Bulu Songs Cameroons / Var Bulu Songs Cameroons / Var CD

The Bulu are one of the Fang-speaking peoples living in southern Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and northern Gabon-a region renowned for it's rainforest's and mountains. Bulu Songs from the Cameroons includes songs sung by the mbon mvet, a traveling storyteller and musician who spreads news throughout the region and who plays the mvet, a stringed instrument made from the frond of a raffia palm and gourds. Liner notes include a description of Bulu culture, track notes, notes on the pronunciation of Bulu words, and an illustration of the mvet.

1. Dance Song 2. Secret Society Initiation Song 3. Folk Tale 4. Song of Self-Praise 5. Song of Sorrow 6. Dance Song 7. Dance Song 8. Women's Dance Song 9. Men's Drinking Song 10. Song of Self-Praise 11. Work Song 12. Men's Dance 13. Story Song 14. Flute Melody 15. War Song 16. Sung to a Groom 17. Sung By the Bride's Relatives