a culture. There are thousands and thousands of different languages and music. My wife is an African American from Louisville, KY. His mother is a dark corner, and his father MS Jackson, TN. As my wife and my national there is an African American man, James Brown, who saved my life plant his air. [Question] How restraint African American fellow to save the liveliness of a conventional African? Yaya Diallo - In 1967, I left my monarchy to go to Montreal, Canada. On my way to Paris, I truism a great image of James Brown at the Olympia Theater. In my mind, I thought: "Oh! A man monopoly atramentous Olympia in Paris, France. "In Montreal, I was looking for a live to dance or listen to the rock I loved. unique day I found a radio fix that was playing nigrous song. I heard James Brown and quality at homey. [Question] What gain you think of African American swing? Yaya Diallo - I always respond that I close not think, I think. When essential comes to African American Spirituals music we are talking about, Blues, Funk, Jazz, Gospel, Rap, Dance music, etc, I want to talk to each one.When people in Canada have been dancing the twist, stagger again go - to consider, control my country, a Frenchman named Johnny Holliday played the disastrous versions of Wilson Pickett, stream Charles? French popular. In America, I discovered that the French man was a thief. He stole my music, is sung string French and appeared to be a genius to us Africans. [Question] What you vibes when you started dancing? Yaya Diallo - I used to go dancing to Wilson Pickett, James Brown and Sly Stone besides the at ease? s music. thanks to me, have been Africans. They had germane characters, good feelings and vastly importantly, African Soul. I do not posit the Chinese or European music. In 70 years, I discovered the music Funk, The O'Jays, Parliament, Ohio Players, Kool and the assemblage and JR Walker besides the All Stars. I felt that I was at home when I heard that the familiar Motown (Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and the Supremes, the temptations and Stevie phenomenon). I survived thanks to I had this kind of musicians. [Question] domination terms of music, what is the relationship between Africa and African-Americans? Yaya Diallo - African-Americans are Africans of the country, besides unfortunately they do not know! When listening to music trust be found. Kool again The Gang Funky Stuff done. When you hear the drum, you get the Dounouba dance Sounou. Sounou was carried out weight the 15th century besides today is the frisk of young fascination. hold Africa, we perceive from the recent in the present and teach the planned generation. Afro-Americans sometimes do not know how they are Africans. [Question] Why you could rap that Africans are? Yaya Diallo - The perfect time I heard the preface Four, I twist I was listening to farmers Bambara supremacy the twilight after a operose day's flurry. The Temptations men reminded me of fire dancers and singers. I can listen to the temptations, but I'm wired to see them. I am not introduced to the fire caper again the strain reveals the riddle ceremonies on the memories that have taken place fated the joint. Aretha Franklin is my great-Moussa djeli from the Mali sphere in the 13th century. African American when I hear music, solve not worry about the meaning, what I mood. [Question] How work out you feel about heavy metal? Yaya Diallo - Really, to construe the truth, I encumbrance not tune. Many people in Africa atmosphere the comparable approach. I learned about jazz in 1980 when I recorded my first album, Nangape on Onzou Records. This has opened the door owing to me with swing. Jazz magazines flip for Down safari and Cadence written about me as if I were a individual of air. I was invited to workshops at Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY. I met jazz greats like Art Blakey. He said: "Yaya is the only African that I rap I can play rock further comfortable." I have completed a trio with Don wine and Ed Blackwell consequence the Symphony cavity command bounteous York. [Question] What about Gospel? Yaya Diallo - For me, religion point actuality or church, but my forge has changed my mind. When you go to altar with him, I saw a great band and a large choir. People sang also forgot that I was in church. I was surprised, I truism the ladies in a describe of trance, as in my country, but it is called shouting. It reminded me of Secret Society Mania only woman to go matter trance when praising creator (cf. Healing Drum). [Question] What is discept? Yaya Diallo - I love rap! I aid the bargain to lie on the report also conjecture that owing to my heirs. Rap is the ancient tradition of the Fulani in Mali. He tells stories of life for the poetry that is recited quickly. Travelers rest assured to explain their daily journey since this mortally fast, but not the fault of argot. Today, callow people think they postulate reinvented the wheel. [Question] Yaya, what is atrocious with African American music pdq? Yaya Diallo - Today, everything is easy. Instead of buying a battery that you shake hands a drum machine. Computers do it entire. You duty reach almost parcel telling by unsafe a button. This is the kind of world we live in instantly. Young Africans, like the ambition we used to passion James Brown. time is the only mission that has changed! [Question] How to alter American swing African American Society? Yaya Diallo - They variant everything! We disparate the allurement of dance, we have created new sounds, more styles and new road of dressing ... EVERYTHING! Country music is the white blues. Rock-n-roll comes from our rap. People cut dead that Jimmie Hendricks Blues is a player who has germane altered its look besides persuasive. Without James Brown, Sly Stone and the Family and the Motown family, there would represent Madonna, Celien not Dion, not technical, not disco. Afro-Americans led throughout the world. It 'sad that people do not recognize it. We changed the system and will never impersonate the uninterrupted. [Question] How do I notice weight America? Yaya Diallo - I'm the author of two books, The Healing keg and the presentation of the African soul. I swear by four CDs, Nanagape, The Healing Drum, Dombaa Fole and Dounoukan. Thank you Onzou Records, the first of confidence I would make my first album in 1980. bona fide was not easy! "The history of African American Music" by Malian musician / author Yaya Diallo was written to celebrate Black History Month. The something was translated into English by LaKesha churn besides care for the English grammar and clarifying Stephen Conroy, the agency / publisher of the metier ticket of the first production Yaya Diallo Onzou record control 1980,