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Djoliba Crossing (2nd Ed.)
Journeys into West African Music and Culture
Discover the music and culture of West Africa in this beautifully illustrated account of an artist’s adventures in the Niger River valley.
When artist and musician Dave Kobrenski first set out for Guinea, West Africa, it was simply to learn the djembé music of the Malinké people. What he found was a land of ancient traditions where spirits mingle with the living—and where extreme poverty and rampant political corruption are an explosive mixture. When bloody clashes erupt, no traveler is safe. For Kobrenski, the result was a two decade musical adventure that would test his resolve and draw him into a quest of cultural understanding.
Ethnomusicology / West Africa
In the river villages of Upper Guinea, a three-hole flute carries centuries of history on its breath.
Known as the tambin, tambinfulé, or Fula flute, this distinctive woodwind has deep roots in Fulani musical tradition and, through centuries of cultural exchange, has come to hold an important place in Maninka musical life. Tracing that history into the Mande world, The Mande Flute is a comprehensive guide to the instrument, its songs, and the stories and cultural traditions woven through them.
Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and apprenticeship in Guinea with master flutist Lanciné Condé, Dave Kobrenski brings together practical instruction, oral history, and closely documented research. More than twenty traditional songs from the Maninka repertoire are presented with historical and cultural context, lyrics and translations, playing techniques, sheet music, and companion audio recordings.
Part method book, part cultural history, and part work of remembrance, The Mande Flute offers flutists, percussionists, students, and scholars alike a richly detailed window into Mande music, memory, and oral tradition — through the voice of one remarkable instrument.
Includes more than 125 pages of sheet music
Companion audio available at mandeflute.com