Live music in Upper Volta

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{"value"=>"circa 1950s-1960s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1969", "certainty"=>"approximate"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Recorded live music, likely in Upper Volta. Music is in an unidentified African language. Skinner was likely the person recording. The tracklist is based on original documentation and item titles in quotation marks are transcribed.</p> <p>v01f01: Part 1 of 2.</p> <ol class=\"list\"> <li>\"Praise of [Naaba Sagha].\" [Naaba Sagha] may refer to [Mogho Naaba Sagha II], who reigned as the traditional ruler of the Mossi people in Upper Volta from 1942 to 1957. [Mogho Naaba] is the title given to the ruler of the Mossi people.</li> <li>\"Songs of [Naaba Sagha].\"</li> <li>\"Mossi singing\" and \"migrant [speaking] on [the] way to Po [?].\"</li></ol> <p>v01f02: Recording of live music continues. Part 2 of 2.</p> <ol class=\"list\"> <li>Muslim singing.</li> <li>Prayer of Muslim Imam.</li></ol>"}
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1950
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1950
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1969
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1950
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1969
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1 audio_recording : sound recording (quarter-inch open-reel audio)

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