Music of the Mande /
Mande Music and Dance: Performed by Mandinka Musicians in Gambia in the late Twentieth Century. These films, including 18 separate events, made at the beginning of the Super 8 era with a silent camera and separate tape recorder, and at the end, with a sound-sync camera, feature performances by some...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
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| Language: | English |
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Montpelier, VT :
Multicultural Media,
2016.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Summary: | Mande Music and Dance: Performed by Mandinka Musicians in Gambia in the late Twentieth Century. These films, including 18 separate events, made at the beginning of the Super 8 era with a silent camera and separate tape recorder, and at the end, with a sound-sync camera, feature performances by some of The Gambia's legendary Mandinka musicians. With a single roving camera, ethnomusicologist, Roderic Knight captures the enthusiasm and artistry of jaliyaa, one of Africa's classic genres, and several other genres, including tantango drumming, a style that is today being eclipsed by the djembe. I. Music of the Warriors, Hunters, and Ordinary People - 2:38. II. Professional Music: Mandinka Jaliyaa with the Kora - 38:48 Bai Konteh, Jali Mori Suso, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, Jali Nyama Suso, Suntu Suso, Masireng Kuyateh, a kullio, kora making. III. Gambian Tantango Drumming - 31:31 Lenjengo/Seruba, Nyaka Julo, Kanyelango, Nyoboringo (wrestling), Kankurango. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed July 11, 2018). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (87 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 01:26:42 |
| Language: | In English. |