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Fish Trap
This is a fish trap, or mbumbue in Mende. It is made from palm thatch that is woven together to form a trap; it works by enabling fish to swim into it...
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Mende song
Ethnomusicological sound recording made by Cootje van Oven. Mende traditional song accompanied by three shegbureh, one sangbai, one bass drum and one...
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