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Music
Music is part of the SANKOFA Black Heritage Collection.
SANKOFA is a contemporary literacy resource for all students in Grades 4 to 8 consisting of 15 books. Each book includes a variety of genres, including primary documents reader’s theatre, biographies, essays, fiction, and poetry.
Each book features both historical and contemporary content, identifying past and present views of the African Canadian experience.
In Music, you can read The Lost Drums of Africa which is about the Trans-Atlantic migration of drums and musical instruments throughout the African diaspora, Canadian Hip-Hop Wall of Fame, All About Reggae timeline, Black contributions to jazz, rock, classical, R&B, and urban music, as well as the importance of how musicians have used their skills to help their communities.
The accompanying teacher resource will be available soon.
To view preview pages of Music, visit:
http://www.sankofacollection.com/MU/M...
SANKOFA is a contemporary literacy resource for all students in Grades 4 to 8 consisting of 15 books. Each book includes a variety of genres, including primary documents reader’s theatre, biographies, essays, fiction, and poetry.
Each book features both historical and contemporary content, identifying past and present views of the African Canadian experience.
In Music, you can read The Lost Drums of Africa which is about the Trans-Atlantic migration of drums and musical instruments throughout the African diaspora, Canadian Hip-Hop Wall of Fame, All About Reggae timeline, Black contributions to jazz, rock, classical, R&B, and urban music, as well as the importance of how musicians have used their skills to help their communities.
The accompanying teacher resource will be available soon.
To view preview pages of Music, visit:
http://www.sankofacollection.com/MU/M...
48 pages
Published January 1, 2015
About the author
Nadia L. Hohn
18 books49 followersNADIA L. HOHN is a multilingual, award-winning author of several books for young people, including A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice (Owlkids, 2019), Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter (HarperKids, 2018), and the Malaika series. Her first picture book, Malaika’s Costume (Groundwood Books, 2016) was the 2021 TD Grade One Book Giveaway and featured as a float in the 117th Original Santa Claus Parade. Nadia had two books released in 2023: Malaika, Carnival Queen, her fourth book in the Malaika series on May 2 and her edited anthology, The Antiracist Kitchen: 21 Stories (and Recipes) on September 12. Nadia is an “artivist” who wants to make sure that all young people see themselves in books. When she’s not lost in a story or concocting a tasty vegetarian dish, she is likely spending time in music and the arts or daydreaming about her next adventure. Nadia teaches elementary school and writing for children courses at post-secondary institutions in Toronto where she also lives.
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