1961 | Folkways Records

Music of the Cameroons

Various Artists | 01-01-1961
Total duration:54 min
01
Njung (1)
Njung orchestra
Music of the Cameroons
03:52
Composers: Unspecified
02
Hail Muma / Social Song
Wives and children of the brother of Fon
Music of the Cameroons
04:23
Composers: Unspecified
03
Three Bafut Songs
16 year-old blind boy, diviner's apprentice
Music of the Cameroons
03:43
Composers: Unspecified
04
Ngwa (1) / Ngwa (2)
Young boys and girls
Music of the Cameroons
02:17
Composers: Unspecified
05
Drinking Song
Singer accompanied by chorus and musical bow
Music of the Cameroons
01:59
Composers: Unspecified
06
Mansa (1)
Singer accompanied by five-string harp
Music of the Cameroons
02:04
Composers: Unspecified
07
Song for the Grass Ceremony
Bafut villagers accompanied by small drum and musical rasp
Music of the Cameroons
01:00
Composers: Unspecified
08
Four Lullabies
Bafut mother to child
Music of the Cameroons
05:13
Composers: Unspecified
09
Sanitree ("Sanitary")
Bafut man and woman
Music of the Cameroons
01:53
Composers: Unspecified
10
Four Lullabies
Mother to child
Music of the Cameroons
01:47
11
Sanitree ("Sanitary")
Unspecified
Music of the Cameroons
04:04
12
Lambule Munkunka (Shaming Song)
Wives of the Fon
Music of the Cameroons
01:38
Composers: Unspecified
13
Njung (Social Song and War Cry)
Wives of the Fon accompanied by drum, rattle, and wooden rasp
Music of the Cameroons
00:56
Composers: Unspecified
14
Mansa (2)
Bafut woman accompanied by chorus and drum
Music of the Cameroons
02:49
Composers: Unspecified
15
Christian Hymn
Bafut men and women singing with handclapping
Music of the Cameroons
05:26
Composers: Unspecified
16
Njung (2)
Njung orchestra with horns, drums, drone trumpet, wooden rasp
Music of the Cameroons
00:59
Composers: Unspecified
17
Coffee Workers Song / Work Song with Leader / Jamma-Jamma
Coffee-sifters working at the United Africa Corporation warehouse in Bamenda
Music of the Cameroons
02:19
Composers: Unspecified
18
Pit Violin
Young boy singing with musical bow and drum
Music of the Cameroons
00:44
Composers: Unspecified
19
Fon's Wives (Two Songs)
Fon's wives singing with handclapping and percussion
Music of the Cameroons
01:41
Composers: Unspecified
20
Social Njung
Women singing with handclapping
Music of the Cameroons
00:53
Composers: Unspecified
21
Song of Welcome
Women singing with handclapping
Music of the Cameroons
02:17
Composers: Unspecified
22
Nufum (Memorial to the Dead)
Fon's wives and daughters
Music of the Cameroons
02:28
Composers: Unspecified
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