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Master Fiddlers of Dagbon

Master Fiddlers of Dagbon

By Master Fiddlers of Dagbon

Label: Rounder Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Dogua Bayoyoyo ("Do Not Feel Sympathy For The Tallest Chief"); Wanda Ya Chi Magani Yaa Baata ("Someone Who Fears Wants to Use Juju (but it won't work)"); Mai Karatu ("A Student"); Mai Karfi ("A Strong Person"); Ka Mi Zuhiri Maanga ("I Have Invited Myself"); Ninsal' Ku Toi Ban O Dalirilana ("A Human Being Cannot Know His Benefactor"); Yaaro Yaa Sani Baba ("A Boy Knows the Father"); Wariye Jelima Mai Makada ("The Prince Who Has Many Goonji Players"); Ba Zai Karfi, Sai Alla Ya Yi Lafia ("No One Has Power Unless God Makes It So"); Yelizolilana Lagfu ("Lagu, Chief of Yelizoli").

Master Fiddlers of Dagbon: Master Fiddlers of Dagbon

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2001

John Miller Chernoff, a man with many hats, has been a sociologist, African drummer, and cultural anthropologist. His seminal book, African Rhythm, African Sensibility, remains required reading for anyone interested in the connections between traditional drumming and culture in West Africa. With Master Fiddlers of Dagbon, he assumes a role as documentary historian. Chernoff recorded a ...