3.0 out of 5 stars
happy voices from a shattered nation, August 10, 2009
This review is from: Sibeba (Audio CD)
this is the first recording by an aunt-niece duo from the small nation of Equatorial guinea. As such it lacks the studio polish of later releases, a result some will consider primitive and others authentic. their homeland, a onetime Spanish colony, has been wracked by dictatorship and ethnic strife through most of its existence, yet Sibeba (now going by the name hijas del Sol), with their cheerily chirpy voices, exude happiness more so than political outrage. I own everything currently available and will be so bold as to predict they are on the cusp of becoming one of the major World Music acts.
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