African

This collection spotlights and educates about different styles of music originating from Africa!

Gospel Choir Performs At The 38th Conference Of The NAACP | History Of SC Slide Collection

Episode 4

Photo

Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The music slaves brought with them from Africa came from a variety of different cultures, and it is impossible in the caption for a single image to recount the history of the blending of those...

African Music | Gullah Music

Episode 1

Audio

Grades: PreK Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Music was an important tradition in Africa centuries before Africans were brought to America. Singing was a part of everyday life when people were at work, worship or play. The drum was the most...

Family Across the Sea, Part 4 | SCETV Specials (1990)

Episode 4

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Family Across the Sea, Part 4 Like the Black Seminoles who fled white civilization, blacks began to return to Africa in the 19th century. Historian Alpha Bah has studied the return of blacks to Sierra...