STRIKING IRON: SOUNDING FORMS: BELLS
Bell (ekpande)
Kabre peoples, Togo
Blacksmith: Kossi Kao
Striker: Essozimna Ide
Bellows operator: Pouwero Yao
Double Bell (gangokui)
Ewe peoples, Togo
Blacksmith: Galbert Atakpa
Bellows operator: Hodenou Noglo
Double Bell (nengbongbo)
Mangbetu peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Excerpts from Orchestre Mangbetu and Mangbetu, both 1954, filmed by Gérard De Boe, Zaire, © and courtesy of Gérard De Boe Estate, Belgium