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'''Camp Shelby''' is a military post approximately 15 miles south of [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]], on [[United States Highway 49]]. It is the largest state owned training site in the nation, has a long history of serving the country and is considered by many as “a national treasure.” During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major, independent mobilization station of the [[U.S. Army Forces Command]] (FORSCOM). Camp Shelby Training Site is the largest reserve component training site, covering 136,000 acres, allowing up to battalion level maneuver training, Gunnery Table 8-12, excellent FA Firing Points and a wide range of support facilities. This is the normal Annual Training ___location for [[National Guard]] and Reserve units located in Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennesse. However, units from accross the country use its excellent assets to support a varity of missions. The 2nd BN, 114th FA conducts its gunnery and has the bulk of its combat equipment stored in the Mobilization and Annual Training Equipment Site (MATES) located there.
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Camp Shelby Training Site (CSTS), encompassing over 525 square kilometers, is located in portions of [[Perry County, Mississippi|Perry]] and [[Forrest County, Mississippi|Forrest]] Counties, in south Mississippi. The training site was established during [[World War I]] and it has served almost continuously since then as a training site, not only for the Reserve Components of the Army, but also for the Active Components of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The training site consists of a mix of State, [[Department of Defense]], and [[U.S. Forest Service]] lands in the [[DeSoto National Forest]].
[[Africa]] is a large and diverse continent, consisting of dozens of countries, hundreds of languages and thousands of races, tribes and ethnic groups. As such, there is little that can be said that applies to ''all'' the music of Africa, as there is no distinctly pan-African tradition of [[folk music|folk]] or [[classical music]] of any kind; the only shared form of musical expression is [[popular music|popular]]. Nevertheless, there are regional similarities between dissimilar groups, as well as popular trends known across the continent.
Encompassing more than 134,820 acres, Camp Shelby, Mississippi is the largest state-owned and operated field training site in the United States. It is a training ground for the [[M1 Abrams|Abrams M1 Tank]], [[Paladin Howitzers]] and home to the 3rd Brigade 87th Division Training Support. Camp Shelby serves as a training site for National Guardsmen and Reservists from throughout the country hosting as many as 100,000 personnel annually.
==Popular music==
''Main article: [[Popular music]]''
Camp Shelby was established in 1917. The Post was named in honor of [[Isaac Shelby]], Indian fighter, Revolutionary War hero and 1st Governor of Kentucky, by the first troops to train here, the [[38th Division]].
African popular music includes an array of [[teen idol]]s, [[boy band]]s and [[girl group]]s, as well as numerous practitioners of imported [[rock and roll]], [[soul music|soul]] and [[hip hop music|hip hop]]. Most distinctively, however, Africa has also produced indigenous styles of popular music which are known across the continent, and further abroad.
In 1934, the State of Mississippi acquired the site for use as a summer camp by the National Guard. Because of Camp Shelby's natural advantages of climate, terrain and ___location, it was reopened in 1940 as a federal installation. Some of the divisions that have trained in Mississippi include the 31st, 37th, 38th, 43rd, 63rd, 65th, 69th, 85th, 94th, and the 99th Divisions.
Some countries, such as Egypt, have popular traditions which have little fame outside of their homeland.
The famous [[Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team]] and the [[100th Battalion]] trained here in preparation for [[World War II]]. [[Women's Army Corps]] (WAC) units also trained here. The Post contained a large convalescent hospital and had a prisoner of war camp which housed members of the German Afrika Corps.
===African hip hop===
''Main article: [[African hip hop]]''
The post closed shortly after the end of World War II. During the [[Korean Conflict]], Camp Shelby was established as an Emergency Railhead Facility.
===African jazz===
''Main article: [[African jazz]]''
In the summer of 1954, non-divisional National Guard units trained at Camp Shelby and in 1956, it was designated a permanent training site by Continental Army Command (now Forces Command). Over 5,000 troops were processed through Camp Shelby during Desert Storm Operations.
===African reggae===
''Main article: [[African reggae]]''
Camp Shelby is also home to the [[Youth Challenge Program]] (a boot camp for troubled youths)and the [[Mississippi Armed Forces Museum]].
===Afrobeat===
''Main article: [[Afrobeat]]''
===Benga===
''Main article: [[Benga]]''
===Bikutsi===
''Main article: [[Bikutsi]]''
===Chimurenga===
''Main article: [[Chimurenga]]''
===Classical Arab music===
''Main article: [[Classical Arab music]]''
===Cuban music in Africa===
''Main article: [[Cuban music in Africa]]''
===Fuji===
''Main article: [[Fuji music|Fuji]]''
===Gnawa===
''Main article: [[Gnawa music|Gnawa]]''
===Griot===
''Main article: [[Griot]]''
===Gumbe===
''Main article: [[Gumbe]]''
===Highlife===
:''Main article: [[Highlife]]''
Highlife is a type of music that originated in Ghana and spread to other West African English-speaking countries near the end of the 19th century. It is characterized by jazzy horns and multiple guitars which lead the band.
===Juju===
''Main article: [[Juju]]''
African music was created and passed down through generations of families.
it is still played now. god bless
===Kwela===
''Main article: [[Kwela]]''
===Makossa===
''Main article: [[Makossa]]''
===Marabi===
''Main article: [[Marabi]]''
===Marrabenta===
''Main article: [[Marrabenta]]''
===Mbalax===
''Main article: [[Mbalax]]''
===Morna===
''Main article: [[Morna]]''
===Palm-wine===
''Main article: [[Palm-wine music|Palm-wine]]''
===Raï===
''Main article: [[Raï]]''
===Sega===
''Main article: [[sega music|Sega]]''
===Soukous===
''Main article: [[Soukous]]''
===Taarab===
''Main article: [[Taarab]]''
==External links==
*[http://www.africanmusic.org/ AfricanMusic.org]
*[http://trumpet.sdsu.edu/M345/Knowledge_Webs/4African_MusicY/African_music.htm African Music]
*[http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/artcul/030521music.asp?sector=ARTCUL A glossary of African music styles]
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