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01. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Wamato
02. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Deni Wana
03. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Reine Nyepou
04. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Ndaren
05. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Be Ni Son
06. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Djama
07. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Kania
08. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Zawi
09. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Alhamdoulilah
10. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Meilleurs Voeux
11. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Demembalou
12. LES AMAZONES DE GUINEE - Mères d'Afrique
ARTIST
TITLE
Wamato
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
STCD 1106CD STCD 1106CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/20/2015

2008 release. The first words heard on Wamato are "The Amazones are back with a vengeance!" You don't need to understand the language to hear the exultation in that female voice. The bravado and joy never let up until the sudden hush after the last notes of the last track. Formed in 1961, Les Amazones de Guinée is band composed of women in the Army of the Republic of Guinea. They don't play many marches anymore, though; they specialize in that singular mix of traditional West African music, jazz, Latin music, rock 'n' roll, and funk that Guinean bands like Bembeya Jazz National are famous for. Bembeya Jazz, however, never had a saxophonist like Commandant Djenabou Bah or a singer like Lt. M'mah Sylla. Wamato is the Amazones' second album, their first in 25 years, and it's a triumphant return.