VariousMusic Of Equatorial Africa

Label:

Folkways Records – EFL1402

Series:

Ethnic Folkways Library – EFL 1402

Format:

4 x Vinyl , 10", 78 RPM, Album

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Folk, World, & Country

Style:

African

Tracklist

A1 Badouma* Badouma Paddlers' Song (Male Chorus)
A2 Badouma* Badouma Paddlers' Song (Male Voices, Sansa, Rattlers, Horns)
B1 Unknown Artist N'Goundi Song (Male Solo, Mixed Chorus, Sansa)
B2 Unknown Artist N'Goundi Girls' Song (Female Chorus, Handclapping)
C1 Unknown Artist Mboko Song (Solo Voice, Musical Bow)
C2 Unknown Artist Mboko Riddle Song (Male Voices, Zither Harp, Wooden Sticks, Rattle)
D1 Unknown Artist Okandi Women's Song (Female Chorus, Drums)
D2 Unknown Artist Yaswa Marimbas (Three Xylophones)
E1 Unknown Artist Bongili Work Song (Girls' Chorus, Pestle Sounds)
E2 Baya* Baya Dance (Mixed Voices, Drums, Rattles)
F1 Unknown Artist Pomo Perambulating Chant (Mixed Voices, Horn, Bell, Rattle)
F2 Koukouya* Koukouya Horns And Drums (Ivory Horns, Drums, Solo Voice)
G1 Unknown Artist Babinga Pigmy Chorus (Flute, Women's Chorus, Handclapping)
G2 Aka (11) Babinga Dance (Mixed Voices, Drums)
H1 Unknown Artist Kouyou Medicine Song (Male Voices, Horn, Drums, Sticks, Handclapping)
H2 Unknown Artist Kouyou Women's Dance (Women's Chorus, Drums, Bell)

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Credits

  • Recorded ByAndre Didier*

Notes

Recorded by Andre Dider on location (in 1946).
Ogoue-Congo Expedition in French Equatorial Africa.

This 78 rpm album contains two tracks (D2 & G1) that are not on the LPs releases of this set.

Liner notes associated with these recordings, and which accompanied the LP release, can be ed from the Folkways web site:
https://folkways-media.si.edu/liner_notes/folkways/FW04402.pdf

Release date is approximate and could not be verified through external sources.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): EF 9
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): EF 10
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C): EF 11
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D): EF 12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side E): EF 13
  • Matrix / Runout (Side F): EF 14
  • Matrix / Runout (Side G): EF 15
  • Matrix / Runout (Side H): EF 16

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Music Of Equatorial Africa (LP, Reissue, Mono) Ethnic Folkways Library EFL 1402 US 1950
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Music Of Equatorial Africa (LP, Reissue, Mono) Folkways Records FE 4402 US 1950
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Music Of Equatorial Africa (LP, Reissue, Mono) Ethnic Folkways Library P 402 US 1950
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Music Of Equatorial Africa (LP, Reissue, Mono) Folkways Records EFL 1402 US 1950

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