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NWT694: Mende Story

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

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Mende song

Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Mende song accompanied by two kongoma, one pair of wanjo and one tin hit with a piece of w...

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