Niger Cango Research Paper

Mande is which is the language used in African polyrhythm music culture is a branch of Niger Cango language family. Niger Cango contains 40 languages spoken by 20 million people concentrated mostly in areas including Sengal,Gambia, and Northern and eastern sierra leona . There are much less users of Niger Cango in areas including northern areas of Ghana , togo and Benin and in southern Niger and southwestern Nigeria (Bendor-Samuel 2000). The Niger Cango language began to spread around 7000 BP. The last estimation of niger cango language is 1400, all considered separate languages and not dialacts and each language contains several dialects.This shows that niger cango is a huge language family.One of the scholars of the 20th century suggested that the niger cango language is firstly spread in the area of the niger and benue rivers.( Bendor-Samuel 2007)
2) Common themes a) Praise of ancestors singing is considered in the African poly-rhythm musical culture both musical and verbal genre and it is performed by the jali who is the praise singer. It involves instrumental performance , singing and speech and it usually compliments an
However music for them is related to ceremonies , work (wage labor, child care) or play (games, parties or love making). (Titon & Cooley 2009) c) work music is not considered an art , it is a type of music making events and its purpose is to lift up the spirit of the workers , encourage them to do their work and let workers build a positive attitude towards their work. (Titon & Cooley 2009) d) Media expression : African music has a relationship with drama, poetry , dance , customary and sculpture. This may seem unrelated because these types of art is not wordy. African People value the musical style although it may not be the purpose of an event and they enjoy music that is realted to previous life events.(Titon & Cooley