Singer: Bantu
Title: Folk Music Of The Western Congo
Label: Folkways Records ‎– FE 4427, Ethnic Folkways Library ‎– FE 4427
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released: 1961
Category: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
Size MP3 zip: 1903 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1288 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 MMF MIDI AIFF RA FLAC DTS AC3 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Babunda Song Performer – Babunda*
A2	Bapende Work Song Performer – Bapende*
A3	Bambala Drumming Performer – Bambala*
A4	Bambala Drumming Performer – Bambala*
A5	Bambala Litigation Performer – Bambala*
A6	Bambala "Talking" Drum Performer – Bambala*
B1	Bambala Dance Performer – Bambala*
B2	Bapindi Sansas Performer – Unknown Artist
B3	Bapindi Sansas Performer – Unknown Artist
B4	Bapindi Hunting Calls Performer – Unknown Artist
B5	Bapende Xylophone Performer – Bapende*
B6	Bapende Performer – Bapende*
B7	Bapende And Bakwesi Children's Songs Performer – Bakwesi*, Bapende*
B8	Babunda And Bayansi Children's Songs Performer – Babunda*, Bayansi*
B9	Basuku Children's Song Performer – Basuku*

Credits

• Cover – Ronald Clyne
• Directed By [Production] – Moses Asch
• Liner Notes – Leo A. Verwilghen
• Producer [Editor] – Harold Courlander

Notes

Recorded in 1952 in former Belgian Congo.
From the 4-page booklet: "Some of the Western part of Belgian Congo is inhabited by numerous tribes of the Bantu group."

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
P 427	Various	Folk Music Of The Western Congo ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Folkways Records	P 427	US	1952