Upper Uele: Mangbetu

• Artist: Various Artists
• Total Time: 70:24
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: World

Review

The Mangbetu of northeastern Zaire have a highly original and varied musical culture built on interaction with widely differing local groups. Though percussion is central, their horn bands, their thumb-piano and harp music and their singing are all choice. But what puts the cap on many of these tracks is a lively sense of the people behind the sounds: laughter, apparent badinage, life happening. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music, All Music Guide