In Geneva, the formidable relational power of African music
Musicians Étienne Ngbozo (sanzi lamellophone) and Arone Singa (soko rattles). Central African Republic, Gbaya country, Ndongué, in 1977. Vincent Dehoux / Observatoire
The Geneva Museum of Ethnography explores the multiple connections created by African sounds and instruments. With the environment, ancestors, and others... A fascinating exhibition... worth listening to.
What energies does music spread? And what do these energies create, once released, between bodies, minds, eras, and communities? Multiple "sound events," explains the Geneva Museum of Ethnography (MEG), in a fascinating exhibition exploring the marvelous and elusive relational power of sound. A rare sensory journey whose scope is the immense one of African music, from its ancient practices to the present day.
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