Smithsonian Folkways FW-08464-CCD Indigenous Music of the Ivory Coast National Company (Discontinued)

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Instrument(s) Flute.

Year of Recording 1979.

Record Label Folkways Records.

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Credits Artist Ivory Coast National Company (Musical group) ; Recorded by Nadi Qamar ; Design by Ronald Clyne.

101 Dances with Percussion, Mixed Chorus, and Flutes, Performed by Men, Women and Children Ivory Coast National Company 17:09.

201 Dances with Percussion, Mixed Chorus, and Flutes, Performed by Men, Women and Children (cont.) Ivory Coast National Company 19:15.