Bulu Songs from the Cameroons
Various Artists

The Bulu are one of the Fang-speaking peoples living in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabona region renowned for its rainforests and mountains. Bulu Songs from the Cameroons includes songs sung by the mbon mvet, a traveling storyteller and musician who spreads news throughout the region and who plays the mvet, a stringed instrument made from the frond of a raffia palm and gourds. Liner notes include a description of Bulu culture, track notes, notes on the pronunciation of Bulu words, and an illustration of the mvet.
Track Listing
101
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Dance Song | Male Chorus | 1:47 | |
102
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Secret Society Initiation Song | Male Voices, drum rattles and singing horn | 2:14 | |
103
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Folk Tale | Wandering Minstrel with a mvet and chorus | 3:01 | |
104
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Song of Self-Praise | Wandering Minstrel and chorus | 2:46 | |
105
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Song of Sorrow | Male voices and chorus | 2:05 | |
106
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Dance Song | Male voices and chorus | 1:26 | |
107
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Dance Song | Mixed voices, drums, rattles and percussion sticks | 3:17 | |
108
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Women's Dance Song | Female voices and hand clapping | 3:31 | |
109
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Men's Drinking Song | Male voices and hand clapping | 2:22 | |
201
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Song of Self-Praise | Traveling minstrel with chorus and rattles | 4:04 | |
202
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Work Song | Male voices | 2:57 | |
203
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Men's Dance | Male voices, drums, sticks and handclapping | 2:32 | |
204
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Story Song | Male voices and handclapping | 3:55 | |
205
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Flute Melody | Old man with clapping and rattles | 2:52 | |
206
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War Song | Male voices and chorus | 2:06 | |
207
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Sung to a Groom | Men singing to the groom | 2:17 | |
208
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Sung by the Bride's Relatives | Mixed voices, drums, rattles and handclapping | 4:08 |