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Within the wide variety of genres covered by oral literature<\/strong>, songs hold a very important role in Africa. While they are often associated to ritual ceremonies (initiations, funerals, births\u2026), they actually refer to a much larger range of occasions. Among these, the secular \u201ccorporate\u201d songs <\/strong>produced along the pace of daily tasks (farming, cleaning, etc.) are still very present, while they have disappeared in most of today\u2019s Western societies.<\/p>\n

So this week we take back for a stroll on the banks of Lake Oguemoue<\/strong> with this short film of Akele women chanting fishing songs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Fish<\/strong> is an important food resource<\/strong> in Gabon; the country consumes over 50 000 tons a year!<\/p>\n

The lake area around Lambar\u00e9n\u00e9 is home to numerous different types of fish: giant threadfins (nts\u00e8n\u00f4<\/em>), goldfish (ntsivo<\/em>), catfish (bak\u00e8mb\u00f4<\/em>), breams (munkw\u00e8r\u00e8<\/em>), bullheads (bambasse ba n\u00e9n\u00e9<\/em>), tilapias, carps\u2026<\/p>\n

Men<\/strong> mostly use hand<\/strong> or cast nets<\/strong>, hooks<\/strong>, or spears<\/strong>, while women<\/strong> tend to work with fishing lines<\/strong>, traps<\/strong> or even poison<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Women are also the ones who gut the fish, as you\u2019ll hear in the three following songs\u2026<\/p>\n

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Linguist<\/span>: Jean-Marie Hombert
\nCamera and sound<\/span>: Luc-Henri Fage
\nTranslation<\/span>: Hugues Awanhet
\nEditing<\/span>: Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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