Music of !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, Africa

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The !Kung (the ! is a click consonant made by clicking the tongue against the back of the roof of the mouth while making an O shape with the lips) are a Bushman tribe that traditionally lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. This album is a selection of field recordings made by John Phillipson of !Kung music for many different occasions. Included are solo instrumentals on a single-stringed bamboo fiddle and a type of thumb piano called a sitengena, along with a capella songs with clapping. Liner notes contain information on the !Kung and a brief account of Phillipson’s interactions with those who were recorded in this album.

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101	Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument	n/a	1:43
102	Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument	n/a	1:18
103	Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument	n/a	0:48
104	Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument	n/a	0:45
105	Children's Song	n/a	0:42
106	Children's Song	n/a	0:35
107	Children's Song	n/a	0:29
108	Children's Song	n/a	0:37
109	Children's Song	n/a	1:13
110	Children's Song	n/a	1:24
111	Children's Song	n/a	0:56
112	Bamboo Fiddle	n/a	1:11
113	Bamboo Fiddle	n/a	3:51
114	Dance Music	n/a	1:30
201	Thumb Instrument	n/a	1:23
202	Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument	n/a	1:57
203	Conversation	n/a	0:40
204	Conversation	n/a	0:33
205	Conversation with Women Singing	n/a	0:50
206	Women Singing	n/a	1:03
207	Women Singing	n/a	1:42
208	Conversation	n/a	1:57
209	Men Dancing around a Fire	n/a	1:36
210	Men Dancing around a Fire	n/a	3:55

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