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VARIOUS ARTISTS

Music from Saramaka: A Dynamic Afro-American Tradition

VARIOUS ARTISTS

19 SONGS • 44 MINUTES • JAN 01 1977

1
Tree-Felling Songs: Matjáu baai
10:59
2
Adunké
00:55
3
History in Song
01:45
4
Bèntá: Apúku djómbo - The forest spirit jumps up
02:19
5
Bèntá: Djebikese kulé butá dí kándu - Djebikese runs to place the "protective charm"
02:33
6
Bèntá: Gádu tumáo - drumming for the forest spirits
02:11
7
Bèntá: Komantí tumáo - drumming for the komantí gods
01:10
8
Sĕkĕti Songs: Two songs of despair
02:00
9
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song of Disaster, Love Song
02:21
10
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song of Quarrel
01:23
11
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song of Rejection
01:18
12
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song of Resignation
01:45
13
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song for a Maiden
01:40
14
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song about a Parrot
00:51
15
Sĕkĕti Songs: Song of a Foreign Land
00:54
16
The Flight of the Hummingbird
01:57
17
Sĕkĕti drumming
02:29
18
Drumming for Bandámmba
01:19
19
Apínti: Talking drum
04:22
(C) 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1977 Folkways Records