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Sowei Mask
This is recorded as Sowei Mask: a wooden helmet mask, used by the exclusively female Sande (Mende) or Bondo/Bundu (Temne) societies. This example is...
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Mende song
Ethnomusicological recording made by Cootje van Oven. Mende song accompanied by three kogeli, one pair of wanjo and one kongoma. The photograph depic...
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