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MR.1966.2.3-B15

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: Lenkokodi
title in English: The lizard drummer

Musical composition:

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

Characteristics:

general: vocal, solo
function: narrative
length: unknown

Performers:

Mangalo

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"An Anthology of African Music - Ba-Benzélé Pygmies"
Mangalo tells the story of Lenkokodi the lizard, his wife Ekpa and their son Tounga. What's interesting about the story is the strength of its telling: Mangalo's imitation of the three lizards' shouts, mimicking their particular movements: breast-stroke, fluctuations, quickly running, sudden immobility, make Mangalo's story a veritable dramatic play.


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