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NWT709: Mende Song

Historical wax cylinder recording made by Northcote Whitridge Thomas, a British government anthropologist who conducted field research in Sierra Leone...

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Traditional Mende song

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Traditional Mende song, accompanied by the kongoma. The meaning of the song is "I am going...

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