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Negro folk music of Africa and America.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, Folkways Records
Other Authors: Courlander, Harold, 1908-1996
Format: CD Audio
Language:No linguistic content
Published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003]
Series:Ethnic Folkways library.
Custom compact disc series.
Subjects:
Blacks > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Music.
Blacks > Latin America > Music.
Folk music > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Folk music > Latin America.
African Americans > Music.
Folk music > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Ingane Kamalume (Zulu, South Africa)
  • Shayisa Inkasa (Zulu, South Africa)
  • Music of boatmen (Badouma, French Equatorial Africa)
  • Orin Muritala Alhaji (Yoruba, Nigeria)
  • Bara Sanaba-Bara (Ibo, Nigeria)
  • Traveling song (Sudan)
  • Festival song (Sudan)
  • Bina Adamu (Swahili, Zanzibar)
  • Ballad (Tigrai, Eritrea)
  • Ballad (Amhara, Ethiopia)
  • Cowherds' festival (Colombia)
  • Worksong (Haiti)
  • Juba dance (Haiti)
  • Nago dance (Haiti)
  • Chere maman (Meringue, Haiti)
  • Gallinita Toma tu Maiz (Puerto Rica)
  • Beli dance (Trinidad)
  • What shall I do to be saved? (Alabama, USA)
  • Didn't you hear my Lord when He called? (Alabama, USA)
  • My name has been written down (Mississippi, USA)
  • Move members move (Mississippi, USA).