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MR.1966.2.3-B14

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Central African Republic      Extrême Ouest   Beya   Benzélé      1965   Geneviève Taurelle Simkha Aron et 

Language and title:

original language: Sango
title in original language: Sokopina
title in English: Tree with red fruit

Musical composition:

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

Characteristics:

general: responsorial, vocal
function: narrative
length: unknown

Performers:

unknown

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"An Anthology of African Music - Ba-Benzélé Pygmies"
A storyteller unfolds another story dealing with gorillas and their unbridled passion for fruit. Here the gorilla is given a surname: "Manguengue-langue": He who eats fruit. And again, the story is told with admirable dramatic flair: voice, gestures, imitations...


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