Explore Everywhere Archive

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December 4, 2015: Nigeria — All Talk and All Action

November 26, 2015: Nigeria — So Many Rhythms, So Little Time

November 11, 2015: Nigeria — Never Ever a Dull Moment

November 9, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Going for the Gold in Ghana

November 8, 2015: Ghana — You’re Ghana Like West African Food (I couldn’t resist)

October 16, 2015: Ghana. (Guinea. Mali.) 

October 8, 2015: Ghana — From Slave Trade to Free at Last!

October 4, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Mali’s Magnificent Music

October 2, 2015: Mali — Mud Cloth — Bogolanfini Bonanza

September 27, 2015: The Music of Mali — From Songhai Delta Blues to the World’s Best Train Station Hotel Band

September 21, 2015: The Music of Mali — Go Go Griots

September 14, 2015: Mali — As Far as Timbuktu

[Summer break. Cheers!]

August 12, 2015: Moroccan Music: Everything Old is New Again

August 10, 2015: Meet Morocco: All On Board the Train

August 8, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Algeria! Adventures in the African North

August 7, 2015: Algeria–Three Stories–Love, War and a Fly Swatter

August 5, 2015: Algerian Music–The ABCs (Andalusian, Berber, Chaabi) and the Big R

August 3, 2015: Meet Algeria–Berber or Bust

July 26, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Get in the Ethiopian Groove

July 24, 2015: Ethiopia–A Handy Introduction to Ethiopian Food

July 22, 2015: Ethiopia–Cool Grooves and Hot Coffee

July 20, 2015: Ethiopia–Do the Aksum Shake

July 19, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Take me to Tanzania

July 17, 2015: Tanzania­­–The Gogo: We Got the Beat (and the Ilimba!)

July 15, 2015: Music of Tanzania ­­ Terrific Taarab, Delightful Dansi and Bongo Beats

July 13, 2015: Tanzania: East Africa’s Proudest Portmanteau

July 12, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Uganda

July 10, 2015: Ugandan food — Sometimes a Chapati is Just a Chapati

July 8, 2015: The Music of Uganda: Join the “Local Party” With One Little Guitar

July 6, 2015: Our African Tour Really Beings. We Start in Uganda.

July 5, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: African Instruments — All Things Blown, Strung or Struck

July 3, 2015: African Instruments — I’ve Got the World on a String

July 1, 2015: African Instruments — Stuffed to the Gyils with Xylophones and Thumb Pianos

June 29, 2015: African Flutes and Horns — Don’t Blow Them Out of Proportion

JUNE 25, 2015: SPECIAL VIDEO: Explore Everywhere Families Celebrate International Make Your Own Instrument Day

June 21, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: African Instruments — If You Build It, They Will Drum (Summary of Week 4)

June 19, 2015: African Instruments (Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb): A tour of African drums from bendir to ngoma, dun dun to ravanne, kpanlogo to kebero.

June 17, 2015: African Instruments (Shake, Rattle and Roll): Shakers, rattlers and rollers from around the African continent.

June 15, 2015: Africa is INSTRUMENTAL: We begin our tour of African instruments by making three of the easiest instruments in three of our most enjoyable minutes.

June 14, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Memories, Malipenga and the Maasai (Summary of Week 3)

June 12, 2015: East Africa: You Say Jump, I say MAASAI!: We celebrate the end our region-by-region introduction by jumping reeeeeeally high.

June 10, 2015: Southern Africa: Going to Malawi? Bring your Kazoo: We head South where we find ourselves wearing hats with feathers and dancing to take charge of the past.

June 8, 2015: Central Africa: The Lusaka Memory Board Game: In Central Africa we speak of optimism that knows no bounds and play a game that turns history into stories.

June 7, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Marriages, Masks and the Maghreb (Summary of Week 2)

June 5, 2015: West Africa: Mask Maker, Mask Maker, Make Me a Mask: In West Africa, we talk of empires, traders and travelers and dabble in the ancient art of masquerade.

June 3, 2015: North Africa: Morocco’s Match.com: Introducing Africa above the Sahara, where we meet the Maghreb and stop in Morocco to get married.

June 1, 2015: So Much Africa, So Little Internet: We begin our tour around Africa with enthusiasm, determination and a quiz to find out how much we don’t know.

May 31, 2015: This w(EE)k in Explore Everywhere: Your First Once-­A­-Week Summary

May 30, 2015 — Sanctioned Screen Time — The Explore Everywhere Film Club, Africa Edition: Five documentaries that give you a chance to meet Africa through music.

May 29, 2015 — The Explore Everywhere Book Club, Africa Edition: Books based in Africa we’re going to read over the course of the season.

May 28, 2015 — Sing, Sing a Song. (then sing another. then sing 24 more): Introducing the songs on the All Around This World: Africa (Classroom Edition) CD.

May 27, 2015 — Are We Really Happy on This Day?: What is the “We Are Happy” song we sing to start each class? Also, an overview of instruments to have on hand.

May 26, 2015 — Every Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With an E-mail:  An overview of our upcoming journey around Africa. Introducing the first “Five Song Sing-Along” class.

May 25, 2015 — Welcome! Your Passwords and Other Important Stuff