Nubia is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between Aswan in southern Egypt and Khartoum in central Sudan. It was the seat of one of the earliest civilizations of ancient Africa, with a history that can be traced from at least 2500 BC onward with the Kerma culture. The region of Nubia is split between Egypt and Sudan. Nubia was divided into three major regions: Upper, Middle, and Lower Nubia, in reference to their locations along the Nile.

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The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara: Fulaw) numbering approximately 20 million people in total are one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa.The Fulani are bound together by the common language of Fulfulde, as well as by some basic elements of Fulbe culture, such as the pulaaku, a code of conduct common to all Fulani groups.

The Fula have a rich musical culture and play a variety of traditional instruments including drums, hoddu (a plucked skin-covered lute similar to a banjo), and riti or riiti (a one-string bowed instrument similar to a violin), in addition to vocal music. The well-known Senegalese Fula musician Baaba Maal sings in Pulaar on his recordings. Zaghareet or ululation is a popular form of vocal music formed by rapidly moving the tongue sideways and making a sharp, high sound.

Fulani music is as varied as its people. The numerous sub-groups all maintain unique repertoires of music and dance. Songs and dances reflect traditional life and are specifically designed for each individual occasion. Music is played at any occasion: when herding cattle, working in the fields, preparing food, or at the temple. Music is extremely important to the village life cycle with field cultivation, harvest and winnowing of millet performed to the rhythm of the songs and drums.

Fulani herders have a special affinity for the flute and violin nianioru. The young Fulani shepherd like to whistle and sing softly as they wander the silent savannah with cattle and goats. The truly Fulani instruments are the one-string viola of the Fulani (nianioru), the flute, the two to five string lute hoddu or molo, and the buuba and bawdi set of drums. But they are also influenced by the other instruments of the region such as the beautiful West African harp, the kora, and the balafon. Entertainment is the role of certain casts. The performance of music is the realm of specialized casts. The Griots or Awlube recite the history of the people, places and events of the community.

A significant proportion of their number, (an estimated 13 million), are nomadic, making them the largest pastoral nomadic group in the world.[6] Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Sudan and Egypt.
African countries where they are present include Mauritania, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea, the Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Niger, Chad, Togo, Gabon, South Sudan the Central African Republic, Liberia, and as far East as the Red Sea in Sudan and Egypt. With the exception of Guinea, where the Fula make up an ethnic plurality (largest single ethnic group) or approximately 49%+ of the population,[10] and Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Cameroon, Fulas are minorities in nearly all other countries they live in. Alongside, many also speak other languages of the countries they inhabit, making many Fulani bilingual or even trilingual in nature. Such languages include Hausa, Bambara, Wolof, and Arabic.

Major concentrations of Fulani people exist in the Fouta Djallon highlands of central Guinea and south into the northernmost reaches of Sierra Leone; the Futa Tooro savannah grasslands of Senegal and southern Mauritania; the Macina inland Niger river delta system around Central Mali; and especially in the regions around Mopti and the Nioro Du Sahel in the Kayes region; the Borgu settlements of Benin, Togo and West-Central Nigeria; the northern parts of Burkina Faso in the Sahel region's provinces of Seno, Wadalan, and Soum; and the areas occupied by the Sokoto Caliphate, which includes what is now Southern Niger and Northern Nigeria (such as Tahoua, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zinder, Bauchi, Diffa, Yobe, Gombe, and further east, into the Benue river valley systems of North Eastern Nigeria and Northern Cameroon).

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Funk-infused political statement. Afrobeat.

Artist: Fela and Afrika '70
Album: Zombie
Label: Coconut
Year: 1976

Tracklist:
0:00 Zombie
12:26 Mister Follow Follow
25:24 Observation is no Crime
38:50 Mistake

Personnel:

Composed, arranged and produced by Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Lyrics by Wole Kuboye
Artwork by Gharikwu Lemi

Fela Anikulapo Kuti - vocals, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, piano
Lekan Animashaun - baritone saxophone
Nwokoma Ukem - trumpet
Tunde Williams - trumpet

B. Osuhor - voclas
F. Oladeinde - vocals
F. Oladejo - vocals
K. Oghomienor - vocals
O. Osaeti - vocals
R. Edasow - vocals
S. Komolafe - vocals
T. Adebiyi - vocals

Okalue Ojeah - guitar
Oghene Kologbo - tenor guitar
Nweke Atifoh - bass guitar
Ladi "Tony Allen" Alabi - drums

Ayoola Abayomi - claves
Babajide Olaleye - maracas
Addo Nettey - congas
Olandeinde Koffi - congas
Shina Abiodun - congas

Tracks 3 and 4 recorded live at The Berlin Jazz Festival (1978)

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Open and Close (LP) (1971) Fela Kuti
Songs includes: Open And Close/ Suegbe And Pako / Gbagada Gbogodo
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This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.

The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.

"Call to Prayer" -- performed by Baaba Maal (Senegal)

From the Album 'Passion - Sources' by Various artists (produced by Peter Gabriel) . Real World Records, 1989.

Angélique Kidjo - Bahia

00:00 Baayo
05:41 Fanta
11:33 Farba
19:42 Iyango
27:12 Koni (Electric Guitar – Ernest Ranglin)
36:33 Africans Unite (Yolela)
44:46 Cherie
51:44 Bamba

Baaba Maal is one of the finest singers in the world, and he's currently on brilliant live form - as shown by those memorable impromptu collaborations with anyone from Toumani Diabate to Franz Ferdinand at the Africa Express shows. Yet he hasn't recorded a new album for seven years, which presumably explains this limited-edition retrospective acoustic live set. It's taken from performances over the past 10 years, many featuring the exquisite kora work of the late Kaouding Cissoko, and includes some impressive tracks, from that lyrical favourite Baayo to a hypnotic, improvised workout on the harsh-edged Farba, previously only released on cassette in Africa. Then there's the gently charming, kora-backed Fanta, the well-worn and more slushy Cherie, and a virtuoso collaboration with Jamaican guitar hero Ernest Ranglin on Koni, which they performed together on Maal's last live recording, nine years ago. It's currently available only on vinyl or as a download from baabamaal.tv, but is well worth checking out as we wait for something new. Those Africa Express collaborations would make a great start.

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Baaba Maal has partnered with charity: water to reissue his critically acclaimed album, The Traveller. All proceeds go towards bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Download here: https://lnk.to/BaabaMaal-CharityWaterID

The reissue exclusively features a new 50-minute documentary of his annual Blues Du Fleuve Festival in Senegal as well as a 12-minute short film featuring Baaba performing acoustically and talking about his involvement with the charity.

View the full 50 minute documentary, and receive a download of Baaba’s album “The Traveller” with a contribution to charity: water via this link: https://lnk.to/BaabaMaal-CharityWaterID

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The Palm Channel will present some of the highlights from our catalogue, an eclectic mix of original short films, interviews from our archives exploring the roots and branches of Jamaican music, and much more.

Created by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell (Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones etc.). Palm Pictures has always pushed musical boundaries and encouraged unlikely collaborations. Since the late 90's it has been a leader in the convergence of music and film, producing and distributing music documentaries, arthouse & foreign cinema, and music videos.

Baaba Maal - Nomad Soul PALM Pictures 1998
00:00 Souka Nayo (I Will Follow You)
06:25 Africans Unite (Yolela) [duet with Luciano]
10:07 Mbolo
15:53 Cherie
23:02 Fanta
28:01 Guelel
34:16 Douwayra
38:28 Iawa
42:41 Yiriyaro (Percussion Storm)
48:33 Koni
55:00 Lam Lam

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Baaba Maal has partnered with charity: water to reissue his critically acclaimed album, The Traveller. All proceeds go towards bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Download here: https://lnk.to/BaabaMaal-CharityWaterID

The reissue exclusively features a new 50-minute documentary of his annual Blues Du Fleuve Festival in Senegal as well as a 12-minute short film featuring Baaba performing acoustically and talking about his involvement with the charity.

View the full 50 minute documentary, and receive a download of Baaba’s album “The Traveller” with a contribution to charity: water via this link: https://lnk.to/BaabaMaal-CharityWaterID

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The Palm Channel will present some of the highlights from our catalogue, an eclectic mix of original short films, interviews from our archives exploring the roots and branches of Jamaican music, and much more.

Created by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell (Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones etc.). Palm Pictures has always pushed musical boundaries and encouraged unlikely collaborations. Since the late 90's it has been a leader in the convergence of music and film, producing and distributing music documentaries, arthouse & foreign cinema, and music videos.

00:00 Yoolelle Maman
04:18 Miyaabele
08:11 Fa Laay Fanaan
13:04 Leydi Ma
16:51 Jamma Jenngii
21:15 Fanta
25:38 Laare Yoo
30:24 Senegaale Ngummee
35:27 Mamadi
40:27 Kowoni Maayo (Mi Yeewnii)
46:16 Allah Addu Jam


Recorded at Studio Nbunk, Toubab Dialaw and Real World Studios, Box.
Mixed at Real World and Abbey Road Studios.

℗ & © 2001 Palm Pictures Ltd.

Credits
Design – Michael Nash Associates
Engineer [Assistant] – Carlos Seck, Chris Clark (4), Marco Migliari
Executive Producer – D.A. "Jumbo" Vanrenen
Mastered By – Adam Nunn
Photography – Eddie Monsoon
Producer, Mixed By – John Leckie
Recorded By – Ben Findlay, John Leckie
Written-By – Baaba Maal, Barou Sall (tracks: 7), Kaouding Cissokho* (tracks: 6), Mansour Seck (tracks: 10)


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Baaba Maal has partnered with charity: water to reissue his critically acclaimed album, The Traveller. All proceeds go towards bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Download here: https://lnk.to/BaabaMaal-CharityWaterID

The reissue exclusively features a new 50-minute documentary of his annual Blues Du Fleuve Festival in Senegal as well as a 12-minute short film featuring Baaba performing acoustically and talking about his involvement with the charity.

View the full 50 minute documentary, and receive a download of Baaba’s album “The Traveller” with a contribution to charity: water via this link: https://lnk.to/BaabaMaal-CharityWaterID

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The Palm Channel will present some of the highlights from our catalogue, an eclectic mix of original short films, interviews from our archives exploring the roots and branches of Jamaican music, and much more.

Created by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell (Bob Marley, U2, Grace Jones etc.). Palm Pictures has always pushed musical boundaries and encouraged unlikely collaborations. Since the late 90's it has been a leader in the convergence of music and film, producing and distributing music documentaries, arthouse & foreign cinema, and music videos.