The Garifuna Women's Project
Umalali
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Nibari (My Grandchild) | Umalali | 3:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Mérua | Umalali | 3:12 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Yündüya Weyu (The Sun Has Set) | Umalali | 3:57 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Barübana Yagien (Take Me Away) | Umalali | 3:34 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hattie | Umalali | 4:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Luwübüri Sigala (Hills of Tegucigalpa) | Umalali | 3:25 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Anaha Ya (Here I Am) | Umalali | 4:14 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Tuguchili Elia (Elia’s Father) | Umalali | 2:17 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Fuleisei (Favours) | Umalali | 2:03 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Uruwei (The King) | Umalali | 2:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Áfayahádina (I Have Traveled) | Umalali | 3:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Lirun Biganute (Sad News) | Umalali | 2:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
Customer Reviews
The Afro-America you've never heard before
Those who fell in love with Andy Palacio’s Wátina will adore this record. It is a beautiful mix of African rhythms, choral singing and hypnotic, melancholic melodies that will leave you gasping for air, with a mood that will haunt you long after every listen. From the first seconds of the first track, ‘Nibari’, the Garifuna hold you in rapt attention: they’re troubadours spinning an epic, emotional musical tale imbued with the myriad sounds, moods and tragedy of ancient African America. Like the Saramaccan people of Suriname or those of Brazil’s remnant Quilombos, the Garifuna are Latin American descendants of escaped enslaved West Africans. They trace their ancestry to two Spanish slave ships that foundered off the coast of South America in the early 1600s. Carib Amerindian villages took the shipwrecked Africans in and welcomed them into their extended families. The children of these families eventually formed their own Garifuna communities. And after migrations and forced re-settlements they survive as culturally distinct to this day. The Garifuna are Africans in exile – never subjugated, but eternally displaced. And like other South American Africans, their ancestors preserved their cultural memory through ritual and music. Umalali is on first listen an astonishingly African-sounding record. But whilst it is powered by the visceral, sensual, communal authenticity of Africa, it is infused with the deep sadness of exile, the wash of the sea and the mesmerising contemplative chants of Native America. And every track is a gem – whether it’s the sumptuous, joyfully sensual lilting of ‘Hattie’ and ‘Áfayahádina’, the resigned tragedy of ‘Uruwei’ or the age-old, mournful jungle lament, ‘Lirun Biganute’, the final track of this unique, deeply moving, unforgettable album. © Alex Robinson, Songlines magazine (April/May 2008 issue)
Happy songs for eager listeners.
this album i think is very soulfull in its own way,it has depth and a traditional feel about it.I especially liked the songs Hattie and Fuleisei,i would recommend this album to people who enjoy soft World traditional african music.
Biography
Formed: 1995 in Belize
Genre: World
Years Active: '00s
Top Albums and Songs By Umalali
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Mérua | The Garifuna Women's Project | 3:12 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Yündüya Weyu (The Sun Has Set) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 3:57 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Hattie | The Garifuna Women's Project | 4:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Nibari (My Grandchild) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 3:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Barübana Yagien (Take Me Away) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 3:34 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Luwübüri Sigala (Hills of Tegucigalpa) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 3:25 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Áfayahádina (I Have Traveled) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 3:41 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Uruwei (The King) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 2:02 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Fuleisei (Favours) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 2:03 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Tuguchili Elia (Elia’s Father) | The Garifuna Women's Project | 2:17 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
