Various performers. Title from container. Booklet with liner notes by Daniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta and Scott Linford in English (44 pages : color portraits, map) inserted in container.
Contents:
Ayinga Bañiil is already born The time has come to rest (3:07). (8:37) -- Ami kolle/Salymane/Alassane (Abdoulaye Diallo) (3:24) -- Mamba sambou (Sijam Bukan) (1:59) -- Colobane yolooli = Our Colobane (Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa) (2:06) -- Diego (Sijam Bukan) (3:02) -- Elenbeja (Jean Kangaben Djibalen) (2:33) -- Bapaalaay = Friendship (Esukolaal) (3:23) -- Aline sitoe (Elisa Diedhiou) (2:33) -- Sijam bukan = Ears of the people (Sijam Bukan) (2:22) -- Kunaare kati Gambi = Women of Gambia (Daniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta) (2:23) -- Aduna esore = The world is dispersed (Bouba Diedhiou) (2:32) -- Adiatta ubonketom =Adiatta pray for me (Elisa Diedhiou) (2:42) -- Ajeme (Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa) (3:18) -- Celestine (Musa Diatta) (3:00) -- Aliinom = My sister (Daniel Laemou-Ahuma Jatta) (1:06) -- Koriye (Esukolaal) (2:48) -- Ahan bokin = Elder of the shrine (Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa) (3:56) -- Asum bunuk = Good palm wine collector (Sijam Bukan) (3:00) -- Kanyalen rosalie (Bouba Diedhiou) (2:29) -- Aguene diambone (Adama Sambou and Ejam Kasa) (8:02) -- Aliinom (ballanta) = My sister (Musa Diatta) (2:50) -- Asunge = Graceful woman (Esukolaal) (1:54) -- Inje mama oomei? = My mother, where are you? (Abdoulaye Diallo) (1:23) -- Madu (Jean Kangaben Djibalen) (8:37) -- Ayinga Bañiil dane dibuke ban = Ayinga Bañiil is already born (Abdoulaye Diallo) (3:07).
Summary:
Ears of the People is a collection of sublime contemporary recordings of the ekonting, a three-stringed gourd lute played by Jola people in Gambia and the Casamance region of Senegal. The nine tradition-bearers featured on the album share stories of love, heartache, conflict, spirituality, and all that is unique and beautiful in Jola culture over the rolling lilt of the instrument. An important forebear of the American banjo, the ekonting drives lively dancing and brings these stories to life. These songs, rarely heard outside Senegambia, are a living tapestry of the Jola people and a unique interweaving of human voices and stringed instruments.
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.