Pygmies Of The Ituri Rainforest, Zimbabwe's lyrics & chords

The Pygmies of the Ituri rain forest in present-day Dem. Rep. of Congo (formerly Zaire) are an ancient, indigenous people who lived in relative isolation from the modernized world until very recently. In the 1950s, they were very much untouched by modernization, industrialization, and population growth. It was then that anthropologist, Colin M.Turnbull, was able to study their culture and music in their undisturbed, age-old form. He made field recordings of their music. Some of these are included in the album, Music of the Rain Forest Pymies (s...read more