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Songs in the shade of the cashew and coconut trees : lullabies and nursery rhymes from West Africa and the Caribbean / songs collected by Nathalie Soussana ; musical arrangements by Jean-Christophe Hoarau ; illustrations by Judith Gueyfier.
LIBRA PZ8.3 .S6984 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Musical picture book
- Standardized Title:
- Comptines de cajou et de coco. English
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Children's songs--Africa, West--Texts.
- Children's songs.
- Children's songs--Caribbean Area--Texts.
- Lullabies--Africa, West--Texts.
- Lullabies.
- Lullabies--Caribbean Area--Texts.
- Nursery rhymes.
- Songs.
- Polyglot materials.
- West Africa.
- Caribbean Area.
- Genre:
- Picture books.
- Children's sound recordings.
- Juvenile works.
- Lullabies (Songs)
- Nursery rhymes.
- Texts.
- Children's songs.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : The Secret Mountain, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Text of partial song lyrics in English, translated from thirteen different West African and Caribbean languages and dialects; back matter includes full lyrics for all songs in both English and their original languages.
- English translation of the original edition in French.
- System Details:
- CD digital
- CD optical
- CD audio file
- CD CD audio
- Summary:
- Collects songs in a wide array of styles--nursery rhymes from Gabon, lullabies from Cape Verde, and rumbas from the Congo--that are performed in more than a dozen languages.
- An illustrated collection of partial lyrics from twenty-three traditional songs pays homage to the cultural heritage and multilingual communities of West Africa and the Caribbean. Back matter includes full lyrics for all songs, a world map, language notes, historical and cultural notes, and performance credits for the accompanying CD.
- Contents:
- CD: N'tén (1:34) (Guinea-Bissau)
- Bikilou (1:54) (Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Day-o (1:05) (Jamaica/Trinidad and Tobago)
- Lóba (3:17) (Cameroon)
- Ninância (1:20) (Cape Verde)
- Amina (1:16) (Gabon)
- Kumandja (1:21) (Guinea-Bissau)
- Owanon bélé nana (:56) (Gabon)
- Oyiri Marie (1:49) (Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast/Ghana/Ghinea)
- Kǔkǔ (2:38) (Cameroon)
- Blimundo (1:59) (Cape Verde)
- Gandú (1:48) (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Hormiguita retozona (1:51) (Cuba)
- Yindul (2:05) (Republic of the Congo)
- Iro y (1:42) (Benin)
- Ogoun Feray (2:23) (Haiti)
- Doodonin konoma (1:48) (Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast/Ghana/Ghinea)
- Ahlínhán (1:14) (Benin)
- Gongon (3:32) (Cape Verde)
- I da je (2:46) (Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast/Ghana/Ghinea)
- Nénné y (1:07) (Guinea-Bissau)
- Sala ye mwana (1:22) (Angola/Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Papa Danmbala (3:09) (Haiti).
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "Musical picture book"--Cover.
- "First published in France by Didier Jeunesse, Paris, 2018"--Colophon.
- Accompanying CD comprises performances of all songs in their original languages.
- ISBN:
- 9782924774533
- 2924774535
- OCLC:
- 1126483942
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