Notes: | Compact disc. Program notes by Jan Jansen (7 p. : ill.) inserted in container. Male vocals: Lansine Diabate (tracks 1-5), El Hadji Bala Diabate (track 1), El Hadji Yamudu Diabate (tracks 2, 5), Lanfia Diabate (tracks 2, 5) ; Female vocals: Bintan Kouyate (tracks 1-7, 9), Jetenne Diabate (track 8), Fanta Diabate and women from Kela (track 10) ; Mamadu Diabate (1, 3, 6, 7), Komanwulen Diabate (1, 3, 6, 7), Lanfia Diabate (2, 4, 5, 8), Kasemadi Kamisoko (2, 4, 5), ngoni ; Issa Diawara (8, 9), djembe ; Faama Diabate (8, 9), tjumba ; Chaka Kamisoko (8), acoustic guitar ; Fodekaba Diabate (9), electric guitar ; women from Kela (10), karinyan, hand clapping. Field recordings made by Jan Jansen, Feb. 1992, at Kela, Mali (8, 9) and March 1993 at Kangaba, Mali (2-7) and at Kela, Mali (1, 3, 10).
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