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African chants originated from the French word for singing, and are a form of measured or rhythmical singing or reciting. Common styles include call-and-response, where a leader calls out lines that are responded to by others, as well as hunting chants or poems that describe the thrill of hunting and agricultural work songs or chants that are associated with farm activities like tilling soil and harvesting.

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English 2

African chants originated from the French word for singing, and are a form of measured or rhythmical singing or reciting. Common styles include call-and-response, where a leader calls out lines that are responded to by others, as well as hunting chants or poems that describe the thrill of hunting and agricultural work songs or chants that are associated with farm activities like tilling soil and harvesting.

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African Chants and Poem

CHANT
Originated from the French word
CHANTER.
It is measured or rhythmical
singing or reciting.
CALL AND RESPONSE
The most common style of
chanting and reciting among
the different African ethnic
groups.
AFRICAN CHANTS GENRES

Hunting chants or poems


Agricultural work songs
or chants
HUNTING CHANTS OR POEM
Sung or recited to express the
hazards and uncontrollable
thrill that a hunter
experience when hunting for
wild game.
AGRICULTURAL WORK SONGS OR
CHANTS
Associated with farm work
like tilling the soil,
planting, harvesting and
threshing.

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