African Tribal Music & Dances

Princes of Dahomey (Artist), Festival Music (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1993)
• Original Release Date: July 22, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Laserlight
• ASIN: B000001V3X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,578 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. High Priest

2. Bethelehemu

3. Drums of Passion

4. Hymn of Praise

5. Dance of the Hunter

6. Warrior

7. Ipi 'N' Tombia

8. Zimbaba

9. White Zombie

10. Witch Doctor

11. Dance of the Tribes

12. Tribal Spirits

13. Dance of the Flies

14. Ayinde

15. Wasalu

16. Ire Do Do Ye

17. Frekoba

18. Mbira

19. Omo Pupa

20. Alose

Editorial Reviews

Music from the Malinke, Baoule and other tribes, including Festival for the Circumcision; Duet for Flutes; Dance of the Witch Doctor; Hymn of Praise; Xylophone Solo , and more. Winner of the Grand Prix du Disque. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The price is right, June 11, 2000

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E. Varick Wettlaufer "varickwt" (MY own private Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: African Tribal Music & Dances (Audio CD)

Having purchased and listened to many, many cd's on African and Afro-centric music this one rates right down the middle. While not electrifying (as some are) this gives you a middle of the road. text-book overview of "tribal music" in Africa. I have found on many of this type of compilation that many of the titles are mediocre at best. I would highly recommend the cd, "Africa; Music of a Continent" that accompanied a African Arts show in London. I would also like to see more liner notes on the tribes themselves w/ their histories, i.e. The Griot of West Africa. All in all $4.00 + shipping is pretty much a bargain, especially if you will be using this for a classroom.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good music and features Babatunde Olatunji, April 18, 2003

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Dan Engebretson (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: African Tribal Music & Dances (Audio CD)

This is the same CD as "All The Best From Africa" but at a lower price. Why? Don't know. I would have given it a five star but a lot of the songs fade out long before they are done. It has a good selection of different kinds of music, vocal, percussion, string, etc. The main reason I like it so much is that it features Babatunde Olatunji on tracks 2,3, and 14-20. This is rarely heard Baba music especially to those only familier with his "Drums Of Passion" recordings. Some of the sound quality is not that great but I've heard much worse on other recordings. The CD also has squat for liner notes, but all in all, for the price, it's definately worth it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rouget's 1952 recordings + Sonar Senghor, August 27, 2011

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anonymous (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: African Tribal Music And Dances (MP3 Download)

First of all, this same music is available for a dollar cheaper on Amazon (Laserlight: "African Tribal Music and Dances"--but you have to search for "Conga Groove Band" (!) to find the MP3s). I haven't compared the sound quality between these two cheapo releases. Second, it's not an overview of African "tribal" music; it's the recordings Gilbert Rouget made in 1952 Guinea (Malinké people) and Ivory Coast (Baule people), plus a record made by Sonar Senghor (Leopold's nephew) and his national Senegalese dance troupe. It is depressing to see how these recordings are mindlessly repackaged. That said, the Malinké/Baulé tracks are must-haves. Four different Mande harps are heard: kora on the "Hymn of Praise," the rarer soron on "Solo for the seron," and two bolon hunters' harps on "Dance of the Hunters." The "Duet for Flutes" is a great performance.