Instrumental and vocal music. Various performers. Recorded by Heinrich Schweizer. Compact disc. Program notes by Heinrich Schweizer in French, English, and German (11 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Senegal. Mansane cisse : kora solo ; Lamban : balafon solo ; Dibacin : kora solo ; Danse acrobatique : flute, percussion ; Girixon : khalam and chant ; Girl reciting poem in Senegalese language ; Performance on a long, wooden flute ; Tam-tams ; Intermezzo : balafon, kora ; The last days of Bigolo : chant and dance performance ; Kora soloist explaining his instrument in Senegalese language ; Kelefa : kora solo ; The Kumpo : chant and dance performance in Dakar ; Drums -- Cameroon. Fingerpiano solo ; Flute performance ; Mesi Ng'ekudi = Song of the chief : for balafon, harp, and human voice ; Religious dance : for choir, balafon orchestra, flute, and drums ; Balafon solo ; Subugu mu : balafon sextet ; Messomo : balafon sextet ; Bird voices in tropical forest of Yaoundé ; Wobebiwala : balafon trio ; Every night I'm dreaming of my sister : balafon trio -- Brazzaville/Congo. Fingerpiano solo ; Fingerpiano solo and chant -- Sambia. African dance : for drums, harp, and male voices.
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