{"id":30930,"date":"2010-02-01T13:15:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T12:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=30930"},"modified":"2011-06-23T18:35:33","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T16:35:33","slug":"the-akele-musical-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2010\/02\/the-akele-musical-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Akele musical bow, ngongo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Akele<\/strong> is the<strong> language<\/strong> of the <strong>Akele<\/strong> people from <strong>Gabon<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a <strong>Bantu language<\/strong>, spoken by a population scattered all over the country. The <strong>Akele<\/strong> are fishermen and farmers. They live along the Ogoou\u00e9 and Ngouni\u00e9 rivers, and in the lake region around Lambar\u00e9n\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During our filming sessions in Gabon, our crew was granted the opportunity to shoot the performance of an Akele musician playing on a musical bow (known as <em>ngongo<\/em>, in Akele). The <em>ngongo<\/em>, &#8220;musical bow&#8221;, is used by this population within an initiatory rite called &#8220;bwiti&#8221;, which our local contact here comments on and tells us about its origins and different sequences. We also learn about how the musical bow is made, and how it should be played&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h5><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>The Akele musical bow, <em>ngongo<\/em><strong> <\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"610\" height=\"370\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OQArtolqP4k?fs=1&amp;hl=fr_FR\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"610\" height=\"370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OQArtolqP4k?fs=1&amp;hl=fr_FR\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Linguist<\/span>: Jean-Marie Hombert<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Camera and sound<\/span>:  Luc-Henri Fage<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Translation<\/span>: Hugues Awanhet<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akele is the language of the Akele people from Gabon. 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