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Mama Sana
12+ albums
madagascarfolkvalihamadagaskar
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Mama Sana (1900-1997) was a Tandroy singer and performer of traditional airs on the valiha tube zither, the national instrument of Madagascar. She was a charismatic performer and dressed in traditional clothing with coins braided into her hair. Sana gained national and international acclaim over the course of her career, distinguished by her innovative reinvention of the valiha performance technique and her fusion of traditional Tandroy and Sakalava musical styles. Mama Sana recorded several solo albums before her death in 1997. Her music was sampled by French electro-pop new age band Deep Forest for their third album, Comparsa. After her death, Sana's house was converted to a museum and a cultural association was founded in her honor to promote traditional music of the Sakalava and Tandroy people. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999
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A World Out Of Time
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A World Out of Time: Henry Kaiser & David Lindley in Madagascar
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Music From Madagascar
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Madagascar, Musique Des Sakalava Menabe - Hommage À Mama Sana.
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A World Out Of Time - Madagascar
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The Legendary Mama Sana: Music From Madagascar
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A World Out Of Time - Henry Kaiser & David Lindley In Madagascar
Madgaskar 3 - Valiha, sounding bamboo
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Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin’ 199999
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Madagaskar 3 Valiha (klingender Bambus)
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Madagascar. musique des sakalava menabe. hommage à mama sana. madagascar. music of the sakalava menabe. a tribute to mama sana.