Conseils a nos soeurs! -snip-
Google translate from French to English Advice to our sisters!
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This pancocojams post showcases five YouTube videos of the popular Cameroonian Fulani singer Babba Sadou.
Some information about the Fulani is also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, asthetic, and educational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Babba Sadou for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
**** INFORMATION ABOUT THE FULANI PEOPLE From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people "The Fula, Fulani, or Fulɓe people (Fula: Fulɓe, 𞤊𞤵𞤤𞤩𞤫;
French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani or Hilani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara:
Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnic groups in the Sahel and West Africa,
widely dispersed across the region.[20] Inhabiting many countries, they live
mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa but also in South
Sudan, Darfur, Eritrea, and regions near the Red Sea coast. The approximate number
of Fula people is unknown due to clashing definitions regarding Fula ethnicity;
various estimates put the figure between 25[21][22] and 40 million
worldwide.[23]
A significant proportion of the Fula – a third, or an
estimated 12 to 13 million[24] – are pastoralists, and their ethnic group has
the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world.[25][26] The majority of
the Fula ethnic group consisted of semi-sedentary people[26] as well as
sedentary settled farmers, scholars, artisans, merchants, and nobility.[27][28]
As an ethnic group, they are bound together by the Fula language, their
history[29][30][31] and their culture. More than 99% of the Fula are
Muslims.[19][32]"... **** PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE I haven't found a Wikipedia page for Babba Sadou. The only biographical information that I have found is from https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/babba-sadou . That page indicated that Babba Sadou was "Born [in] : Banyo, Adamaoua, Cameroon and "Currently [lives in] Mbalmayo, Centre, Cameroon."
**** OTHER SHOWCASE VIDEOS
SHOWCASE VIDEO #2: babba sadou banyo
BABBA SADOU, Mar 5, 2018
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3: musique foulbe babba sadou nord cameroun titre ahmadou le
saodienne full hd
Babba Sadou, Jan
20, 2019
le clip de dubai -snip- From French to English: the dubai clip
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #4: Musique foulbe babba sadou nord Cameroun titre haliya moussa
Full hd
Babba Sadou, June 6, 2020
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #5: Babba Sadou au Tchad 1
DE L'ANNEE FILM PRODUCTION, Dec
14, 2020 -snip- Babba Sadou in Chad, West Africa -snip- Notice the West African custom of raining money on performers and people of honor (such as a bride and groom) as expressions of appreciation.
This is Part II in a four part pancocojams series that provides information about African originated or African inspired braided hairstyles for females.
Since 2014 when I published that first pancocojams post on this subject, long beaded and/or otherwise ornamented micro (thin) braids have become more popular among Black American females (particularly pre-teen and teenage girls, and young adult women). These various hairstyles are collectively termed "Fulani braids" as they are said to be inspired by traditional Fulani hairstyles.
Like that previous pancocojams post, this post presents excerpts from several online articles about Fulani (African) culture and showcases videos about Fulani culture with special focus on Fulani females' beaded hairstyles.
The videos that are showcased in this post are different than the ones that are featured in that 2014 pancocojams post.
The Addendum to this post showcases a video of Nigerian Afrobeats singer Yemi Alade wearing her hair in one of the traditional Fulani hairstyles for women.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/02/five-youtube-examples-of-african.html for Part I of this series. Part I includes my transcription Of a November 1979 Ebony Magazine article about the emerging popularity among African American adults of unadorned braids or braids with beads. Part I also showcase several videos of African American performing artists wearing their hair in braids with beads, cowrie shells, and/or other ornaments.
Part III presents excerpts of several online articles about Black females' braided hairstyles that are inspired by Fulani and/or other African culture.
Part IV showcases three African American hair tutorial videos about "Fulani braids" with beads and/or other ornaments. Selected comments from these videos' discussion threads are also included in that post.
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The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copy rights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the authors of the excerpts that are included in this post. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these embedded YouTube videos and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
The term "Fulani braids" that has been used since around 2016 in the United States and probably elsewhere refers to a number of different braided hairstyles for Black females that have beads and/or other ornaments added to the braids. These hairstyles are said to be inspired by the Fulani ethnic group of West Africa and the Sahel.*
As used in the United States, "Fulani braids" hairstyles are said to be inspired by traditional Fulani hairstyles for females, but aren't necessarily the same as those traditional hairstyles. One significant difference is that traditional Fulani braids are much shorter than the length of braids in the United States.
These braided with beads hairstyles have sometimes also been referred to as "Alicia Keys braids", after the African American R&B/Soul singer and pianist who popularized that hairstyle in the video of her 2001 hit record "Fallin'". However, hairstyles that are braided with or without beads, cowrie shells, and/or other ornaments has long been a custom for Black girls in the United States and throughout much of the world. Furthermore, a few African American performing artists have worn long braids with beads since the mid 1970s.
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*"The Sahel part of Africa includes (from west to east) parts of northern Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, the extreme south of Algeria, Niger, the extreme north of Nigeria, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, the extreme north of South Sudan, Eritrea, Cameroon, Central African Republic and extreme north of Ethiopia.
Historically, the western part of the Sahel was sometimes known as the Sudan region.[5] This belt was roughly located between the Sahara and the coastal areas of West Africa." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahel
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EXCERPTS FROM FOUR ONLINE ARTICLES ABOUT FULANI CULTURE AND FULANI BRAIDS WITH ORNAMENTS HAIRSTYLES
[Pancocojams Editor's Note: Excerpt #3 is also given in the previously mentioned 2014 pancocojams post on this subject.]
Excerpt #1
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people
"The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara: Fulaw) are one of the largest ethnolinguistic groups in Africa, numbering approximately 40 million people in total. They form one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa.[16] The Fulani are bound together by the common language of Fulfulde, as well as by some basic elements of Fulbe culture, such as The pulaaku , a code of conduct common to all Fulani groups.
A significant proportion of their number, (an estimated 13 million), are nomadic, making them the largest pastoral nomadic group in the world.[17] Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Sudan and Egypt. [18]"...
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Excerpt #2
From http://africanbloodsiblings.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/hairstyles-in-african-culture
"Hairstyles in African Culture"
...A coiffure is perfected by various decorations: cowries, beads, mother-of-pearl buttons, medals, pieces of silver, amber balls, metal rings, and pins of wood, bone or ivory. In the West African Sahel, the Fulbe and Peul (Fulani) cultivate impressive hairstyles.
For purposes to do with magic, a man or woman may also attach amulets to certain hairdos. The more elaborate coiffure includes braids, crests, curls, cascades, chignons, and vertical cornrows."...
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That blogpost includes additional information and photographs of Fulani and other African hairstyles.from the book Hair in African Art and Culture, Edit by Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman, The Museum for African Art, New York, 2000.
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Excerpt #3
From http://www.webpulaaku.net/defte/adepegba/body_ornaments.html
C.O. Adepegba "Decorative Arts of the Fulani Nomads"
Ibadan. Ibadan University Press. 1986. 48 p.
Body Ornaments of the Fulani Nomads [with photographs]
...."In northeastern Nigeria, and in fact from Borno down to the Cameroons, nomadic Fulani women prefer to pack a substantial amount of their hair into the centre of the head like a flat bed stretching from the forehead to the back with hanging braids to the sides and the back.
In other parts of Nigeria, the female Fulani nomads use simple thick, hanging braids, usually one on each side of the face and a big one or some smaller ones at the back. The focus on the sides and back of the head in their hair styling is to ensure that the ornamental purpose for which the hair is done, is not defeated, as elaborate designs on top of the head will be covered by their usual headloads.
Similarly hanging braids, two falling on the cheeks, and ornamented with a white bead under the chin are reported to be worn by Fulani women of Dori who have just had their first baby, in other words, recently married, as Fulani women are not considered properly married until they have their first babies. The hanging braids together with the braids on the nape of her neck, which look like multiple fringes ornamented with stones, are said to symbolize wisdom and calmness, expedient of a new mother of a family 5. But such symbolic association does not seem to hold for such braids of Nigerian Fulani women. This is not to say that special hair styles are not made for that stage of life, the time for their proper marriage.
But in Nigeria styles similar to the one described above are adopted irrespective of the woments [sic] ages and number of children. Women who have apparently passed childbearing age also wear such styles (plate 6), to which most of them also add according to their different tastes, beads, buttons, cowrie shells and various pieces of bright metals, whose colours contrast sharply with their black hair.
The braids of the hair, too, are in most cases not the natural hair of the wearers. According to Eve de Negri, nomadic Fulani make use of false hair, which is generally believed to have been passed down from generation to generation. The false hair is said to be intertwined with the wearer's own hair to give the long braids. However, in many cases, the braids are not attached to the natural hair, but made into wig forms attached to round strings with which they are worn or tied to the head.
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That excerpt includes photographs. That excerpt provides this related link: http://www.the-nigeria.com/2011/10/fulani-woman-cultural-stylish-hair-and.html#.U7MLiI1OVv4 "Fulani woman: Cultural Stylish Hair and Costumes"
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Excerpt #4:
From https://www.africa.com/history-african-womens-hairstyles/ A History Of African Women’s Hairstyles
By Lebogang Matshego
..."Braids and beads from the Fulani Tribe of the Sahel Region and West Africa
The Fula, or Fulani Tribe, is the largest nomadic pastoral community in the world that populate West Africa and the Sahel Region.
A very traditional hairstyle for women includes long hair being put into five long braids that either hang or are looped on the sides, with a coiffure in the middle of the head. Hair is decorated with beads and cowrie shells. A tradition that is passed through the generations to [sic] women and young girls includes attaching the family’s silver coins and amber onto braids as a heritage symbol as well as for aesthetic purposes.
The Wodaabe Tribe is a subgroup of the Fulani Tribe, also residing in the Sahel Region and West Africa. They are a pastoral nomadic tribe with an estimated population of 100,000. The young girls and women of the tribe wear a braided hairstyle similar to Fulani women, consisting of two braids on either side of the head or a few braids on their hair and a coiffure in the middle. The hair is usually decorated with beads and cowrie shells."...
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This article also include photographs and information about other African ethnic groups and their traditional hairstyles.
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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLES
Example #1: FULANI CULTURAL DANCE
NIGHTINGALE ACADEMY, Published on Jun 27, 2016
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This video is added to this post in part to show that Fulani females don't always wear beads, cowrie shells, and/or other ornaments in their hair.
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Example #2: Batal Pulaaku - Batal Maasogo [Clip Officiel]
FasoMixTV, Published on Nov 20, 2015
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As indicated in the Wikipedia article about the Fula (Fulani) whose link is given above "The Fulani are bound together by the common language of Fulfulde, as well as by some basic elements of Fulbe culture, such as The pulaaku , a code of conduct common to all Fulani groups."
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Example #3: Defile Traditionnel_1ere_Edition_Festival_Natal_Pulaaku 2015 [Mali]
VISUALPROD STUDIOS Agence Multimédia, Published on Jul 2, 2016
1ère Edition du FESTIVAL NATAL PULAAKU, Organisé par l'Agence BATHIA PRODUCTION les 18, 19, et 20 Décembre 2015.
Le Samedi 19 Décembre a eu lieu ce grand défilé traditionnel peul au palais de la culture de Bamako.
Couverture Médiatique: VISUALPROD STUDIOS M.A
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Google translate from French to English:
1st edition of the NATAL PULAAKU FESTIVAL, Organized by BATHIA PRODUCTION Agency on December 18th, 19th and 20th.
On Saturday, December 19th, this grand traditional Peul procession took place at the Bamako Palace of Culture.
Media Coverage: VISUALPROD STUDIOS M.A
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“Peul” is another referent for “Fula” (Fulani).
Among the clips in this almost 1 hour long video that show female hairstyles are 28:46 to 30:16.
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Here's a comment exchange from that video's discussion thread
Konièlé Kobatchegny, 2018
"This is modern dressing and is not particular to only to Fulani. The most intelligent thig is to present all ethnic group in the same showcase. Some ethnic groups intellectual would feel frustrated."
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REPLY
VISUALPROD STUDIOS Agence Multimédia, 2018
"Konièlé Kobatchegny you're right. This is exactly what we wanted to show: traditional and modern can be mixed so that young people'll je interested. We also invited other ethnics to participate in order To show that Mali is a mixed ethnics country. We ll get closer to the traditional things in the next edition. Thanks.
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Example #4: Natal Pulaaku 1ère Edition-Résumé
VISUALPROD STUDIOS Agence Multimédia, Published on Aug 19, 2016
Vidéo de présentation de la prémiere édition du Festival Natal Pulaaku. Un résumé des trois jours du Festival avec comme activités principales: les conférences, le défilé traditionnel et le grand concert de clôture.
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Google translate from French to English:
Video presentation of the first edition of the Natal Pulaaku Festival. A summary of the three days of the Festival with as main activities: the conferences, the traditional parade and the big closing concert.
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Example #5: HAWA PULLO FULBE AFRIKI TIDON DIREN
TONTON LAUSSANE KOUROUMA, Published on Oct 17, 2016
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ADDENDUM: YEMI ALADE WEARING A FULANI HAIRSTYLE IN ONE OF HER MUSIC VIDEOS
Yemi Alade - Ferrari (Official Video)
YemiAladeVEVO, Published on Mar 25, 2016
Following the release of Yemi Alade's critically acclaimed sophomore album "Mama Africa (The Diary of an African Woman)"; the Effyzzie Music diva releases the music video for "Ferrari".
The high-life track which is produced by DJ Coublon and features strings from Fiokee serves as the album's official third single; following the dance anthem "Do As I Do" featuring DJ Arafat and the Selebobo assisted gratitude preaching hit "Na Gode".
The music video for "Ferrari" was shot by the award-winning Clarence Peters and features Nollywood heartthrob Kunle Remi. Watch, share, enjoy and buy "Mama Africa (The Diary Of An African Woman)"!
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Nigerian Afrobeats singer Yemi Alade is known for wearing African fashions in her videos. In portions of this video, Alade wears her hair in one of the Fulani's traditional braided hairstyles.
In Nigeria, Fulanis are mostly from the Northern regions of Nigeria, West Africa. Yemi Alade is Yoruba/Igbo (or Igbo/Yoruba) ancestry.
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This concludes Part II of this two part pancocojams series.
This pancocojams post showcases two videos of the Senegalese dance company. Information about this dance company is included in this post, along with general information about the Fula (Pular, Fulani) people.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Ya Bakh for their creative performing arts legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
[translated from French to English by Google translate]
"Ya Bakh dance
Dance group, music, acrobatics, theater and traditional singing Pular
Animations, concerts and shows for all your festivals and festivals.
Traditional dance lessons pular."
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"Traditional Pular dance lessons"*
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From http://yabakh.weebly.com/about.html
[translated from French to English by Google translate]
"Ya Bakh is a group of dancers and musicians from Senegal.
The members of the group living from a great rapport with each other and with their traditions. Their performances illustrate how proud they are of their beautiful culture and their traditional values of brotherhood, love of life, self-esteem, respect and solidarity.
They want primarily to convey the love for their culture on their own people. They toured mainly in Senegal, but also in Mali and Mauritania. Now they want to show the rest of the world what they are good at. They bring dance, music and spectacle that makes you happy.
Immerse yourself in the African rhythms and dances."
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* Here's information about the Fula (Pular; Fulani) ethnic group:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people
"The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani or Hilani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara: Fulaw), numbering between 20 and 25 million people in total,[7] are one of the largest and a widely dispersed Muslim ethnic group in Sahel and West Africa.[8] The Fula people are traditionally believed to have roots in the people from North Africa and the Middle East, who later intermingled with local West African ethnic groups. As an ethnic group they are bound together by the Fula language (Fulfulde), culture, history, their religious affiliation[9] and their efforts to spread Islam in Sahel region and the West Africa....
[other referents] Fulani, Fula, Fulɓe
Total population
c. 20–25 million[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Chad, Mauritania Morocco"
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #1: Groupe Yabakh Dance _ Mbaye - Ziggo _ 2016
ATTAK-VISION, Published on Apr 12, 2016
Réalisation: ATTAK-VISION
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Here's a response to the questions that I asked on that video's discussion thread:
"Groupe Ya Bakh, 2016
"Thanks for your kind comments.
The group Ya Bakh is a Senegalese group. They dance, they play music, they do theatre and acrobatics.
Their music and choreography is traditional. It's inspired by their ethnic group the Fula People or Peul.
Ya Bakh is trying to preserve their traditional background and values. They want to spread it throughout the world.
You can contact them via email on yabakhdance@gmail.com
And you can check their site: http://yabakh.weebly.com/.
Feel welcome!"
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I then wrote Groupe Ya Bakh back to thank that group spokesperson and to let them know that I planned to publish this post.
I also asked them what their group name means and whether "Mbaye - Ziggo" are names or other words, and if they are words what the words mean.
I also wondered whether the video represented a specific event, particularly the scene where the woman is shown walking on material. Was she a visitor who was being honored by that gesture?
I'll add any responses to my questions in this post when I receive it.
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UPDATE: March 12, 2017
Here's a response that I received via YouTube on March 12, 2017
Groupe Ya Bakh
Waw, thanks for sharing our videos on your blog. You're really kind.
In fact, I didn't write from Senegal, but from Europe, Belgium. My husband is the leader of Ya Bakh. He lives in Senegal most of the time. He doesn't speak English. That's why he asked me to respond to you.
I agree, the internet is great!
Here are the answers to your questions.
Ya Bakh means 'You are fine'. The group chose that name because a lot of people think that artists are foolish. And they want to show the opposit.
Mbaye Ziggo is the title of the song. It means 'marriage'. The clip shows how a traditional marriage is celebrated. You see the arrival of the bride. When she arrives, she is received with great respect. Like a princess. That's why people make her walk on carpets and garments."
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Here's my response to that comment: (March 12, 2017)
You're welcome and thank you very much for your responses. I'll add that information to my pancocojams post.
And hello Belgium!
I'm so very glad that I happened upon this video while searching for traditional videos of African dancing*.
I believe that there are lots of other people in the USA and elsewhere throughout the world who will appreciate this video and would love to have information about the video (such as my questions) summarized under that video.
Re: your comment that "Ya Bakh means 'You are fine'. The group chose that name because a lot of people think that artists are foolish. And they want to show the opposite." Is that a traditional viewpoint about musicians and dancers in Fula culture?
Please thank your husband and the other members of Ya Bakh for this celebrating and helping to retain their traditional culture and share their performances with the via YouTube (and hopefully some paid live performance events that will be booked as a result of these videos).
*While YouTube surfing, I happened upon videos of Mbaye dances in Chad (Central Africa) and was looking for more. That's how I found this Mbaye Ziggo video.
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Here's the response about an hour after I posted that comment:
Groupe Ya Bakh
"Thank you so much for your kindness and your advice. I'll add more information to the video.
And thank you for showing me the Mbaye dances. I like them.
It is not a traditional viewpoint that artists are foolish. But the families are not too happy when someone chooses to try to make a living with music and dance. That's why they are considered foolish.
While I and the members of Ya Bakh think it's so very important that people remember and cherish their roots.
I will translate all your comments to my husband. I'm sure he will want me to thank you as well.
Glad to have an African American sister!
Best wishes to you too
your Belgian Senegalese sister"
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Example #2: VIDEO YABAKH DANCE PRESTATION
Groupe Ya Bakh Published on Aug 5, 2016
Ya Bakh au Grand Théâtre National de Dakar, Senegal
This post showcases five videos of Fulas' (Fulanis', Peuls') Tambin (Flute) music. Selected comments from some of these videos' discussion threads are also included in this post.
Information about the Fulanis (Fulas)is included in this post.
This subject was prompted by this comment in a previous pancocojams' post:
ahmmsh, 2013
"From hearing the flute I can tell they are the descendants of Fulani people who were enslaved by Berbers and Songhai, and sold to the Arabs. The Fulanis call this flute "Tambin", you can see videos of the fulani tambin on youtube too..
I wish the Haratines dignity, freedom and success in this new world that no longer recognises the evils of slavery and racism."
wMauritania's Haritans (Black Moors') Neifara (Flute) music." http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2015/10/eight-examples-of-haritans-neifara.html Eight Examples Of Haritan's Neifara (Flute) Music (Mauritania)
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That particular video and one additional video of Haritans' Neifara music from that post are included in the Addendum to this post.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are featured in this post. Thanks also to the publishers of these examples on YouTube, and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE FULANIS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fula_people
"The Fula people or Fulani or Fulɓe (Fula: Fulɓe; French: Peul; Hausa: Fulani; Portuguese: Fula; Wolof: Pël; Bambara: Fulaw) numbering approximately 20 million people in total are one of the most widely dispersed and culturally diverse of the peoples of Africa.[5] The Fulani are bound together by the common language of Fulfulde, as well as by some basic elements of Fulbe culture, such as the pulaaku, a code of conduct common to all Fulani groups.
A significant proportion of their number, (an estimated 13 million), are nomadic, making them the largest pastoral nomadic group in the world.[6] Spread over many countries, they are found mainly in West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa, but also in Sudan and Egypt.[7]
...Fulani music is as varied as its people. The numerous sub-groups all maintain unique repertoires of music and dance. Songs and dances reflect traditional life and are specifically designed for each individual occasion. Music is played at any occasion: when herding cattle, working in the fields, preparing food, or at the temple. Music is extremely important to the village life cycle with field cultivation, harvest and winnowing of millet performed to the rhythm of the songs and drums.
Fulani herders have a special affinity for the flute and violin nianioru... The truly Fulani instruments are the one-string viola of the Fulani (nianioru), the flute, the two to five string lute hoddu or molo, and the buuba and bawdi set of drums. But they are also influenced by the other instruments of the region such as the beautiful West African harp, the kora, and the balafon. Entertainment is the role of certain casts. The performance of music is the realm of specialized casts. The Griots or Awlube recite the history of the people, places and events of the community."...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLES
These examples are given in chronological order according to their publishing dates on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.
The comments are given in chronological order, except for responses. However, they may not be in consecutive order.
Example #1: Flute Lesson with Lancinet Conde of Les Ballets Africains
Alan Tauber, Uploaded on Jan 25, 2009
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Example #2: ABOU DIARRA ft DRAMANE DEMBELÉ - Live session "An ka belebele"
Abou Diarra, Uploaded on Jun 23, 2010
Abou Diarra et Dramane Dembelé. Festival des Jardins de Rochefort le 5 juin 2010.
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Selected comments from this video's discussion thread:
MOA Photography, 2013
"it is fantastic!!!!! what is the name of the tool that looks like a flute?"
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leftysergeant, 2013
in reply to MOA Photography
"It is called the tambin or Peuhl (Fula) flute, typical of Mali, Guinea and Senegal."
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Egunjobi, 2013
"@Aboungoni, who is the Flutist?"
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Abou Diarra, 2013
Reply
"Hello, Le joueur de flute s'appelle Dramane Dembelé."
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Google Translate from French to English:
Hello, The flute player is called Dramane Dembele.
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leftysergeant, 2013
"Does anyone have a problem with my using the term "absolute freaking GENIUS?"
I have never seen anyone play the kamel ngoni like that before. The percussive sounds he coaxes out of it are amazing.
I must find more examples of these people's work."
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Egunjobi, 2013
in reply to leftysergeant
"Jam Tan ! Don't forget the Brotha' on the Tambin(Fulani Flute). Me welltima"
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leftysergeant, 2013
in reply to Egunjobi
"I am sure that he will in time be recognized as the master of the instrument for his generation. I have heard a few old men do better, but not by much."
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[written in response to a comment that that instrument was a Kora and not a Ngoni]
leftysergeant, 2013
in reply to TheTrapperjaw
"They may have a similar origin, but the kamale ngoni is derived from the Donso ngoni of the Donso hunter caste of the Wassoulou region. Some time in the 1960 it was modified intro its current form and has served as the basis for the characteristic popular music of the Wassoulou region. Much of Oumou Sangare's recordings and stage performances are accompanied by the kamale ngoni. The kamale ngoni has only 8-12 strings, while the kora has 21. and is larger and held differently."
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Gene Emerson, 2014
"Absolutely beautiful! The harmony between the two musicians, just wonderful. Do I hear the word Senegal in the song? Thanks to the explanation @left sergeant and@Abou Diarra, I have a better understanding of these magnificent West African instruments. Bravo!"
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Djimt Cie, 2014
Reply
"Yes, Senegali in bambara. You'll have to learn more..."
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mohamed sow, 2014
"God bless Mali and burkina fasso. This is our tradition song. Specialy decicated to hunters"
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Example #3: Fallou Sy, ich spiele eine Tambin Fulani Flöte
f25824 Uploaded on Jan 5, 2010
Fallou Sy, ich spiele eine Tambin Fulani Flöte. Es tanzt das National-balett des Senegal. Ich spiele eine traditionelle,spezielle Obertonflöte Flöte. Es ist eine Tambin auch Fulani genannt.
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Google Translate from German to English:
Fallou Sy, I play a Tambin Fulani flute. [I'm a member of the dance group] the National Ballet of Senegal. I play a traditional, special overtone flute. It is also known as Fulani Tambin.
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fulaqueen, 2012
"The flute represent all of us proud fulani people puular all the way onyodaramaaaa"
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nikolaus gerszewski, 2014
"This reminds me of the “Prague Experiment” of which I have read with Jakob Ullmann. As I can no longer find the part, I must rely on my memory: The experiment took place in the 1930s. An african flute player visited the town of Prague to perform one of his compositions. A western flute player, who had the reputation of being able to repeat any piece of music after a single listening, was engaged to replay the Africans composition. So he repeated note for note of what he believed to have heard. However the African said, this was not his piece. So he was required to play his composition again himself. Yet no one in the audience could recognize any correspondence between the first and the second performance. The audience was obviously accustomed to focus on melodic progression, i.e. sequence of pitches and durations; and so was the western flute player. The African instead focussed on the shape of the sound itself, i.e. the subtle mixture ratios of tone and breath; pitch and duration were not even secondary parameters. Since the western audience did not know the code, they were literally unable to hear the music."
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Gidado, 2014
"Change your Spelling in the title from "Bao fello" to "BAAWO FERLO".... That is the correct spelling in Fulfulde."
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Example #5: OUSMANE BAH Fula flute Senegal
Ariel Nahum Published on Jun 10, 2012
fulani@walla.com
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ADDENDUM- TWO VIDEOS OF HARITANS' NEIFARA (FLUTE) MUSIC (MAURITANIA)
Example #1: yelallkom mesoeydik Music Mauritania
bellewarmedia.com Uploaded on Jul 18, 2008
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Diallo Gouné, 2015
sa me fait un grand plaisir d'écouter cette musique en tant que mauritanien de la région du guidimakha
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Google Translate from French to English
it gives me great pleasure to listen to this music as the Mauritanian Guidimaka region
Example #2: belkhere yelalkom - meso eydikom music mauritania
bellewarmedia.com, Uploaded on Mar 2, 2011
http://bellewarmedia.com/torath.html
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