Music from Aluku : maroon sounds of struggle, solace, and survival / recorded, compiled, and annotated by Kenneth Bilby.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian Global Sound.

Language:

Creoles and Pidgins, English-based (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Guinea.

Folk music.

Boni (French Guianese and Surinamese people)--Music.

Boni (French Guianese and Surinamese people).

Guinea.

Genre:

Field recordings.

Folk music.

Music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2011.

Language Note:

Sung in Boni dialect.

Contents:

Mato "Amígole saté, pínta balúba" (2:12)

Mato "Kidéndele, kidéndele, sani taampu-oo" (1:32)

Susa (drumming with vocals) (3:16)

Susa (drumming) (2:01)

Songe "Pe lobi de, mma?" (1:13)

Songe (extended drumming with vocals) (9:55)

Awasa (drumming with vocals) (1:10)

Awasa "Ma Senuwe" (2:09)

Awasa (extended drumming with vocals) (3:23)

Tuka (old style) "Dede, dede namo, yee" (2:33)

Tuka (new style) (2:48)

Tuka (Dondowen) "Tonkoli suku maite, molí mawá" (1:32)

Kumanti (song accompanied by agwado) "Mi dasi-oo, Nana-oo, yee" (0:58)

Kumanti (drumming) (0:36)

Kumanti "Tide ontuo e piki-oo, kugulu man alali" (0:53)

Kumanti (song accompanied by agwado) "Suku a sole bamban, obia, pe fu a piki, a piiti nou" (0:49)

Tutu (solo flute) (1:06)

Agwado (solo song with agwado accompaniment) "Basi Agwado, odi, odi, odi-oo" (1:26)

Aleke "Mabula (Mabuya) go na Ndyuka" (0:57)

Aleke "Na so, mi mama, yee, fa wi e begi a golon wenti, mi mama, yee" (4:37)

Aleke "Di mi na a moni, fa mi o du-ee? Mi o go koti baana-oo, fu mi go seli a bilo" (2:52)

Agwado (solo song with agwado accompaniment) "Basia Lomi, yu mu kali Kwaku gi mi" (2:11)

Botoo tutu (flute language) (0:26)

Fon ken (work song, for pounding sugarcane) (3:00)

Kwadyo (solo song) "Asa-oo, papa ngúlinya, ngúlinya" (0:27)

Kwadyo (drumming with vocals) "Adyaini-oo, mi na man" (1:13)

Agwado (solo song with agwado accompaniment) "Alabi, sipi e booko genti e kon" (2:17)

Papa (Vodu) (drumming) (0:32)

Papa (Vodu) (chanting) (4:55)

Papa (Vodu) (drumming with vocals) (5:50)

Uman daguwe (1:43)

Songe (full ensemble) (2:41).

Notes:

Streaming audio files.

Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).

Includes PDF of liner notes in English.

Collection of field recordings.

Other Format:

Original cat. no.: SFW50412

OCLC:

950026149

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.