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Last week, we listened to Brocxa-Kussundé; this week we will listen to Gumbé (the genre that usually defines the music of Guinea-Bissau).
However, the word Gumbé means a cylinder (sikó) full of water topped by a calabash (see picture below: the instrument right in the middle of the group - yellow), that was reintroduced in Africa around 1800, when a group of slaves was released in Jamaica, and then transported to Sierra Leon in a boat.
According to Professor Lucy Duran, musicologist at the University of London, Gumbé was the first African folk music.
Several ethnicities within Guinea-Bissau (including the ones of Muslim tradition - Mandinga, Fula etc) use it as a unifying factor - since it is a rythm common to all of them.
However, the word Gumbé means a cylinder (sikó) full of water topped by a calabash (see picture below: the instrument right in the middle of the group - yellow), that was reintroduced in Africa around 1800, when a group of slaves was released in Jamaica, and then transported to Sierra Leon in a boat.
According to Professor Lucy Duran, musicologist at the University of London, Gumbé was the first African folk music.
Several ethnicities within Guinea-Bissau (including the ones of Muslim tradition - Mandinga, Fula etc) use it as a unifying factor - since it is a rythm common to all of them.
But enough of conversation...let's visualise and listen to the video below: it is by Atanasio Hatchuen (a Guinean singer) and it is entitled "Camba Mar".
The rythm of this video is contagious (it got me dancing, as I prepared this post), and the women in it can shake it!
Have a Blessed Weekend!
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Now THAT is dancing music! :)
ReplyDeleteThey sure can shake it......it's all in the rear and those rears can move. It sounds like a combination of African and Caribbean. I really enjoyed it!!
ReplyDeleteThis music reminds listeners about the power of spontaneity and natural responses to external stimuli. This is part of a process of awakening to things beyond the ordinary, everyday human experience. You must forget what you hav been taught in order to remmeber what you hide deep within your soul.
ReplyDeleteLol, "and the women in it can shake it", amen sister.
ReplyDeleteThanks, another great video. Hey max do you remember Paul Simon's Graceland album? and I say album because I bought the analog version when it came out, given the choice Id rather buy albums then digital,anyways I love this type of music, so refreshing.
Have great week , the video got me off to a super start.
Hey D!
ReplyDelete:D I hear you, girl!
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Hey Mel,
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...! It is amazing!
Yes, the Caribbean music has a lot of influences from the Mother Land because of the slaves, who took the rhythm with them...
I am glad you enjoyed it, buddy :D!
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Hi Liara :D!
ReplyDelete"You must forget what you hav been taught in order to remmeber what you hide deep within your soul."
So true, darling!
Thanks for the words of wisdom! :D
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Hey Bob :D!
ReplyDelete"Lol, "and the women in it can shake it", amen sister."
LOL LOL Amen!
"Thanks, another great video. Hey max do you remember Paul Simon's Graceland album? and I say album because I bought the analog version when it came out, given the choice Id rather buy albums then digital,anyways I love this type of music, so refreshing."
You are welcome! Yes, I do remember that album...how can one forget? The group Ladysmith Black Mambazo is in it...magical (I just love their music)!!
We are in agreement, brother...I also love this type of music :D!
"Have great week , the video got me off to a super start."
Thanks, Lord of the Astropics! :D I am glad to hear that!
Have a blessed week!
What a lively music! Thanks for sharing Max, many of us are unfamiliar with Gumbe.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week ahead. :)
Hi Liza,
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, darling :D!!
I am glad you liked it!
Thanks, you too!
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