| Track | Country/Region | Title | Instrumentation | Notes | Performance recorded | Timing | |
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I. Instrument examples |
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| 1 | Central African Republic | Example of "talking instrument" | Pit xylophone | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 50, graphic 6.3 | 0:13 | ||
| 2 | Ghana | Example of donno or luna drum | Donno | A performance of rhythms of the Tigari cult of the Dagomba
people of North Ghana. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 42 fig. 5.29 |
Mustapha Tettey Addy | 1:08 | |
| 3 | Ghana | Example of gongs ga (gankogui) double iron bells | Gongs ga | From the Ga people of southern Ghana. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 56 |
Mustapha Tettey Addy | 0:37 | |
| 4 | Burundi | Example of whisper-singing vocal technique | Voice, inanga | A professional performer who sings a praise song for a patron and accompanies himself on the inanga trough-zither. | 0:48 | ||
| 5 | Central African Republic | Example of yodeling vocal technique | Voice | A lullaby sung by a woman who also claps her hands. | 0:38 | ||
| 6 | Burundi | Example of notched, end-blown flute | Played by an anonymous shepherd. This instrument is made
of dried bark and has between two and four holes. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 53 fig. 6.4 |
0:51 | |||
| 7 | Gabon | Example of mugongo (musical bow) | Mugongo | With rattan string. The player's mouth acts as a resonator. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 54 fig. 6.6 |
0:53 | ||
| 8 | Kenya | Example of bungo horn | Bungo, kayamba (rattles) | An aerophone played with buzzed lips like a trumpet made
from a large wooden tube with a gourd extension. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 53 fig. 6.5 |
0:45 | ||
| 9 | Guinea | Example of a seron (lyre) | Seron | 17 strings. The professional performer is singing part
of an epic about a Malinke warrior. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 54 fig. 6.7 (a similar lyre). |
0:47 | ||
| 10 | Burundi | Example of inanga (trough zither) | Inanga | 8 strings made of ox tendons. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 55 fig. 6.9b |
0:50 | ||
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II. Traditional Music |
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| 11 | Ghana | Atsia Suite (Hatsiatsia and Circle Atsia [Style or Display] | Ewe drumming ensemble | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 58-62 | Zadonu African Music and Dance Company, Kobla Ladzekpo, director (CalArts LP 12219) | 8:29 | |
| 12 | Ghana | Hatsiatsia parts from Atsia [track 11] | Atoke 1, atoke 2, gankogui 1, gankogui 2 | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 58 | Alfred Ladzekpo | 1:02 | |
| 13 | Ghana | Circle Atsia examples | Gankogui, axatse, kaganu, kidi, sogo | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 60-61 | Alfred Ladzekpo | 1:18 | |
| 14 | Ghana | Atsimewu signals and patterns from Circle Atsia [track 1] | Atsimewu drum | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 60 | Alfred Ladzekpo | 1:23 | |
| 15 | Ghana | Donno drummers | Four donno players and one gyamadudu. (Among the Dagbamba people these drums are called the luna and gun-gon, respectively.) | From Yeji, a village in northern Ghana. Such ensembles are common sights at markets and festivals in this region. | 3:25 | ||
| 16 | Senegal | Jali Nyama Suso -- Yundum Nko | 2 kora (harp-lutes) and voice | Praise-song commemorating a Gambian man, sung by a jali
or professional musician of the Mande people of West Africa. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 64-66 |
Jail Nyama Suso. | 5:00 | |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) | Honey Gathering Song | Chorus, koko (wooden clappers) | The Pygmies of Central Africa are known for their dense polyphony in addition to their use of polyrhythm. In this song. In this song the "buzz" of the polyphony imitates the sound of the bees. | Mbuti pygmies of the Ituri Forest. | 1:32 | |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | Nhemamusasa | miller2 mbira dzavadzimu, hosho | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 67-68 | Hakurotwi Mude, Cosmas Magaya, and Ephraim Mutemasango | 6:30 | |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | Nhemamusasa examples: high melody, middle melody, low melody, kushaura part, kutsinhira part, both parts together | mbira dzavadzimu | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 67-68 | 0:56 | ||
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III. Popular Music |
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| 20 | Nigeria | Fela Anikulapo Kuti -- No Buredi [No bread], 1976 | Afro-beat/Highlife See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 72-76 |
Fela and The Africa 70 | 3:26 | ||
| 21 | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) | Kanda Bongo Man -- excerpt from Liza (1993) | Soukous | Kanda Bongo Man and band | 7:34 | ||
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IV. Fusion Art Music |
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| 22 | South Africa | Kevin Volans -- White Man Sleeps, first movement (1985) | String quartet | Kronos String Quartet | 4:25 | ||