The Pulse of Africa

The Pulse of Africa
Drums and Rhythms from Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Congo, Botswana, Nigeria, Mozambique…

These recordings are performed by master African drumming groups: the El Hadj Ensemble, Ipelegeng Group, African Works, Soweto Ensemble and Tirani Club. All pieces are performed in the differing styles of cultures and communities from all over Africa, in some cases with added instruments appropriate to those cultures. We have endeavoured to represent the percussion elements of these cultures, rather than voices or other instrumentation which may be used in the original traditional setting. An exemplary percussive exploration of Africa.
1. WO MAWU (Anlo-Ewe, Togo and Ghana) - 3:28
2. NGUNGU (Zululand) - 2:56
3. EBOKA (Bolamba Pygmies from the Congo) - 2:59
4. BASOGA LUSOGA (Uganda) - 3:57
5. MALA (Senegal, Mali, Guinea, the Gambia) - 2:30
6. SOULUI (Accra, Ghana) - 3:22
7. GBOKO LIA YAYARI KPAMO (Central African Republic) - 3:01
8. NXAI (Kalahari Bushmen, Botswana) - 3:21
9. UNWABU (Swaziland, Xhosa, Zulu) - 3:45
10. BABA (Nguni/Xhosa, South Africa) - 4:57
11. ZIMA GAZA KOO (Manza music, Central African Republic) - 3:39
12. KEKEBU (Shangaan from Mozambique, South Africa) - 2:55
13. DOMBA (Venda, Northern South Africa) - 5:35
14. YOLO MALE (Central African Republic) - 3:25
15. MABO (BaKa Pygmy – Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic) - 2:54
16. ESHE EYELE (Yoruba from Nigeria, Benin, Togo) - 3:21
17. ZANGA (Mbum, Central African Republic) - 2:36
18. IBHUNGANE (Zulu, South Africa) - 3:40

Total playing time: 63:16 min.