African Portraits

Hannibal (Artist), Marvin Peterson (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Teldec
• ASIN: B000000SRH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #228,567 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Libation: Harvest, 16th Century West Africa "Dafengbal"

2. Duwa Beh

3. Attack/Subjugation

4. Middle Passage

5. Auction: Potter's Mart, Charleston, South Carolina, 1833

6. Wailing Song

7. Victor Nelson's Cotton Field, Elgin, Texas, 1940

8. Music Man, Shaw, Mississippi, Delta Swamp, 1945

9. Three Deuces Club, 52nd Street, New York City, 1952

10. You Can Find a Way

11. 400 Years Ago Today: Living Inside the Clear Glass Cell, ...

12. Redemption

13. Epilogue Kora

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A devastatingly powerful work., May 20, 1999

By	Alberta Hunter ([e-mail] (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

African Portraits is a devastatingly powerful work; a piece of truth pouring into my ears. Strong vocals with great harmonies and layering, supported yet never overpowered by the orchestra. The drums played a major role rather than the usual delegation to a background position. Hannibal's judicious use of dissonance was an exquisite joy to the ear.

This is truly a classic of the nineties. May the peoples of the world have the determination and fortitude to move on from here.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars African Portraits, January 18, 2006

By	Evamariepresid "Eva" (Chicago, Il.) - See all my reviews

I am not sure whether or not the album is also a part of a stage play. One of my favorites is the Victor Nelson's Cottonfield featuring Jevetta Steele as solist. It is often played every Sunday in the Chicago area in the Gospel timespan. Most of the other songs are filled with rich african ethnicity, an enjoyabale and entertaining album. I would like to know more about Hannibal and was this album from a broadway play. Either way you will be thoroughly entertained.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars P.S., May 20, 1999

By	Alberta Hunter ([e-mail] (Maine, USA) - See all my reviews

I can't believe I forgot to mention the great jazz trumpet, backed up by the flavor of Africa.

What a great history of a people coordinated with the history of their music.

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