Bulu Songs From The Cameroons- Bulu Songs Cameroons / Various
The Bulu are one of the Fang-speaking peoples living in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon-a region renowned for it's rainforest's and mountains. Bulu Songs from the Cameroons includes songs sung by the mbon mvet, a traveling storyteller and musician who spreads news throughout the region and who plays the mvet, a stringed instrument made from the frond of a raffia palm and gourds. Liner notes include a description of Bulu culture, track notes, notes on the pronunciation of Bulu words, and an illustration of the mvet.
Tracklist:
- Dance Song
- Secret Society Initiation Song
- Folk Tale
- Song Of Self-Praise
- Song Of Sorrow
- Dance Song 1
- Dance Song 2
- Women's Dance Song
- Men's Drinking Song
- Song of Self-Praise
- Work Song
- Men's Dance
- Story Song
- Flute Melody
- War Song
- Sung To A Groom
- Sung By The Bride's Relatives
The Bulu are one of the Fang-speaking peoples living in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon-a region renowned for it's rainforest's and mountains. Bulu Songs from the Cameroons includes songs sung by the mbon mvet, a traveling storyteller and musician who spreads news throughout the region and who plays the mvet, a stringed instrument made from the frond of a raffia palm and gourds. Liner notes include a description of Bulu culture, track notes, notes on the pronunciation of Bulu words, and an illustration of the mvet.
Tracklist:
- Dance Song
- Secret Society Initiation Song
- Folk Tale
- Song Of Self-Praise
- Song Of Sorrow
- Dance Song 1
- Dance Song 2
- Women's Dance Song
- Men's Drinking Song
- Song of Self-Praise
- Work Song
- Men's Dance
- Story Song
- Flute Melody
- War Song
- Sung To A Groom
- Sung By The Bride's Relatives