Music of the Sudan: The Role of Song and Dance in Dinka Society, Album Two: Women's Dance Songs

Music is a dignified expression for the Dinka tribes of Southern Sudan. These are the songs of women. Scholar Dr. Francis Deng, himself a Dinka, explains that a woman often creates her identity through her description of the identity of her husband, often “prais[ing] her husband and through him herself with surprising snobbery.” Extensive liner notes include English translations.

Track Listing

101	Nainai	Amou Nyok	04:08
102	I Sent My Message	Amou Nyok	02:57
103	The Age Set of Deng	Wife of the Paramount Chief	02:36
104	The Youth of Abyei	Female Dinka singers	01:38
105	I Have a Request	A girl and a boy	03:45
106	Our Age-Set Is an Age-Set	Female Dinka singers	00:41
107	I Tell the Son of Ring	Female singer	00:45
201	The Dream	One of Paramount Chief's wives	03:48
202	Our Circle	Wife of the Paramount Chief	03:54
203	Untitled	Dinka singers	02:03
204	Untitled	Dinka singers	00:53
205	Untitled	Dinka singers	01:18
206	Untitled	Dinka singers	02:31
207	Untitled	Dinka singers	01:41
208	The Spreading Horns	Wife of the Paramount Chief	04:38