Documentation of Traditional Pygmy Music

To support the documentation of traditional music of indigenous Pygmy tribes in the Equateur, Bandunu, and Orientale provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Noted for its sophisticated polyphonies and transmitted orally from one generation to the next, traditional Pygmy music is fading into oblivion as communities disperse or are assimilated into mainstream cultures.

The project includes the audio recording of Pygmy music for preservation and use at the Museum of the University of Kinshasa.