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    Griots: Ministers of the Spoken Word (1975)

    Smithsonian Folkways
    Deep Cult and Roots Music
    • Griots: – Nege Sirimang
    • 1. Toolongjong
    • 2. Nege Sirimang
    • 3. Alifa Ya Ya
    • 4. Moro
    • 5. Lambango
    • 6. Wolof Song:Abdu Njai
    • 7. Tiramang
    • 8. Sunyetta
    • 9. Mariami Janki
    • 10. Manka Yire

    Super-deep music from Mali, Gambia and Senegal. A double CD featuring Griot Music, Africa's story tellers, also known as the ministers of the spoken word! Highly recommended!

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