Progress has been made in bringing the ollowing a month of Brazilian samba drumming and then a few weeks of Irish/Celtic melodies, the general music teacher announced to the fourth-grade children that Africa would be the next stop on their musical journey In a series of eight sessions, they would learn to drum a polyrhythm from the Akan of Ghana, play a Shona four-part xylophone piece from Zimbabwe, move to a Yoruba juju piece out of Nigeria, and sing a South African freedom song. When discussing her plans with other educators, the teacher enthusiastically stated:" I consider it my responsibility to expose children to the world of musical possibilities. It fits well with their social studies curriculum, too, because music is a way of knowing culture." The children's musical tour would thus continue into a pan-African fusion of experiences from the corners of the continent, where rhythms and melodies, instrumental techniques, and songs would be featured, and stories and artifacts would help to contextualize the music.