Music of the Cameroons / Var: Music of the Cameroons / Various
Music of the Cameroons / Var: Music of the Cameroons / Various
Format: CD
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Artist: Music of the Cameroons / Var
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070437227
Genre: International
From the grassy highlands of western Cameroon, Music of the Cameroons narrates the lives of the Bafut tribe of the Tikar ethnic lineage, along with select moments from other nearby Tikar and Fulani tribes. Evocative of the cyclical nature of their lives, the Bafut create layers of repetition and polyrhythm as their workers sift through coffee beans, villagers celebrate their fon (or king), and a mother sings her child to sleep. Both women and men share leading roles in call-and-response tracks featuring instruments such as the shekere (shaker gourd) and pit harp. Liner notes include further descriptions of the Tikar music-making process, the musicians, and photographs dating from 1959 when this album was created.
Tracks:
1.1 Njung
1.2 Hail Muma / Social Song (1) (Medley)
1.3 Hail Mumu / Social Song (2)
1.4 Three Bafut Songs
1.5 Ngwa - Two Songs / Part 1
1.6 Ngwa - Two Songs / Part 2
1.7 Drinking Song
1.8 Mansa (Funeral Song)
1.9 Song for the Grass Ceremony
1.10 Four Lullabies
1.11 Sanitree ("Sanitary")
1.12 Lambule Munkunka ("Shaming" Song)
1.13 Njung (Social Song and War Cry)
1.14 Mansa (Funeral Song)
1.15 Christian Hymn
1.16 Njung
1.17 Coffee Workers Song / Work Song with Leader / Jamma-Jamma (Medley)
1.18 Pit Violin
1.19 Fon's Wives (Two Songs)
1.20 Social Njung
1.21 Song of Welcome
1.22 Nufum (Memorial to the Dead) / Fulani / Njung (Medley)
