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INTRODUCTION
Natural region of Forested Guinea:
1) Covers 23% of the Guinean country.
2) Contains administrative regions:
-- all parts of N’Zérékoré region,
-- some parts of Kankan region.
3) Contains préfectures -- fully or in parts only:
-- Nzérékoré (with its towns and villages: Alaminata, Balimou, Bamba, Bana, Bangoueta, Bassaita, Batoata, Beliehouma, Benda, Beneouli, Bienta, Bilikoidougou, Bipa, Bohon, Boita, Boma, Boo, Bounouma, Bowe, Dapore, Demou, Din, Diogouinta, Diomanta, Dorota, Douala, Dourouba, Foudjou, Gala, Galagbaye, Galeye, Gambata, Gbadiou, Gbaeta, Gbagoune, Gbaya, Gbili, Gbonoma, Gbote, Gbouo, Gobouta, Gonon, Gota, Gou, Goueke, Gounangalay, Gpagalai, Guela, Guelabodiou, Hoota, Kabieta, Kankore, Karagouala, Karama, Kelema, Kelemadiou, Keora, Keoulenta, Kerediala, Kleita, Koaliepoulou, Kodeda, Kogbata, Kogoloue, Kola, Kolagbata, Kolata, Koliouata, Koloda, Komata, Komou, Koni, Konia, Konian, Konigpala, Koola, Koro, Kotodzou, Kouenala, Koule, Lokooua, Lomou, Louhoule, Loula, Loule, Mabossou, Mana, Mananko, Meata, Moata, Ngnin, Niambala, Niaragbaleye, Niaragpale, Niema, Ninata, Nionta, Noona, Nzao, Orata, Oueya, Ouinzou, Pineta, Poe, Pouro, Samoe, Saouro, Sehipa, Selo, Sibamou, Sopota, Souhoule, Soulouta, Yeneta, Yleouena, Yogbota, Yomou, Youa, Zapa, Zenemouta, Zohoyea),
-- Macenta,
-- Beyla,
-- Lola,
-- Yomou,
-- Kissidougou,
-- Guéckédou
-- Kérouané,
-- Mandiana (partially),
-- Faranah (partially),
-- Kankan (partially).
4) Consists of the following ethnic groups:
-- Manon (Mano, Mann),
-- Konon (Kono),
-- Dan (Yacouba, Yakouba, Yakuba, Wobe ?, Dan-Santa ??),
-- Kpèllé (Kpèlè, Kpellé, Kpelle, Kpellé, Kpéllé, Guerzés, Guerzé, Guérzé, Guerze, Guere, Guéré, Ngere, Nguere, Nguéré),
-- Löömàgìtì (Lôma, Loma, Tôma, Toma, Buzi, Buzzi, Logoma, Lomas, Looma, Lorma, Toale, Toali, Toa, Tomas, Tooma; Toma is name used by Maninka, Konyanka, Kissi),
-- Konyanka Maninka (Manían, Manian, Konianka, Konianke, Konya, Koniagi, Konyagui, Jola Maninka, Jula, Dyula, Dyoula),
-- Manya (Maniya, Tôma-Manían, Toma-Manían, Toma-Manian) -- do not confuse them with Manían/Konianke, they are mixture of Maníans with Toma/Loma,
-- Kissi (Assi, Bakoa, Den, Gihi, Gisi, Gizi, Kisi, Kisis, Kissien, Kissis),
-- Lelé (Lele),
-- Zialo (Bende),
-- Limba ?,
-- Vai ???,
-- Kuranko,
-- Yalunka (Dialonke, Djallonke),
-- Sankaran (Faranah) Maninka,
-- Kánkàn (Beté) Maninka,
-- Wasolon Maninka (Wassolon, Wassolonka, Wassoulounke, Wassoulounké, Wasulunke, Wasulunké, Wassulu, Wasulunka, Wassulunka, Wassulunke, Wasuu, Ouassolon, Ouassoulounka, Ouassoulounke, Ouassoulounké),
-- unspecified Maninka.
5) Region influences (and is influenced by) neighbouring countries and regions: Sierra Leone, La Haute Guinée (region of Guinea), Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia.
6) Its people have ceremonies (with masks, stilts, acrobatics, contortion, dances, messaging systems, secret rituals in sacred forest and of secret societies) for which they play rhythms on slit/log drums called kolokolo/kelen/kyrin, and on drum-sets (of 3-7 djembé-like drums) called bala (according to Mamady Keïta), planibala (according to other sources), or called with different denominations. They use also musical bows, rattles and other instruments.
7) They have best drummers (according to Mamady Keïta), and one of them was Kemoko Sano,
8) Special techniques of playing, i.e. Lé/Tonopalo/Tonpalo/Topalo (third slap/tone),
9) Forest rhythms adapted on djembé (from krin/kelen/kolokolo or from bala/planibala) by masters, who used to travel there, or by those tribes themselves.
RHYTHMS
They are between others:
-- Kei-Kei/KeiKei/Keyi-Keyi/KoeiKoei of Manon people (adapted),
-- Mene Doueomia/Koloko of Manon people (may be not adapted),
-- Zere of Manon people (may be not adapted),
-- Lekulé/Lekule of Kpèllé/Guerzé people (adapted),
-- Baö/Baho/Bao of Löömàgìtì/Lôma/Tôma people (adapted; marks boys' entry to manhood),
-- Siwé of Konyanka/Manían/Dyula people (adapted; welcoming rhythm and song, used also to honour a personality),
-- Söli of Konyanka/Manían/Dyula people (adapted; called Söli des Manían by Mamady Keïta),
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou Salimou/Salimu of Konyanka/Manían/Dyula people ? -- no details found (adapted ?),
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou Daconta of Soussou/Sousou/Susu of Daconta, close to Boké (adapted ?) ???,
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou of Manya/Maniya/Tôma-Manían (adapted),
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou of Maoka people (found in Ivory Coast, adapted),
-- Woula (played for marriage and other celebrations) -- no details found (adapted ?),
-- Kala from Faranah (adapted; of Kissi, Lele, Yalunka, Kuranko, or Sankaran Maninka),
-- Sökö/Soko (initiation) of Kuranko people ??? (adapted),
-- N'Goron (initiation) of Senoufo/Senufo from Ivory Coast (adapted),
-- Zawouli/Zaouli 1-4 (mask dance) of Gouro/Guro from Zuénoula region of Ivory Coast (adapted),
-- Wamira (women & children celebration) from Ivory Coast (adapted ?),
-- Kurubi of Dyula/Jula/Konyanka? from Ivory Coast and Bobo Dioulasso of Burkina Faso (adapted),
-- Abondan of Baoule from Ivory Coast (adapted),
-- please add here other forest (or related) rhythms, which you've heard about...
P.S. Master Mamady Keïta learned to play on bala (planibala) 7 years with Guerzé people.
He adapted rhythms from there. At all he created 47 rhythms.
He stopped to teach pupils of playing krin 15 years ago, because there were no more people interested.
Natural region of Forested Guinea:
1) Covers 23% of the Guinean country.
2) Contains administrative regions:
-- all parts of N’Zérékoré region,
-- some parts of Kankan region.
3) Contains préfectures -- fully or in parts only:
-- Nzérékoré (with its towns and villages: Alaminata, Balimou, Bamba, Bana, Bangoueta, Bassaita, Batoata, Beliehouma, Benda, Beneouli, Bienta, Bilikoidougou, Bipa, Bohon, Boita, Boma, Boo, Bounouma, Bowe, Dapore, Demou, Din, Diogouinta, Diomanta, Dorota, Douala, Dourouba, Foudjou, Gala, Galagbaye, Galeye, Gambata, Gbadiou, Gbaeta, Gbagoune, Gbaya, Gbili, Gbonoma, Gbote, Gbouo, Gobouta, Gonon, Gota, Gou, Goueke, Gounangalay, Gpagalai, Guela, Guelabodiou, Hoota, Kabieta, Kankore, Karagouala, Karama, Kelema, Kelemadiou, Keora, Keoulenta, Kerediala, Kleita, Koaliepoulou, Kodeda, Kogbata, Kogoloue, Kola, Kolagbata, Kolata, Koliouata, Koloda, Komata, Komou, Koni, Konia, Konian, Konigpala, Koola, Koro, Kotodzou, Kouenala, Koule, Lokooua, Lomou, Louhoule, Loula, Loule, Mabossou, Mana, Mananko, Meata, Moata, Ngnin, Niambala, Niaragbaleye, Niaragpale, Niema, Ninata, Nionta, Noona, Nzao, Orata, Oueya, Ouinzou, Pineta, Poe, Pouro, Samoe, Saouro, Sehipa, Selo, Sibamou, Sopota, Souhoule, Soulouta, Yeneta, Yleouena, Yogbota, Yomou, Youa, Zapa, Zenemouta, Zohoyea),
-- Macenta,
-- Beyla,
-- Lola,
-- Yomou,
-- Kissidougou,
-- Guéckédou
-- Kérouané,
-- Mandiana (partially),
-- Faranah (partially),
-- Kankan (partially).
4) Consists of the following ethnic groups:
-- Manon (Mano, Mann),
-- Konon (Kono),
-- Dan (Yacouba, Yakouba, Yakuba, Wobe ?, Dan-Santa ??),
-- Kpèllé (Kpèlè, Kpellé, Kpelle, Kpellé, Kpéllé, Guerzés, Guerzé, Guérzé, Guerze, Guere, Guéré, Ngere, Nguere, Nguéré),
-- Löömàgìtì (Lôma, Loma, Tôma, Toma, Buzi, Buzzi, Logoma, Lomas, Looma, Lorma, Toale, Toali, Toa, Tomas, Tooma; Toma is name used by Maninka, Konyanka, Kissi),
-- Konyanka Maninka (Manían, Manian, Konianka, Konianke, Konya, Koniagi, Konyagui, Jola Maninka, Jula, Dyula, Dyoula),
-- Manya (Maniya, Tôma-Manían, Toma-Manían, Toma-Manian) -- do not confuse them with Manían/Konianke, they are mixture of Maníans with Toma/Loma,
-- Kissi (Assi, Bakoa, Den, Gihi, Gisi, Gizi, Kisi, Kisis, Kissien, Kissis),
-- Lelé (Lele),
-- Zialo (Bende),
-- Limba ?,
-- Vai ???,
-- Kuranko,
-- Yalunka (Dialonke, Djallonke),
-- Sankaran (Faranah) Maninka,
-- Kánkàn (Beté) Maninka,
-- Wasolon Maninka (Wassolon, Wassolonka, Wassoulounke, Wassoulounké, Wasulunke, Wasulunké, Wassulu, Wasulunka, Wassulunka, Wassulunke, Wasuu, Ouassolon, Ouassoulounka, Ouassoulounke, Ouassoulounké),
-- unspecified Maninka.
5) Region influences (and is influenced by) neighbouring countries and regions: Sierra Leone, La Haute Guinée (region of Guinea), Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia.
6) Its people have ceremonies (with masks, stilts, acrobatics, contortion, dances, messaging systems, secret rituals in sacred forest and of secret societies) for which they play rhythms on slit/log drums called kolokolo/kelen/kyrin, and on drum-sets (of 3-7 djembé-like drums) called bala (according to Mamady Keïta), planibala (according to other sources), or called with different denominations. They use also musical bows, rattles and other instruments.
7) They have best drummers (according to Mamady Keïta), and one of them was Kemoko Sano,
8) Special techniques of playing, i.e. Lé/Tonopalo/Tonpalo/Topalo (third slap/tone),
9) Forest rhythms adapted on djembé (from krin/kelen/kolokolo or from bala/planibala) by masters, who used to travel there, or by those tribes themselves.
RHYTHMS
They are between others:
-- Kei-Kei/KeiKei/Keyi-Keyi/KoeiKoei of Manon people (adapted),
-- Mene Doueomia/Koloko of Manon people (may be not adapted),
-- Zere of Manon people (may be not adapted),
-- Lekulé/Lekule of Kpèllé/Guerzé people (adapted),
-- Baö/Baho/Bao of Löömàgìtì/Lôma/Tôma people (adapted; marks boys' entry to manhood),
-- Siwé of Konyanka/Manían/Dyula people (adapted; welcoming rhythm and song, used also to honour a personality),
-- Söli of Konyanka/Manían/Dyula people (adapted; called Söli des Manían by Mamady Keïta),
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou Salimou/Salimu of Konyanka/Manían/Dyula people ? -- no details found (adapted ?),
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou Daconta of Soussou/Sousou/Susu of Daconta, close to Boké (adapted ?) ???,
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou of Manya/Maniya/Tôma-Manían (adapted),
-- Kuku/Cucu/Coucou/Koukou/Kokou of Maoka people (found in Ivory Coast, adapted),
-- Woula (played for marriage and other celebrations) -- no details found (adapted ?),
-- Kala from Faranah (adapted; of Kissi, Lele, Yalunka, Kuranko, or Sankaran Maninka),
-- Sökö/Soko (initiation) of Kuranko people ??? (adapted),
-- N'Goron (initiation) of Senoufo/Senufo from Ivory Coast (adapted),
-- Zawouli/Zaouli 1-4 (mask dance) of Gouro/Guro from Zuénoula region of Ivory Coast (adapted),
-- Wamira (women & children celebration) from Ivory Coast (adapted ?),
-- Kurubi of Dyula/Jula/Konyanka? from Ivory Coast and Bobo Dioulasso of Burkina Faso (adapted),
-- Abondan of Baoule from Ivory Coast (adapted),
-- please add here other forest (or related) rhythms, which you've heard about...
P.S. Master Mamady Keïta learned to play on bala (planibala) 7 years with Guerzé people.
He adapted rhythms from there. At all he created 47 rhythms.
He stopped to teach pupils of playing krin 15 years ago, because there were no more people interested.