'Chorale' Devotional music from Africa

I've been a big fan of music from West Africa/Mali, and often its devotional and chanty in a mix of islamic and poly-rhythm/sub-saharan african style that is fascinating...

Here is a religious chant/song that is popped up a bit. Its a call and response but could be 3 voices/4 voices... and someone could sing the high part of the instrument (flute?).

Soufi Drissa Dembélé 'Magnouma Baro'

Although Sufi brotherhoods have been an important part of Malian Islam for centuries, Sufi Drissa Dembélé is part of a new generation of Malian Sufis, with their own style of worship, who first started to draw attention in the early 1990s. Drawing inspiration from the Baye Fall of Senegal, and in some cases from West African Rastafarianism, this new generation of urban Sufis-previous generations of Malian Sufis were more concentrated in rural areas- have created a syncretic style of worship that reflects Malian pop culture.

1 comments:

Maesie said...

I thought you said you didn't know anything about this music stuff ;)

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