Congo, Republic of the, -- Sangha Region -- Ouesso
Date:
ca. 1910
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "6. Tam-tam de Bayas à Ouesso (Sanga)." Translated caption reads: "6. Baya tam-tam at Ouesso (Sanga)."
Items EEPA CF-08-04 and CF-08-05 appear to be from same series. Recto images possibly photographed at same event.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-08-05
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Central African Republic -- Mambéré-Kadéï -- Baboua
Date:
ca. 1910
Scope and Contents:
Printed text on recto reads: "14 Chef baya à Baboua (Haute-Sanga)."
Translated caption reads: "14 Baya Chief in Baboua (Haute-Sanga)."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CX-15-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Printed text on recto reads: "12 Harpe et balafon bayas (Haute-Sanga)."
Translated caption reads: "12 Baya harp and balafon (Haute-Sanga)."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CX-19-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Song for twins = Chant pour les jumeaux (3:03) -- Lullaby = Berceuse (1:09) -- Children's round = Ronde d'enfants (1:46) -- Ground bow solo = Solo d'arc-en-terre (1:03) -- Counting song = Comptine (0:51) -- Dance for rites of passage = Danse des rites de passage (5:34) -- Whiste ensemble = Ensemble de sifflets (2:44) -- Horn ensemble = Ensemble de trompes (2:18) -- War chant = Chant de guerre (2:47) -- Song for "thinking" = Chant ar "penser" (3:04) -- Song for ancestors' souls = Chant pour les ma.nes des ance.tres (3:46) -- Dance music = Musique de danse (6:25) -- Song upon returning from the hunt = Chant pour le retour de la chasse (3:33) -- Propitiatory song for the hunt = chant propitiatoire pour la chasse (3:35) -- Drummed message = Message tambouriner (4:46)
Track Information:
101 Song for Twins / Drum,Mortar and Pestle.
102 Lullaby.
103 Children's Round / Ba-Lari.
104 Ground Bow Solo / Musical bow.
105 Counting Song / Shells.
106 Dance for the Rites of Passage / Drum,Xylophone.
111 Song for Ancestor's Souls / Ngombi,Harp,Bells.
112 Dance Music / Drum.
113 Song Upon Returning from the Hunt / Drum.
114 Propitiatory Song for the Hunt / Drum.
115 Drummed Message / Drum,Talking drum.
Local Numbers:
UNESCO.8020
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Paris, France Audivis UNESCO 1983
General:
Commercial
Reissued by Auvidis from the album released by the International Institue for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (IICMSD), Berlin for the Internationalk Music Council.
Restrictions:
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112 A Nossa Run / Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Jaoquim Do Vale, Joel Pina.. Guitarra,Viola.. Portuguese language.
113 Ya hibbi malek sahi / Abdeslam Cherkaoui. Oud.
114 Mazonna- Mphini / Chewa dialect.
115 Piere.
116 Kompule / Flute,Lagenaria siceraria.
Local Numbers:
UN-COMM-CD-08101-9
UNESCO.8101
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Paris, France Audivis 1972
General:
Commercial
Traditional songs and instrumental music. Published by UNESCO and Auvidis in collaboration with the International Music Council and the International Council for Traditional Music. Previously released material. Compact disc. Program notes and selected song texts in English and French (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Restrictions:
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The album was compiled by Eugene Brusseaux, a French colonial, very likely a merchant, who lived, worked and traveled in the Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic (then Afrique Equatoriale Francaise), and in northern Cameroon (then German colony of Kamerun). The images may well have been taken by Brusseaux himself. Mr. de Strycker acquired the album, which previously belonged to Professor Verneau of the Musee de L'Homme, Paris, in a sale from Professor Verneau of the Musee de l'Homme, Paris.
The album shows the classic arrangement of many similar colonial albums, depicting Brusseaux's voyage from France to Libreville in Gabon, and Matadi on the mouth of the Congo River. From there Brusseaux took the railroad to Leopoldville (Kinshasa) and traveled on the Brazzaville. He continued on the Congo River to Balobo and Kounda, then over land towards the Sangha River, through Bonga and Loboko to M'Bako on the Sangha River and to Ouesso, now on the border of the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. From Ouesso, he continued on to Nola, Carnot and Baboua. He then visited Kounde, and crossed into German territory, moving on the Ngaoundere. This is where the album ends.
The photographs depict some of the Belgian and French colonial cities. There are excellent images of transportation in Matadi. Brazzaville is the topic of many good architectural photographs. A very interesting set shows the Catholic Mission of Brazzaville in 1901 and 1904 with a unique interior shot of the cathedral. Further inland, the photographs of colonial settlements focus on trading posts, such as Bonga, Kadei, Carnot and Baboma. Many photographs show Africans, indigenous architecture, and celebrations. They focus on the Pomo, the Pande, the Baya (Baja in German writing), and Hausa and Fulbe. Images from Baboma, Kounde and Ngaoundere show indigenous Fulbe architecture, including a series of the Lamido's palace at Ngaoundere, and Fulbe kings, retainers and women. One set depicts women with Fulbe style coiffures of extraordinary complexity (wigs).
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
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Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Negatives
Identifier:
EEPA.1999-004
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
