This song "Din Din Wo (Little Child") is by Habib Koite & Bamada, a really cool Malian group. What's pretty unique about Habib Koite is that he tunes his guitar to the pentatonic scale and sings songs in English, French (Mali used to be a French colony), and Bambara (the language of Mali). His songs strongly demonstrate syncretism. If you like this, it's from their album entitled Muso Ko. I also suggest listening to "I Ka Barra (Your Work)"
This is definitely something that I think you should watch!!
I just copied and pasted what what written about the video...
Radio Biso na Biso is the first community radio station to broadcast in the 12 indigenous languages spoken in the FSC-certified concessions of Congolaise Industrielle des Bois in Northern Congo-Brazzaville. In addition to celebrating these unique cultures, oral traditions and musical styles, the radio station gives local indigenous people a platform to discuss and learn about the issues they face in the context of industrial forestry operations, and about the need for the company to obtain their free, prior and informed consent to operations in their traditional forest areas.
Biso na Biso is recruiting journalists from each indigenous group in the concession to produce programmes in local languages that speak to peoples concerns and interests. This video shows one of these journalists, the Ba.Aka Paul Aboyo, alias Mandero, journaliste internationale, making one of his first programmes for Biso na Biso.
The highlight of this video is when Mandero brings in indigenous people to play some of their music to broadcast on the radio. It's really neat!
Here is a clip of a Navajo feather dance:
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