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Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 5:19pm On Oct 20, 2014
Please post it here, I will be also contributing to this section on various African cultures.
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 5:44pm On Oct 20, 2014
Traditional Zarma/Songhai music:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCvFDwku13E
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 5:45pm On Oct 20, 2014
Traditional Songhai/Zarma music Tilaberi:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKqF3ysBLTY
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 5:57pm On Oct 20, 2014
Burkina Faso Siamou Music, very beautiful sound:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYJWN_5NuDA
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 6:00pm On Oct 20, 2014
Bambara traditional Balafon music, Neba Solo:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXqeZArkJ70
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 6:10pm On Oct 20, 2014
For you AdamSkutty, traditional Igala music:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otfnro8RK8w
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by adamskutty(m): 6:12pm On Oct 20, 2014
Fulaman198:
For you AdamSkutty, traditional Igala music:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otfnro8RK8w
i hate their song, fulaman grin

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 6:13pm On Oct 20, 2014
adamskutty:
i hate their song, fulaman grin

Sorry could you find some great Igala music and post it here. BTW, do you speak your Igala language?
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by adamskutty(m): 6:19pm On Oct 20, 2014
Fulaman198:


Sorry could you find some great Igala music and post it here. BTW, do you speak your Igala language?
i will try. I speak but not fluently.
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 6:22pm On Oct 20, 2014
adamskutty:
i will try. I speak but not fluently.

Ok thanks, also my brother learn to speak it Fluently cheesy
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 6:39pm On Oct 20, 2014
Ghana beautiful song



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1z10uC4iTc

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 6:41pm On Oct 20, 2014
Don't know if this is considered traditional but love this song.

Senegal


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJYTJbkwJIw

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 6:42pm On Oct 20, 2014
Good job keep them coming
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 6:46pm On Oct 20, 2014
Benin- don't understand but like it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4NfMZgQdKc

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 6:51pm On Oct 20, 2014
I heard this song during my liberian friend wedding. It is a traditional kru music. It was the entrance song for the bride and groom. The whole room got and joined the bride and groom. It gave me goose bumbs

Liberia kru


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1sAB38aS2k
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 6:55pm On Oct 20, 2014
Liberia- this song brings memory. My liberian girlfriend introduce me to it




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw8IvUetIqg

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 7:22pm On Oct 20, 2014
You are linking very nice stuff JiggamanGH thank you very much.

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 7:23pm On Oct 20, 2014
Fulaman198:
You are linking very nice stuff JiggamanGH thank you very much.



Luv music especially traditional african music.

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 7:24pm On Oct 20, 2014
JiggamanGh:




Luv music especially traditional african music.

Same here, there is nothing better.

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 7:27pm On Oct 20, 2014
Ewe music from Benin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1T3UQ61uJc
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 7:35pm On Oct 20, 2014
Mossi song from Burkina Faso. Mossi people are found in burkina, Ivory coast and Ghana.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzWT4Gp63A
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 7:41pm On Oct 20, 2014
Fulaman198:


Same here, there is nothing better.


When it comes to traditional music, I don't know anyone come close to senegal and Mali. There's is something about their traditional music that I luv.

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 8:50pm On Oct 20, 2014
JiggamanGh:



When it comes to traditional music, I don't know anyone come close to senegal and Mali. There's is something about their traditional music that I luv.

Same here, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Burkina Faso for me. I think Nigeria and Ghana are the worst. They try so hard to be westernized. When I listen to West African music from those countries, it makes me so proud to be west African.
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Nobody: 9:04pm On Oct 20, 2014
Nigeria- Igbo




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2b9UIZTTOo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zWxPA077zw

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 9:26pm On Oct 20, 2014
Fulaman198:


Same here, Mali, Senegal, Niger and Burkina Faso for me. I think Nigeria and Ghana are the worst. They try so hard to be westernized. When I listen to West African music from those countries, it makes me so proud to be west African.



I haven't heard any songs from niger, yeah burkina also have nice ones. Can you post some good Niger music and any other african music that sounds good.

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 9:30pm On Oct 20, 2014
datalossvictim1:
Nigeria- Igbo




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2b9UIZTTOo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zWxPA077zw




Igbo Kwenu

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 9:34pm On Oct 20, 2014
JiggamanGh:




I haven't heard any songs from niger, yeah burkina also have nice ones. Can you post some good Niger music and any other african music that sounds good.

Sure bro either tonight or tomorrow morning for sure. I'm going to go to bed. Good night.
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by ArtanK(m): 3:22am On Oct 21, 2014
Salam Fula, what's with the discrimination? tongue
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 4:20am On Oct 21, 2014
Ghana- dagomba people




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOzWT4Gp63A
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by JiggamanGh: 4:23am On Oct 21, 2014
Dagomba music Ghana



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsyWInnWMuc




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opBnAPvO-pg
Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by Fulaman198(m): 6:17am On Oct 21, 2014
ArtanK:
Salam Fula, what's with the discrimination? tongue

Sorry bro lol You can post traditional Somali music as well cheesy, East Africans are also welcome.

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Re: Traditional Music From Your Respective West African Culture by ArtanK(m): 7:21am On Oct 21, 2014
Fulaman198:


Sorry bro lol You can post traditional Somali music as well cheesy, East Africans are also welcome.

I'm kidding bro. I'll make another thread for it.

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