Various Artists - Mvet Ai Mandzang - Music Of The Beti - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The zither with notched bridge, Inchmvet,Inch and the InchmendzangInch xylophone are the most important musical instruments of the Beti of southern Cameroon. Traditional epic ballads and love songs are accompanied by the zither. The xylophone groups play very rhythmically and melodiously, in general on public and festive occasions. The recordings for this CD within Wergo's series InchMuseum Collection BerlinInch were made in 1984 in Cameroon and in 1989 in Berlin, at a time when this tradition was still alive. First recordings.