{"product_id":"book-wg59","title":"Africanesque Folktales","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis audiobook contains what \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eI\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e call my \"Africanesque Folktales\". They appear in my audio and print book \"Remembering Your Ancestral Fire\" and are all original compositions of mine. My teacher, Grand Master Drummer Mamady Keïta said about them, quote:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Taylor's folktales draw from his experiences with me and his times in Africa. They contain the stuff of folktales of old. They are a wonderful interpretation of African tradition.\" All of my stories are sourced from my decades of study with the djembe, my teachers, especially Mamady Keïta, and my numerous times traveling to Guinea, West Africa. The names are based on a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ectual\u003c\/strong\u003e people I've known or heard of; the places, on \u003cstrong\u003eactual\u003c\/strong\u003e places. The sounds you hear in the village were field recordings I did when I was there. I have and continue to create these Africanesque folktales, but there is a trilogy I created that represent \u003cstrong\u003eorigin\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eduality\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eplurality, \u003c\/strong\u003ewhich are presented in this short audiobook.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50360476827952,"sku":"BDwg59","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/wg59-cover.jpg?v=1765524947","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-wg59","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}