Explorer Series: Africa

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  • Release Date: 09/24/2002
  • Sales Rank: 69,830
  • Label: NONESUCH
  • UPC: 075597979329

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Explorer Series: Africa

1LISTENAlto Bung'o Horn 0:42
2LISTENNhemamusasa (The Cutting Branches for a Temporary Shelter) [Instrumenta / Cosmas Magaya 2:37
3LISTENAlhamdulillaahi (Praise God) 3:07
4LISTENTake Me Back to Mabayi 3:46
5LISTENKouco Solo 4:41
6LISTENAluar Horns 3:41
7LISTENSong With Tar / Hamza el Din 4:43
8LISTENBus Conductor / Saka Acquaye & His African Ensemble 2:24
9LISTENKumakudo 3:08
10LISTENMarimba 3:08
11LISTENDjongo 4:07
12LISTENBounkam Solo 3:47
13LISTENDzil Duet 2:30
14LISTENGonje Songs 4:18
15LISTENTipe Tizwe (Give Me a Taste) / Sukutai Laura Chiora 4:31
16LISTENRhinoceros 2:22

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When the Nonesuch Explorer Series first appeared, it was something of a revelation in world music, making global sounds -- albeit largely of an ethnomusicological, rather than popular, variety -- available to non-academic consumers. They broke new ground. Now, as the series is reissued beginning with 13 volumes on Africa, this compilation offers tastes from those discs. To be fair, some -- like the recordings of animals on the savanna -- are or lesser interest, but in the others, the music is superb. One of the highlights is Hamza El Din performing "Song With Tar" from his classic Escalay: The Water Wheel album, which is in the series. From mbira (thumb piano) to highlife, the music is all wonderful. There are sacred rituals, village performances, almost everything you could wish for, and together like this they offer a snapshot of Africa (rural Africa, anyway) at the time. This album is intended to be a teaser for the series, and anyone listening would seem almost certain to want to delve deeper into at least one or two areas. Chris Nickson, All Music Guide

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