Putumayo Presents: Women of Africa (2004)
Posted by Sisca Cute Love U in *Africa*, *Music*, Algeria, Benin, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe on Thursday, February 28, 2008
«While the African music scene is currently dominated largely by men, there has never been any stigma to speak of against women performing (with the possible exception of some of the North African Islamic nations). The catch is that women tended historically to spend less time playing instruments in favor of other portions of the rituals and work, and stayed primarily within the vocal field as a
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