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Summary: "The songs are all Bambino originals composed in traditional Mande forms and modes but with decidedly current themes, ranging from the perils of modern love to the heinous practice of female circumcision. Similarly, traditional Mande instruments - kora, ngoni and balafon - are deftly augmented by acoustic guitars and bass. Above all, though, is the griot's voice. By turns melancholy, tender,...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterns Africa 2012