Benin: Bariba and Somba Music

VARIOUS ARTISTS

12 SONGS • 43 MINUTEN • SEP 09 2014

1

Praise Song for Hunters

03:55

2

Music Played When Setting out for a Hunt

02:28

3

Music in Praise of Oru Suru

05:56

4

Sambani, Music for Dancing

02:43

5

Taru, Music for Dancing

Bariba guru player

01:48

6

A Poor Man Has No Country

Bariba talking drum ensemble

05:13

7

Dinaba, Myth of the Origins

Male Somba singer

06:08

8

Song for Grinding Millet

Two young Somba girls pounding millet on grindstones

05:15

9

Musotie

Two Somba flutists & Somba castanet players

03:11

10

Funeral Lament

02:08

11

Song to Carry the Corpse

Group of young Somba singers

02:07

12

Song for Grinding Karite Nuts

Two Somba women grinding nuts into mortar

02:26

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