10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «BALAFO»
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balafo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
balafo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
Dicionário de percussão
... "m'bira" e "balafo" (África). balafo Idiof. perc. - Ver "bala" . balafon* Termo '
Malinké' - Nome dado ao "ínstrumentista" que toca "bala" , tipo de "xilofone"
rudimentar. Passou a designar também o instrumento. Ver "bala". balag Membr.
perc.
BALAFO. Antiga forma portuguesa para bala- fon*. BALAFON. Nome oeste-
africano da marimba, corrente também nas Antilhas Francesas. Entre os
Bambaras da República do Mali*, o instru- mento é designado por bala: balafo é
o ...
3
Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and ...
(27) The most part of the Negroes divert themselves therein, with discoursing
about the Alcoran, or with playing on a certain Musical Instrument, which they call
Balafo, whilst their Wives are employ'd in tilling the Ground. The Balafo is nothing
...
4
The Wretched of the Earth
(Balafo music) That night the old women of the village honored Kadia by allowing
her to come to the courtyard of the oldest woman and listen to the talk that went
on nightly among them. The headman of the village, happy to have heard news ...
5
Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: Black Folk Music to the Civil War
(hymn), 357 Ball, Charles, 192-93 Ballards. See Balafo Baltimore, 115, 183, 193
Bamboula, 84, 91, 94 Bandore, 4, 34, 35 Bands, all-black, 155-56, 159-60; in
black regiments, 160 Bangelo, 5 Bangeon, 5 Bangie, 155 Bangil, 31 Banja, 6, 43,
...
6
Africa and Indonesia : the Evidence of the Xylophone and ...
Nicolas 2 who surveys and gives a convenient list of xylophone names for the
whole of Africa, mars his distribution map by treating two words (marimba and
balafo) as if they were one. He traces the word balafo to the Portuguese adjective
...
1 Mas o instrumento mais curioso e mais apreciado é o balafo, f* comquanto não
seja o mais commum, pois em regra só é encontrado na habitação do regule e
do grande senhor. O tony-tony (ou tam-tamfl) é o mais popular dos instrumentos,
...
José Francisco da Rocha Pombo, 1905
8
The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
The next chapter treats of things curious? of a musical instrument called the
Balafo, used among the negroes ; of their taste in poetry ; of Sanaga, &c. with an
account of a table conversation, which we have not time to repeat ; nor is it
necessary ...
Tobias George Smollett, 1759
Equally popular with slaves and less frightening to the slaveholders were the
banjo and a xylophone-type instrument known as a balafo. To make the balafo,
African Americans fastened thin wooden slats of various lengths above
numerous, ...
Deborah H. DeFord, Philip Schwarz, 2006
10
Imperialism: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies
(Balafo music) That night the old women of the village honoured Kadia by
allowing her to come to the courtyard of the oldest woman and listen to the talk
that went on nightly among them. The head man of the village, happy to have
heard ...
P. J. Cain, Mark Harrison, 2001
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALAFO»
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balafo is used in the context of the following news items.
Legends of Gambian music: Banna Kanuteh
His father, Jali Madi Kanuteh, alias Balafo Madi was born in Sankarang Duwako in Guinea Conakry. His mother Aja Kunadiya (Lucky) Sakiliba Susso was born ... «Music In Africa, Sep 15»
Djembenmusiker zaubern afrikanisches Feeling in die Kirche
Zusammen mit ihren bunten, exotischen Instrumenten, wie zum Beispiel dem Balafo, eine Art Xylophon mit Kalebassen als Resonanzkörper, gestalteten sie ein ... «Aachener Zeitung, Jun 13»
Būgnai Afrikos kultūroje
... filendunun – vandens būgnais, balafo – melodiniais instrumentais, pagamintais iš skirtingo dydžio medžio plokštelių (beje, tai šiuolaikinio ksilofono „protėvis“), ... «DELFI, May 11»
