Yoruba - Drums Of The Yoruba Of Nigeria flac album

701 Seventh Av. New York City Distributed by Folkways/Scholastic Records. 906 Sylvan Av. Englewood Cliffs, . Includes an 8-page black and white insert with release notes and photographs Front sleeve: Dance mask of the Gelede cult, Yoruba, about 1870, Jos Museum, Nigeria. Matrix, Runout (Center.

Album · 1953 · 12 Songs.

The Yorùbá people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba; Yoruba: Ìran Yorùbá) are an African ethnic group that inhabits western Africa. The Yoruba constitute about 44 million people in total. The majority of this population is from Nigeria, where the Yorùbá make up 21% of the country's population, according to the CIA World Factbook, making them one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.

Nigeria is an interesting country to be and to visit. There is so much to be proud of with respect to arts and culture. Drumming especially is a vital part of the cultural heritage of the Yoruba people of Southwestern Nigeria. Drums are used in special occasions, festivals, carnivals, ceremonies. Drums are differentiated by the sound they make, how they are made, history, and appearance. For Yoruba people, ceremonies dictate the kind of drums to use. Here is a look at some of these important drums. - 1. Gangan/ Dundun (Talking Drum): Gangan is also known as 'Talking drums'

DRUMS OF THE YORUBA OF NIGERIA Introduction and Notes on the Recordings by William Bascom The Yoruba, one of the most important peoples of the West African Guinea Coast, inhabit southwestern Nigeria and portions of eastern Dahomey. They number over 3,500,000 and occupy an area which is predominantly forest near the coast and savannah farther inland toward the Niger River, and which is larger than the state of Maine

For Yoruba people, ceremonies dictate the kind of drums to use. 1. Gangan/ Dundun (Talking Drum): Important Drums Of The Yoruba People Gangan is also known as ‘Talking drums’. Its origin can be traced to the Old Oyo Empire in South-West, Nigeria. Re: Important Drums Of The Yoruba People by YourNemesis: 11:25am On Jun 06, 2018. Number 6 is simply the same category as number 1, so in reality, you have only listed 5 drums. Omele is different from Sakara. Ask Ara that Steven wonder told her to collaborate with him in his album by using drums and Sikiru(the drummer that won Grammy awards). Re: Important Drums Of The Yoruba People by Nobody: 12:11pm On Jun 06, 2018.

Yoruba! features an array of local master drummers led by Olatunji Samson Sotimirin and singers (featuring the lead vocals of Janet Olufanmilayo Abe) performing heavyweight Afro-rhythms, with talking drums, Bata and Dundun drums and a mass of percussion in these deep spiritual and sacred songs used to honour and worship the traditional and ancient Yoruba gods in Nigeria, West Africa.

The album is co-produced by Soul Jazz Records label head Stuart Baker and Laolu Akins (founding member of the legendary 1970s Nigerian Afro-Funk/Rock group Blo). The enormous impact of Yoruba and West African music and culture is worldwide - from the first Afro-centric explorations of African-American jazz musicians in the 1950s such as Art Blakey, Randy Weston and Dizzy Gillespie, the explosion of Nu Yorican Latin music in New York City starting in the 1960s - Mambo, Boogaloo, Latin funk and soul - through to the sacred.