The music performance was recorded in Inzi Shederia by a musician’s group who came from a neighbouring village called Ateto. The then district head Hussein Alfadir organized the trip to various Berta villages, Inzi Shederia, Gambella and Nifro Gebeya.
The bol negero performance presented here took place during my field research in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region. Each flute produces only one tone so that it is through the group playing that a melodic-rhythmic structure is created.
In the present film about 21 flautists play variously sized bol flutes in hocket style along with the kettledrum negero. more The bol negero flute drum ensemble presented in this video is one of the cultural identities of the Berta of southern Sudan and Western Ethiopia. The bol negero flute drum ensemble presented in this video is one of the cultural identities of. Many people (both male and female) were gathered to participate in the performance. I was able to record the dussul trumpet ensemble that was accompanied by a double-headed drum, group singing and dancing. They inhabit several villages located in close proximity and known as Nitill, Kurmutti and Kellara. more The film at first depicts the landscape of the Nuba Mountains, the settlement area of the Nymang people. The film at first depicts the landscape of the Nuba Mountains, the settlement area of the Nymang. (DÄSAV e.V.).Īddress: Robert-Roessle Str. I am active member of several international organizations, including the International Council for Traditional Music (ITCM), International Assosiation of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA), Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) and The Ethio-German students and academics e.V. My publications (books and articles) resulting from the past two decades of ethnomusicological studies have been very instrumental to introduce and promote the music cultures, among others, of the Nymang, Baganda, Basoga, Wasambaa, Giriama, Digo Harari, Tigray, Amhara, Oromo, Shinasha, Berta, Mao, Komo, Gumuz, Maale and the Ari residing in the Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia. My fieldwork in five East African countries in 2005, which enabled me to explore a number of music cultures among the communities inhabiting this region, took me to Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia and the Sudan.My scientific researches particularly focusses with the investigation of various music cultures in Ethiopia and the East African region in general. From 2004–2007 I conducted a comprehensive research in East Africa as a fellow of the German Research Association (DFG) and an affiliate of the Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) focussing on aerophones (wind instruments). I studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin from 1988-1999 and successively obtained my MA degree in 1994 and my Ph.D in 1999 in this field.