Performer: Various
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Album: Folk Music Of The Western Congo
Released: 1952
MP3 version ZIP size: 1292 mb
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Rating: 4.8
Votes: 523
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Tracklist

A1	Babunda Song (Mixed Voices)
A2	Rapende Work Song (Male Voices With Handclapping, Whistle)
A3	Bambala Drumming
A4	Bambala Drumming
A5	Bambala Litigation (Male Voices, Drums, Whistle)
A6	Bambala "Talking" Drum
B1	Bambala Dance (Drums, Rattles, Mixed Voices)
B2	Bapindi Sansas (With Voices)
B3	Bapindi Sansas (With Voices)
B4	Bapindi Hunting Calls (Voices, Horns)
B5	Bapende Xylophone
B6	Bapende Xylophone
B7	Bapende And Bakwesi Children's Songs
B8	Babunda And Bayansi Children's Songs
B9	Basuku Children's Songs

Credits

• Drums, Xylophone [Balaphone], Marimba [Mbira], Percussion [Ngoma, Slit-gong], Rattle, Voice, Handclaps, Whistle – Unknown Artist
• Producer – Moses Asch
• Recorded By, Photography – Leo A. Verwilghen

Notes

Music of various Bantu peoples, recorded in the Belgian Congo 1951, includes a leporello booklet.
Part of the "Ethnic Folkways Library".
First released in 1952.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FE 4427	Bantu	Folk Music Of The Western Congo ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Folkways Records, Ethnic Folkways Library	FE 4427	US	1961