The Healing Drum

African Ceremonial and Ritual Music

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Pages: 0
Book Size: 5.5 x 5
ISBN-13: 9780892815050
Imprint: Destiny Recordings
On Sale Date: July 1, 1994
Format: Compact Disk

Traces the extraordinary cultural legacy of the Minianka tribe of West Africa, for whom music serves a sacred, healing function for the individual and society. This authentic, traditional chanting and singing expresses the full potential for the sacred and the magical in music.

42-minute CD
Companion to the book The Healing Drum

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Table of Contents

The Healing Drum:
African Ceremonial and Ritual Music

1.   Dji-Dnou         (4:15)
2.   Nampou          (4:02)
3.   Don                 (4:08)
4.   Niere Yago     (4:05)
5.   Berete             (4:10)
6.   Were               (3:58)
7.   Nia Yati          (4:09)
8.   Warizie           (3:53)
9.   Niewoh Yati   (2:40)
10. Kewara Yati (3:14)
11. Maniah Yati   (2:34)
12. N'Togo           (2:19)

Author Bio

Born in Mali, West Africa, and a member of the Minianka (Bamana) tribe, Yaya Diallo was raised in a culture that works, worships, lives and breathes to the beat of the drum. An instrument for transmitting traditional knowledge among the Minianka, the drum is the focal point of Yaya's life story and his link--through the universal medium of music--with the Western world.

Reviews

Book Praise

"This is music that hasn't had its wings clipped; music that still possesses the full potential for the sacred and the magical that it had at the beginning of the world."
Magazine of the Place des Arts

"I have been searching for an authentic, traditional CD with chanting and singing, and now I have finally found it."
Body Mind Spirirt Magazine, October 2003