{"id":108751,"date":"2022-06-17T15:08:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=108751"},"modified":"2022-06-17T20:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T18:54:37","slug":"shika-shika-a-guide-to-the-birdsongs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/shika-shika-a-guide-to-the-birdsongs\/","title":{"rendered":"A compilation of endangered West African birdsongs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Known as a South-American electronic music specialist, label Shika Shika now turns towards West Africa for the third volume of its series A Guide to the Birdsong<\/em>. PAM talked to El B\u00faho, label manager and compilation co-curator of our feathered friends.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

First in 2015, then in 2020, the Shika Shika label<\/a> released two compilations where artists such as Nicola Cruz, Dengue Dengue Dengue, The Garifuna Collective or Equiknoxx would take part in a peculiar sort of exercise. They had been tasked with creating a new track which would include the song of an endangered bird from their region. After Latin America, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, El B\u00faho and Barrio Lindo chose to focus on West Africa to launch the new project\u2019s crowdfunding. Having exceeded the goal set on Kickstarter’s platform, the project came to be on the 16th of June. It featured renowned musicians including Vieux Farka Tour\u00e9 and Sierra Leone\u2019s Refugee All Stars, along with electronic artists such as Mamans du Congo<\/a>, the Nigerian Sensei Lo, Senegaleses Wau Wau Collectif<\/a> and the Malian Luka Production. Each and everyone of them pay tribute to the delicate tweet, the whistling, and the song of the black crowned crane, the Yellow-casqued hornbill or the Timneh parrot amongst other rare endangered feathered creatures. This non-profit endeavour\u2019s goal is to raise awareness about the critical situation of these birds. All profits will go to conservation organisations that work tirelessly to save and preserve these species and their habitat. To dive a bit deeper we asked Robin Perkins, aka El B\u00faho, a few questions as the ornitho-musicologist of this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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