RAISING HER VOICE: WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND MUSIC IN WEST AFRICA Session 1 Introduction to West Africa
Page 2 WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WEST AFRICA? Where is West Africa? Can you name some countries in West Africa?
Page 3 MALI
Page 4 MALI - Bamako
Page 5 MALI
Fanta – cotton farmer
Page 6 MALI Fatimata – vegetable gardener
Page 7 MALI
Children in Mali having their school meal.
Page 8 BENIN
Page 9 SENEGAL
Page 10 SENEGAL - Dakar
Page 11 SENEGAL Charlotte – warehouse worker
Page 12 SENEGAL Ngoné - gardener
Page 13 Session 2 West African music
Page 14 Music in West Africa
Listen to these four different clips of music from West Africa.
Jot down some words or pictures to describe what you hear.
Page 15 Music in West Africa: Mali
A Balafon
A Kora
Page 16 Music in West Africa: Benin
Angelique Kidjo Page 17 Music in West Africa: Senegal
Awadi
Page 18 LET’S PLAY A WEST AFRICAN CYCLIC RHYTHM.
Let’s have a go!
Page 19 CYCLIC PATTERS
Rhythm 1
Rhythm 2
Rhythm 3
Page 20 Session 3 Rights and female musicians in West Africa
Page 21 BASIC RIGHTS
Page 22 CONSEQUENCES
Can’t Can’t learn make about new new things friends
Not going to school
Page 23 FEMALE MUSICIANS IN WEST AFRICA Wassoulou music
The Wassoulou region is marked on the map in red. Page 24 FEMALE MUSICIANS IN WEST AFRICA
Oumou Sangaré
Page 25 RAISING HER VOICE
Oumou Sangaré has written songs that share a message to help raise women’s and girls’ voices.
• What message could you share about girls education?
• What have you learnt from Oumou Sangaré’s songs that you’d like to share yourself?
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