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Music from Mozambique, Vol. 3

Various Artists
Music from Mozambique, Vol. 3

Chopi men may be garbage collectors and street sweepers by day, but virtuosic timbila players by night. Timbila, a type of xylophone in this case using tin-can resonators instead of the traditional massala fruit shell one might still find in the country, are gathered into a percussion orchestra to play partially improvised, complex contrapuntal music. Beyond the sounds of the timbila, a pair of brothers who sell charcoal for their living expertly play the shitendé and shivelan, stringed instruments played with sticks or bows. This is music of Chopi workers—from the cities and the countryside.

Track Listing

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101
Shitende (1) Luis Naife 05:48
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102
Shitende (2) Fernando Naife 05:14
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103
Shivelan (1) José Mahombé 02:56
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104
Shivelan (2) José Mahombé 05:49
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105
Timbila Solo Spooni Wilessene 01:58
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106
Timbila and Shivelan Macauze and Afredo Malangane 02:20
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107
Orchestral Timbila Orchestral Timbila of Buqué, Zandmela 03:45
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201
Orchestral Timbila of Xipamanine Shipamanine Timbila Orchestra 20:58
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202
Zora Drums Zora group of Maputo, Mozambique 05:57