Various - African Music

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* Instrument(s) Balafon; Bells; Drum; Flute; Harp; Horns; Kora; Lute; Musical bow; Rattle (Musical instrument); War horn; Water-drum.

* Year of Recording 1957.

* Record Label Folkways Records.

* Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.


* 101 War Song n/a 2:49.

* 102 Song of Praise n/a 1:58.

* 103 Song for Chief n/a 2:56.

* 104 Dance Song n/a 2:24.

* 105 War Song n/a 2:24.

* 106 Herding Song, Marriage Song, Lullaby n/a 3:14.

* 201 Wrestling Match Song n/a 2:03.

* 202 Orphan's Wail n/a 2:31.

* 203 Battle Signals n/a 2:19.

* 204 Ceremonial Songs for Oba's Wives and Oba n/a 3:22.

* 205 Secret Society Dance Song n/a 2:04.

* 206 Secret Society Drums n/a 2:43.

Number of Discs: 1

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