- Audio CD (Jun 30 1997)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Wea
- ASIN: B000005IWH
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Ngoma Ra Mrongo |
| 2. Mwari Initiation |
| 3. Coconut Pickers Song |
| 4. Matondoni Wedding |
| 5. Marimba |
| 6. Tuken Moral Songs |
| 7. Giriama Spirit Dance |
| 8. Kayamba Dance: Giriama Wedding |
| 9. Alto Bung'o Horn |
| 10. Akamba Witch Doctor |
| 11. Pokot Witch Doctor |
| 12. Pokot Dance |
| 13. Song Of Dawn |
| 14. Lukuji |
| 15. Nyatiti |
| 16. Funeral Dance |
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The BEST authentic tribal music around!,
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This review is from: Kenia & Tansania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music (Audio CD)
This is the best authentic tribal music collection that I have ever heard! Whereas most of today's tribal is found to be only inspired by authentic tribal music and corrupted by outside influences, this is the REAL THING. This CD is a collection of field recordings of everyday people playing their music in the process of performing their sacred rituals. Regardless of negative comments by other reviewers, this CD is spiritual and inspiring and will have you dancing around the room. That is, unless you are spiritually deprived as is common of modern man. I only wish I could find such a recording of this magnitude of the indigenous tribes of South America.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Authentic but on the dark side; not easy listening,
By A Customer
This review is from: Kenia & Tansania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music (Audio CD)
My acquaintance with Tanzanian music comes from two years' residence near a village on the outskirts of Dar-es-Salaam 20 years ago. The drums beat all night long on many nights, and the women chanted and trilled. This CD sounds reasonably authentic but not the upbeat, vibrant sound I heard most often. This CD sounds like devil music, but lacks the strong repetitive power of many chants I have heard. As the title indicates: bad witchcraft. This CD is definitely the dark side of Africa--a side I never really experienced in two years of speaking Swahili every day.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Mojo,
By Zekeriyah - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kenia & Tansania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music (Audio CD)
Don't come to this CD expecting nganga, cannibalism and dark witchcaft. Nor should you come to this CD expecting contemporary African music (although you could see some of my other reviews for that). Instead, this CD is a survey of the religious and healing musical traditions in Kenya and Tanzania. Made at a time when many traditions were all but unknown to the outside world, the detailed linear notes do show some dating. For instance, I'm not sure the term "witch" or "witchdoctor" should even be used. Given the negative view of witches in African culture, the term shaman or priest might be more appropriate. None the less, the music here is still potent. This is real tribal music, focusing on healing traditions, as well as spirituality and rites of passage. Give this CD a look.
7 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Authentic but on the dark side; not easy listening,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Kenia & Tansania: Witchcraft & Ritual Music (Audio CD)
My acquaintance with Tanzanian music comes from two years' residence near a village on the outskirts of Dar-es-Salaam 20 years ago. The drums beat all night long on many nights, and the women chanted and trilled. This CD sounds reasonably authentic but not the upbeat, vibrant sound I heard most often. This CD sounds like devil music, but lacks the strong repetitive power of many chants I have heard. As the title indicates: bad witchcraft. This CD is definitely the dark side of Africa--a side I never really experienced in two years of speaking Swahili every day.
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