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MR.1959.22.1-2-B1

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Mauritania      Tagant et Hodh            Jul 1952    

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Lekhal niaoula ghana goufa (chor)
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   unknown   MALE 
 Solo    1   unknown   FEMALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: unknown
length: unknown

Performers:

Ali ould Eide, Mneina Mint Nana

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Musique Maure - Par Ali ould Eide et Mneina mint Nana"
Reference Musique Maure. Musée de l'Homme 54. 4.
Music of the Kounta and Mechdouf tribes.
Lekhal niaoula ghana goufa (chor).
Lekhal: the black song.
Niaoula: the exact white way (for in the black song one can use the white way).
Ghana: ? maybe the ancient empire of Ghana.
Goufa: a man's hair.


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