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Music from Aluku: Maroon Sounds of Struggle, Solace, and Survival

Various Artists
Music from Aluku: Maroon Sounds of Struggle, Solace, and Survival The Aluku (also known as the Boni) are survivors. Roughly 8,000 strong, the Aluku are an African American Maroon people whose territory lies on the borderlands of French Guiana and Suriname, in a part of the Amazon basin that extends to the northeastern coast of South America and belongs culturally as much to the Caribbean as to Amazonia. Born out of resistance to slavery some three centuries ago, the Aluku have endured to the present in the face of formidable odds. Today, their survival is threatened once again, as they cope with the assimilationist policies of the French state (of which most Aluku are now citizens), as well as ever-escalating incursions into their territory by multinational corporations and independent gold miners. The fate of their Amazonian rain forest environment—not to mention their cultural and political autonomy—hangs precariously in the balance.

Track Listing

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MATO: "Amígole saté, pínta balúba" n/a 02:12
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MATO: "Kidéndele, kidéndele, sani taampu-oo" Sa Buki, et. al. 01:32
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SUSA (Drumming with Vocals) n/a 03:16
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SUSA (Drumming) n/a 02:01
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SONGE: "Pe lobi de, mma?" (Where is the love, mama?) Ba Aluwa 01:13
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SONGE (Extended Drumming with Vocals) n/a 09:55
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AWASA (Drumming with Vocals) n/a 01:10
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AWASA: "Ma Senuwe" Ba Aluwa 02:09
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AWASA (Extended Drumming with Vocals) n/a 03:23
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TUKA (Old Style): "Dede, dede namo, yee" Papa Bantifo, et. al. 02:33
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TUKA (New Style) n/a 02:48
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TUKA (Dondowen): "Tonkoli Suku Maite, Molí Mawá" n/a 01:32
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KUMANTI (Song Accompanied by Agwado): "Mi dasi-oo, Nana-oo, yee" Ba Dakan 00:58
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KUMANTI (Drumming) n/a 00:36
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KUMANTI: "Tide ontuo e piki-oo, kugulu man alali" Ba Aluwa 00:53
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KUMANTI (Song Accompanied by Agwado): "Suku a sole bamban, obia, pe fu a piki, a piiti nou" Ba Dakan 00:49
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TUTU (Solo Flute) Papa Tobu 01:06
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AGWADO (Solo Song with Agwado Accompaniment): "Basi Agwado, odi, odi, odi-oo" Ba Dakan 01:26
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ALEKE: "Mabula (Mabuya) go na Ndyuka" n/a 00:57
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ALEKE: "Na so, mi mama, yee, fa wi e begi (alt., kali) a golon wenti, mi mama, yee" A Sa Yeepi 04:37
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ALEKE: "Di mi na a moni, fa mi o du-ee? Mi o go koti baana-oo, fu mi go seli a bilo" Ba Lome 02:52
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AGWADO (Solo Song with Agwado Accompaniment): "Basia Lomi, yu mu kali Kwaku gi mi" Papa Tobu 02:11
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BOTOO TUTU (Flute Language) Papa Tobu 00:26
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FON KEN (Work Song, for Pounding Sugarcane) n/a 03:00
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KWADYO (Solo Song): "Asa-oo, papa ngúlinya, ngúlinya" Papa Aneli 00:27
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KWADYO (Drumming with Vocals): "Adyaini-oo, mi na man" Ba Peson, et. al. 01:13
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AGWADO (Solo Song with Agwado Accompaniment): "Alabi, sipi e booko genti e kon" Papa Aneli 02:17
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PAPA (VODU) (Drumming) Pap Pwen, et. al. 00:32
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PAPA (VODU) (Chanting) Ma Bwi 04:55
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PAPA (VODU) (Drumming with Vocals) Ma Yakoba, et. al. 05:50
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UMAN DAGUWE Ma Maidon, et. al. 01:43
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SONGE (Full Ensemble) Ba Aluwa 02:41