Folk music from Côte d’Ivoire.
During the following hour you may listen to music by various population groups of Côte d’Ivoire.
An extensive explanation of the songs played during this broadcast will be included.
The Baulé used to live in what is currently Ghana, but had to flee after a feud.
In the first song, a ‘kpanda’ dancing session is ended, followed by a mask dance.
1. Song to conclude the ‘Kpanda’ dance.
2. Dance of the excised girls.
Cd. Côte d’Ivoire, Baule Vocal Music (1972). Auvidis Unesco D 8-48
The Guéré, also known as Wè, live on the northern side of the Atlantic rainforest of West Africa and have a population of about a quarter of a million.
Seven songs now from the Cd. Côte d’Ivoire, Music of the Wè. Le Chant du Monde 2741105.
Two songs from the Sénoefo, a people living in the north of Côte d’Ivoire.
Cd. Côte d’Ivoire. Musique for fodonon funerals. Le Chant du Monde. 274838.
For the rest of this programme, we listen to the Dan, a people living in the mountains of West Côte d’Ivoire and across the border in Liberia.
You can hear a mask dance among other things.
Cd. Côte d’Ivoire, Masques Dan. (1930). oCORA c 580048
