La Discothèque de Sarah Maldoror (tracklisting)

decomposed, an-arranged, and reproduced by Ntone Edjabe

^{Sarah Maldoror and film crew on the set of The Battle of Algiers, 1966 (photographer unknown)}

01. Art Ensemble of Chicago – Monangambée (1968)

02. Fontella Bass & Art Ensemble of Chicago – “Theme de Yo Yo” (1970)

03. Marion Brown – “Ye Ye” (1969)

04. Colette Magny – “Monangamba” (Live at Festival d’Avignon, 1969)

05. Rui Mingas – “Monangambé”(1974)

06. Abdullah Ibrahim – “Tula Dubula” (1982)

07. M. NourbeSe Philip – reading from Zong! (2015)

08. Belita Palma y Ngola Ritmos – “Caminho do mato” (1972)

09. Ana Wilson et Les Ombres – excerpt from Sambizanga (1972)

10. Miriam Makeba – “Ifriqiya” (Live at the Pan African Festival of Algiers 1969)

11. Miriam Makeba – “Baya Jabula” (1988)

12. Miriam Makeba – “Umquokozo” (1967)

13. Archie Shepp – excerpt from Live at the Pan African Festival, 1969 (1969)

14. Archie Shepp – excerpt from Scala Milan A.C. (2003)

15. Mafia K’1 Fry – “Pour ceux” (2003)

16. Rene Vaultier – Le Glas (1969)

17. Archie Shepp – Poem for Malcolm (1969)

18. Yebga Likoba – excerpt from Un dessert pour Constance (1980)

19. Toto Bissainthe – “Chanté” (1983)

20. Jose Carlos Schwarz – “Apili” (1978)

21. Dialogue – excerpt from Un dessert pour Constance (1980)

22. Johnny Dyani Quartet – “Dedicated to Mingus” (1982)

23. Cheikh Tidiane Fall, Malachi Favors, Sunny Murray – “I am a Soldier I – African-American Spiritual” (1979)

24. Erick Cosaque et Les Voltages 8 – “Roger a di wha wha” (1973)

25. The Group NSI – “Oui Ce Yes (Roger A Ti Wawa)” (1981)

26. Dialogue – excerpt from Aimé Césaire – un homme une terre (1976)

27. Gerard Lockel – “Chant Lendependance” (1976)

28. Bèlènou – “Endépandans” (1983)

29. Ti Emile – excerpt from Zatrap (1980)

30. Kouyaté Sory Kandia – “Malisadio” (1970)

31. Dialogue – excerpt from Mo’ Better Blues (1990)

32. Sekou Diabate – “Interview at FESTAC ’77” (1977)

33. Léon-Gontran Damas – “Ils Sont Venus Ce Soir” (1988)

34. Geoffrey Oryema – “Makambo” (1990)

35. Franco et le TPOK Jazz – “Likambo Ya Ngana” (1972)

36. Faustin Linyekula & Jose Pereelanga – excerpt from Tribute to Franco, PASS in Amsterdam (2016)

[37. Papa Wemba & Molokai – “Awa Y’Okeyi” (1995)

38. Viva La Musica & Papa Wemba – “Kaokokokorobo” (1995)

39. Franco & L’Orchestre T.P. OK Jazz – “Alimatou” (1976)

40. Leon Gontran Damas – excerpt from Black-Label (1972)

41. Paul Robeson – “There’s A Man Going ‘Round Taking Names”

42. Dialogue – except from Le festival panafricain d’Alger 1969 (1971)

43. Rahsaan Roland Kirk – “Blacknuss” (1972)

44. Mozambique / Frelimo – “Danse Du Bombardement Aérien”

45. Dialogue – Malema testifies in the Afriforum hate speech case (2022)

46. Amandla Cultural Ensemble – Embers of Soweto (1982)

Chimurenganyana: La Discotheque de Sarah Maldoror by Ntone Edjabe (2023) takes the form of a mixtape on the soundworld of the acclaimed Guadeloupean filmmaker Sarah Maldoror (1929-2020).

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