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- Date Released: November 25, 2000
- Genre: International
- Style: Africa
- Label: Smithsonian Folkways
A gloriously diverse selection of immigrants celebrating their homelands.
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We Say...
In the late 20th century, many Africans moved to the Pacific Northwest for economic reasons, bringing their music with them. So you get Congolese rumba from Wawali Bonane and Frank Ulwenya (the latter is Kenyan, but the rumba is still huge there) and Zimbabwean mbira music from Lora Chiora-Dye nestling next to Afrobeat from Ghana's legendary Obo Addy. The sounds might be transplanted, but they remain real and rooted, and not in the least diluted by distance. Ulwenya, for instance, might have come to the States to work for Boeing, but he still cuts a powerful figure leading a band. The music might be pan-African and gloriously diverse, but it's unified by geography, immigrants celebrating their homelands — which, these days, are only hours away. Incisive and frequently brilliant, this is a joy, and a reminder of how small the modern world is.
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They Say...
This 12-song, 67-minute compilation is devoted to the music of African musicians who have immigrated from their homelands to the United States. Specifically, it's devoted to African musicians who have settled in Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR, with five acts -- Wawali Bonane with Yoka Nzenze, Frank Ulwenya & Afrisound, Lora Chiorah-Dye & Sukutai, Kofi Anang, and Obo Addy (the best-known artist of the group) -- contributing two or three songs apiece. Although the experience of African musicians establishing themselves in America is a nominal theme of this collection, there's little influence to be heard from American music. In fact, if you told people that these songs had been recorded in Africa by musicians who never left the continent, very few would be surprised. The musicians represent styles from various African regions: Zimbabwe, Kenya, the Republic of the Congo, and Ghana. The Afropop contributions of Bonane, Ulwenya, and Addy are competent and well recorded, though they don't really stand out -- in terms of either style or quality -- from typical, late 20th century Afropop. Care is taken, however, to represent some diversity within these performers' repertoires: One of Addy's tracks is a solo piece of voice and percussion, and one of Ulwenya's features only his voice and guitar. Chiorah-Dye & Sukutai play rhythmic music built around multiple marimba, mbira, and vocal parts, while Anang mixes xylophone and environmental sounds on "Ko (Forest)," and plays kalimba in collaboration with didgeridoo and flute players on "Hail."
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Tcheni Tcheni
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4:38 |
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| 02. | |
Safarini |
5:44 |
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| 03. | |
Nyoka Musango
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5:50 |
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Ko
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7:09 |
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Amedzro
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6:43 |
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Wumba Wumba
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6:25 |
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Chakacha
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3:54 |
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Chemtengure
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5:46 |
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| 09. | |
Kusanga Ema
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6:54 |
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Oshi
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5:39 |
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| 11. | |
Hail
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5:59 |
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| 12. | |
Mwari Komborera I Africa
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2:18 |
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12 Total Tracks, 66:59 Total Length
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Credits
- Obo Addy - Performer // Andrew Frankel - Producer // Doug Haire - Audio Engineer // Anthony Seeger - Supervisor // Wawali Bonane Bungu - Performer // Mary Monseur - Production Coordination // Carla Borden - Editorial Assistant // Ross Nyberg - Mastering // Peter Seitel - Editorial Assistant // Bob Lyons - Cover Photo // D.A. Sonneborn - Supervisor // Peter Davenport - Project Development // Lora Chiorah-Dye - Performer // Yoka Nzenze - Performer // Frank Ulwenya - Performer // Afrisound - Performer // Kofi Anang - Performer // Obo Abby - Performer // Sylvia Jones - Research // Wrick Wolff - Audio Engineer // Dean Wong - Photography // Christian Mock - Audio Engineer // James Whetzel - Production Assistant // Robin Marks - Research
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