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Balanta Bolo: Talking Wood of Casamance by Malang Mané

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Release Date: 1996

Label: Village Pulse

Surrounded by drum cultures, the Balanta of Senegal apply the interlocking rhythms of West African drumming to the realms of harmony and melody. Embodying his people's tradition, leading performer Malang Mané sings and plays side by side on a large balafon with accompanist Oumar Sadio.

This recording was made in March 1994 in Sédhiou, in a coconut grove on the bank of the Casamance river.

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