African chants?

Hello all!

I'm requesting some assistance. I've recently been inspired to write an African chant. I don't really know why.

The problem is, I can't find anything. I've googled, and I never get good results. The results that come up are always links to mp3 websites or youtube or something.

So, does anybody happen to know of some great African chant texts?

Or a good place to find some?

Or, a different way to approach the issue entirely?

I appreciate the help in advance!

-Keeg

Writing African chant? I don't know what that means. If you're looking for examples of tribal music/folk songs from Africa, you could try this: http://www.dandemutande.org/catalog/?cat=Books&artist=AdzenyahMaraireTucker

Or search YouTube for something like Sasa Kroma, which is in that book.

Oh sorry, I wasn't very clear. I meant, writing, as in, finding text to an African chant and putting it in some sort of SATB choral setting with maybe some back drums.

So far I've made a little progress, I got all of the African chant lyrics from the Lion King on Broadway!

Hmm, if you mean imitating the style of African choral singing, this has rather been done to death. I don't really see the point of writing new music to the Lion King songs, they seemed pretty good in the film and the show. If you were looking for some 'authentic' traditional song it has most likely not been written down and your only sources would be transcriptions in specialist academic journals. Of course you could do what Karl Jenkins does in Adiemus and invent some ethnic-sounding syllables yourself.

Hmm, if you mean imitating the style of African choral singing, this has rather been done to death. I don't really see the point of writing new music to the Lion King songs, they seemed pretty good in the film and the show. If you were looking for some 'authentic' traditional song it has most likely not been written down and your only sources would be transcriptions in specialist academic journals. Of course you could do what Karl Jenkins does in Adiemus and invent some ethnic-sounding syllables yourself.

I have come accross some chant lyrics on the internet, that might be a good place to try. You could start with that and adapt.