African Music: A People's Art"African music--its forms, musicians, instruments and its place in the life of the people. Profusely illustrated; excellent discography." -- From front cover. |
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African art African music African musician alghaita Anthologie artistic Ba-Benzele Pygmies BAM LD Bamileke Bären Reiter Musicaphon Baule black Africa bow-harp bow-lute calabash Cameroon Central African Republic ceremonies Chad Chant Charles Duvelle choir Congo Dahomey dance dancers Djerma Dogon drums ensemble Fali Festival flute funeral Gabon griots harp harp-lute harp-zither Hausa Music Haute-Volta horn initiation Ivory Coast Kabre kakaki Kora language lithophone love song Mali mask mirlitons Music from Rwanda Music of Ethiopia music played musical instruments Musicaphon BM 30 Musique centrafricaine musique des griots musique du Tchad Musique kongo Musiques dahoméennes mvet Naba Negro Niger Nigeria Nnomongan oboe OCORA one-stringed fiddle orchestra panorama percussion player Praise song previous record python rattles Reiter Musicaphon BM rhythm rhythmic Rwanda Sanza secret society Senegal Senufo Side singer singing skin slit-drum solo sound sound-box strings track trumpets Tupuri Upper Volta Valiha village Vogue Contrepoint MC voice Western women xylophone zither