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Nomoli

This is a stone figure, known as nomoli in Mende, carved out of steatite, or soapstone. The age of figures like this one is relatively unknown, howeve...

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Soso drumming

Ethnomusicological recording made by Cootje van Oven. Soso drumming, with three sengbei (without extension) and bass drum (European). Photograph displ...

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