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    Healing Rhythms From the Congo

    Healing Rhythms From the Congo

    Presented by TrueWind Music

    March 4, 2005

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    The music of Samba Ngo exudes a healing power that must be experienced to be understood. These are not just words. Ask anyone who experienced Samba's June 12 performance at the Espresso Garden. Samba speaks of becoming the sound. "When I am playing, I am not thinking anymore. I am only sound. When you become only sound, that is the cure." Rooted in traditional Congolese sounds, Ngo is a master of sebene - the characteristic element of Congolese music that enchants and entrances listeners with driving layers of guitar, and call-and-response choruses. Ngo, the son of an herbal doctor, was born in the tiny village of Dibulu, in the center of what is now called the Democratic Republic of Congo. His father, the village's only nganga (doctor), treated the sick (and often insane) with herbs and music in his healing rituals. Ngo learned the natural healing power of music by watching his father, and soon began playing the likembe (also known as a kalimba or thumb piano) and guitar.


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