Tomboka! Tomboka! Music from Central African Republic, by Jospin Pendere-Ye

Tomboka! Tomboka! Music from Central African Republic

by Jospin Pendere-Ye

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$8 USD or more

1.	Presentation \| Présentation 04:20	buy track
2.	Change \| Changement 05:14	buy track
3.	Singing song \| Lemba lembo 04:37	buy track
4.	Central African life \| Vie Centrafricaine 06:45	buy track
5.	Sounga (animal’s name) \| Sounga 04:18	buy track
6.	You step, I step \| Modre modre 04:34	buy track
7.	World Food Day \| JMA 05:43	buy track

about

Songs on ngombi from Central African Republic.

Jospin Pendere-Ye is a traditional singer-songwriter residing in Bangui, capital of Central African Republic. He plays ngombi – 10 string central African harp. Jospin is of Mbaka ethnicity and his accompanying group are Aka Pygmies. The album was recorded in Aka village not far away from Bangui, and sound of the forest can be heard in the background.

"Tomboka!" is an exclamation cried out during a fast and energetic dance. Song topics are everyday life and folk wisdom. In those songs Josping uses 4 languages: Sango (Central African Republic lingua franca), Mbaka (also known as Gbaka), Aka (Pygmies language) and French.

Original song names (language indicated in brackets):
1. Présentation (Sango & French)
2. Changement (Sango & French)
3. Lemba lembo (Aka)
4. Vie Centrafricaine (Sango)
5. Sounga (Mbaka)
6. Modre modre (Mbaka & Sango)
7. JMA (Sango)

Jospin Pendere-Ye: vocal, ngombi, pedal percussion.
Mokpake, Araphat, Jonathan, Kovo, Okapi: back vocals, percussions.
On album cover photo from left to right: Mokpake, Jospin, Kovo, Ambrase.

Recorded in Ndangala village, Ombella-Mpoko province, Central African republic, by Chemin de Fer Studio, October 2017.