Table of Contents:
  • Malinke (French Guinea)
  • Mano (Liberia)
  • Igbo (Nigeria, Ghana)
  • Ashanti (Ghana)
  • Baule (Ivory Coast)
  • Fanti (Ghana, Liberia)
  • Loma (Liberia)
  • Bindendela (Zaire)
  • Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)
  • Pop music (Zaire, Liberia)
  • Malinke people (French Guinea) [tr. 1, guitars & kora ; tr. 11, rec. in Sidi Djelli, unison song, with bala & metal percussion]
  • Mano people (Liberia) [tr. 2-3, choral songs ; tr. 5-6, songs of Mano stonecutters]
  • Igbo (Nigeria, Ghana) [tr. 4]
  • Ashanti people (Ghana) [tr. 7, Twi song ; tr. 13, Atumpan (talking drums)]
  • Baule people (Ivory Coast) [tr. 8, drumming]
  • Fanti people (Ghana, Liberia) [tr. 9, gombe (frame) drums with song]
  • Loma people (Liberia) [tr. 10, Eupheme Cooper of Monrovia, popular song with guitar "All for you" ; tr. 12, song with harp]
  • Bindendela (Zaire) [tr. 14-16, "water drums"]
  • Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) [tr. 18, sung by Lizahbet, with bala ; tr.1 9, balas, drums, xylophones]
  • Pop music (Zaire) [tr. 17, dance music, rec. in Leopoldville [Kinshasa]]