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Muziek van de Bafia - Kameroen / [door] B. Quersin.
LIBRA Kon. Mus. 6803031
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Quersin, Benoit.
- Series:
- Opnamen van afrikaanse muziek ; nr. 7.
- Opnamen van afrikaanse muziek ; nr. 7
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Niger-Kordofanian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Songs, Bafia--Cameroon.
- Songs, Bafia.
- Bafia (African people)--Cameroon--Music.
- Bafia (African people).
- Music--Cameroon.
- Music.
- Cameroon.
- Ethnic music recordings--Cameroon.
- Ethnic music recordings, Bafia--Cameroon.
- Local Subjects:
- Ethnic music recordings--Cameroon.
- Ethnic music recordings, Bafia--Cameroon.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in.
- 12 in.
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Bafia Kameroen
- Title on side 2 of disc: Musique des Bafia-Cameroun
- Place of Publication:
- Tervuren, [Belgium] : Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika ; [Brussels] : Belgische Radio en Televisie, [1972]
- Language Note:
- Sung principally in the Bafia language; the last two songs may be sung in the Vute [Mbum] and Sanaga languages.
- System Details:
- analog
- 33 1/3 rpm
- microgroove
- mono
- Contents:
- Berang, or friends' dance
- Rikona : dance of the Goufan I village [2 tracks]
- Song of the Goufan I village
- Women's song, Bafia, Kirae district
- Gam : dance, Bafia, Kirae district
- Rikpwe di Bie : dance : or, the picking of palmtree nuts : Mesansang village
- Vute song : [for] soloist singer and mixed chorus, acc. by sanza
- Sanaga song : female soloist and chorus, acc. by handclapping.
- Participant:
- Folk songs performed by native singers and musicians.
- Notes:
- Principally songs of the Bafia culture; the last two songs by Vute and Sanaga people, respectively,
- Recorded in 1967 in Bafia land.
- Descriptive notes by Quersin in French with English, Dutch and German translations (49 p., ill., music) taped to container.
- OCLC:
- 3045334
- Publisher Number:
- Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika 6803 031
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