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It seems both dangerous and absurd to separate
an object from the thought of the person who created it.
— Marcel Griaule,
"Arts de l'Afrique noire", in S. M. Eno Belinga,
Littérature et musique populaire en Afrique noire
(Paris: éditions Cujas, 1965), p. 12, translation.
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« Music is much more than music. » It is not just a set of
humanly organized sounds; it becomes a device that produces meaning.
A musical instrument is more than a combination of materials assembled in a
given form. It embodies certain figures, symbolizes certain acts of life,
serves as an accessory in sacred rituals, and helps establish communication
between the human world and the Divine.
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