LanguageNerd (October 3, 2008 at 12:57 pm)

African Culture is so beautiful!

debraklein (September 7, 2008 at 1:53 am)

As far as I know, the song has no name per se. It is a version of Sango's oriki.

hjaeko (September 6, 2008 at 11:28 pm)

oh my goodness, whats the name of the first song, so good!

debraklein (September 3, 2008 at 3:06 pm)

Thanks. I've been working with these artists (as an anthropologist and friend) since 1990. My book about them came out last Fall, Yoruba Bata Goes Global. Then, I decided to learn FinalCut so that I could do something with all the video footage (in video 8) that I had collected over the years. This was my first attempt at putting some of that footage together. I hope to make a longer documentary in the near future! Your feedback is much appreciated.

pdautg (September 3, 2008 at 12:53 pm)

amazing! was this originally done for a short film project or thesis? thank you!!

Airplanefreake (September 2, 2008 at 3:21 pm)

Hi i´m doing a projekt in school about womens role in the society, we are supose to choose a religion that we think have that look at the womens role in the society, I´m relly interested in the youruba religion as I only have found good things about womens role in the society! I´d love to learn more so plz answer this and tell me what you think and also publich the sours were you got the info!thanks alot! Marcus!

up157j (August 27, 2008 at 3:37 am)

What a great video. I loved the culture drummers, dancers, and everyday people. It felt like I was right there too. Good work!

tuqbanitakreyzitali7 (August 15, 2008 at 8:00 am)

you shouls see: The IBELLIS junior , also IBELLIS Junior ,second part . they can play BATA just as their ancestors teached them

debraklein (July 16, 2008 at 8:26 pm)

For Yoruba speakers who wanted a transcript of Sango's oriki, here it is: "Baale Koso, ariwo dola. Ina loju. Ina lenu. Gba bi ina jo l'aaro. O wolu baale lo ko kesi. Eye kekere a bi ohun tin-n-rere. Sun mo etile. Ma maa duro ni bode o. Sango Alade, to rele ana re duro. Igba ojule lo su si ko to malo. Inu mi run mi. O je koko gbegiri mefa. Orogbo ni e wa. Sango ko ni je obi o." I did my best to translate into English by adding annotations!

UncleTomYorubaman (July 15, 2008 at 1:57 am)

good video