Friday, May 17, 2013

Kpelle






Kpelle people 


Cécé Kolié, lead singer(mélé létomu)
Foromo Onikouyamou, Guoguo Camara, Foromo Gbamou, Mariba
Lamassigui, Kokoli Haba, Germain Doparogui, Antoine Sagno 
(singers and instrumentalists)
Siba Fassou, pêle-kalon (chief of the pêle).

musique 
*****




What must be done will be done.
Stay calm.
Listen to this majestic song.
The raffia is heavy .
The song is beautiful in the evening

The raffia is heavy (repeat).
Initiates and spirits follow the same path.
The initiates do not look behind them.
The raffia is heavy (repeat).
My friends, that’s what it is,
Even if the spirit forgets me, I do not forget him.
Pull, pull, my friends! Pull the song,
For the raffia is heavy.

Likala wuya


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Janjon


Sidikiba Coulibaly &  Sajo Camara


Janjon is the fear that any warrior must feel before the battle.
Janjon is also the victory over the enemy.
Janjon is finally the victory over fear and the enemy, that is to say ,the triumph.

thanks to mela


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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Louis Moholo-Moholo-a South African Giant


He formed The Blue Notes with Chris McGregor, Johnny Dyani, Nikele Moyake, Mongezi Feza and Dudu Pukwana, and emigrated to Europe with them in 1964, eventually settling in London, where he formed part of a South African exile community that made an important contribution to British jazz.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Breath, a big band comprising several South African exiles and leading musicians of the British free jazz scene in the seventies and is the founder of "Viva-La-Black" and the "The Dedication Orchestra."



His first album under his own name Spirits Rejoice on Ogun Records is considered a classic example of the combination of British and South-African players. In the early 1970s, Moholo was also member of the afro-rock band Assagai. he also founded the bands Viva La Black and The Dedication Orchestra.
Moholo has played with many musicians, including Derek Bailey, Steve Lacy, Evan Parker, Enrico Rava, Roswell Rudd, Irène Schweizer, Cecil Taylor, John Tchicai, Archie Shepp, Peter Brötzmann, Mike Osborne, Keith Tippett,Elton Dean and Harry Miller.
Moholo returned to South Africa in September 2005, performing with George Lewis at the UNYAZI Festival of Electronic Music in Johannesburg. He now goes under the name Louis Moholo-Moholo because the name is more ethnically authentic.


from wiki 

reading:

Louis Moholo-Moholo: when free jazz means freedom

"Music is the healing force of the universe. 
The political disease that was there needed music to heal it up"
LMM

listening again to