Song For Thinking

from OKA! by Chris Berry and the Bayaka of Yandoumbe

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Individual music is essentially vocal, although always accompanied by instruments. It is sung for the performer’s own pleasure rather than for any listeners. These songs might concern ancestor worship as readily as the woman one loves. They are plaintive songs or meditations, as in the case of the song called “Piere,” sung by two Gbaya men, each providing accompaniment on a sanza, and which is part of a repertoire know as songs for “thinking.”

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from OKA!, released December 31, 2011
From the CD: Central African Republic, Auvidis Records

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