Songs in the shade of the cashew and coconut trees : lullabies and nursery rhymes from West Africa and the Caribbean / songs collected by Nathalie Soussana ; musical arrangements by Jean-Christophe Hoarau ; illustrations by Judith Gueyfier.
Publisher:
The Secret Mountain,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
"Musical picture book"--Cover. "First published in France by Didier Jeunesse, Paris, 2018"--Colophon. Accompanying CD comprises performances of all songs in their original languages.
Contents:
(3:09) (Haiti). Papa Danmbala (1:34) (Guinea-Bissau) -- Bikilou (1:54) (Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo) -- Day-o (1:05) (Jamaica/Trinidad and Tobago) -- Lóba (3:17) (Cameroon) -- Ninância (1:20) (Cape Verde) -- Amina (1:16) (Gabon) -- Kumandja (1:21) (Guinea-Bissau) -- Owanon bélé nana (:56) (Gabon) -- Oyiri Marie (1:49) (Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast/Ghana/Ghinea) -- Kǔkǔ ē (2:38) (Cameroon) -- Blimundo (1:59) (Cape Verde) -- Gandú ê (1:48) (São Tomé and Príncipe) -- Hormiguita retozona (1:51) (Cuba) -- Yindulé (2:05) (Republic of the Congo) -- Iro yé (1:42) (Benin) -- Ogoun Feray (2:23) (Haiti) -- Doodonin konoma (1:48) (Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast/Ghana/Ghinea) -- Ahlínhán (1:14) (Benin) -- Gongon (3:32) (Cape Verde) -- I da je (2:46) (Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast/Ghana/Ghinea) -- Nénné yô (1:07) (Guinea-Bissau) -- Sala ye mwana (1:22) (Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo) -- Papa Danmbala (3:09) (Haiti).
Summary:
Collects songs in a wide array of styles--nursery rhymes from Gabon, lullabies from Cape Verde, and rumbas from the Congo--that are performed in more than a dozen languages.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.