Bulu Songs from the Cameroons

VARIOUS ARTISTS

17 SONGS • 47 MINUTEN • JAN 01 1954

1

Dance Song

01:47

2

Secret Society Initiation Song

Male Voices, Drum Rattles And Singing Horn

02:14

3

Folk Tale

Wandering Minstrel With A Mvet And Chorus

03:01

4

Song of Self-Praise

Wandering Minstrel And Chorus

02:46

5

Song of Sorrow

Male Voices And Chorus

02:05

6

Dance Song

Male Voices And Chorus

01:26

7

Dance Song

Mixed Voices, Drums, Rattles And Percussion Sticks

03:17

8

Women's Dance Song

Female Voices And Hand Clapping

03:31

9

Men's Drinking Song

Male Voices And Hand Clapping

02:22

10

Song of Self-Praise

Traveling Minstrel With Chorus And Rattles

04:04

11

Work Song

02:57

12

Men's Dance

Male Voices, Drums, Sticks And Handclapping

02:32

13

Story Song

Male Voices And Handclapping

03:54

14

Flute Melody

Old Man With Clapping And Rattles

02:52

15

War Song

Male Voices And Chorus

02:06

16

Sung to a Groom

Men Singing To The Groom

02:16

17

Sung by the Bride's Relatives

Mixed Voices, Drums, Rattles And Handclapping

04:08

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