The Nha Mininu CD – Traditional Children’s Songs of Guinea-Bissau – is part of the Cultura i nô balur Project – An Education Strategy for Culture, promoted by FEC and partners and was funded by the European Union, Misereor and Camões – Instituto de Cooperação and Language, I.P.
For six weeks we travelled across all regions of Guinea-Bissau, making 114 recording sessions and collecting 500 songs from 15 ethnic groups in 17 different languages.
We used these recordings as the raw material and in Lisbon we added the contribution of Guinean musicians living in Portugal, such as Braima Galissa, Bubacar Djabate and Gueladjo Sané, as well as other instruments and sound objects played by us.
We hope that this work will contribute to the dissemination and dignification of Guinea-Bissau’s musical culture in all its variety and richness.
We invite you to freely listen and download the CD, sharing it as you wish.

TEAM

MUSICAL DIRECTION AND ARRANGEMENTS
Fernando Mota e José Grossinho

PRODUCED, RECORDED AND MIXED BY
Fernando Mota e José Grossinho

PROJECT COORDINATION
Violeta Mandillo

PROJECT COORDINATION (FEC)
Sofia Alves e Telma Pais Santos

FIELD RECORDINGS (GUINEA-BISSAU)
José Grossinho e Lúcia Bayan

DRIVER (GUINEA-BISSAU)
Barra Siga

MUSICIANS
Braima Galissa, Bubacar Djabate, Fernando Mota, Gueladjo Sané e José Grossinho

MUSICAL AND CULTURAL CONSULTANT
Domingos Morais

ILLUSTRATION
Margarida Botelho e Mário Raínha Campos

DESIGN BY
Bairro Comunicação

TRANSLATION
Flaviano Mindela
Thanks
Field Recordings made from 5 May to 16 June 2017 in all regions of Guinea-Bissau. Additional recordings and mixes at Santana Studios, Lisbon, from August to October 2017.
Thanks: Ana Larcher, António-Pedro, Bacar Basse Djassi, Cambraima Alonso Cassamá, Ector Cassama e Netos do Bandim, Issa Indjai, Ivan Barbosa, João Cornélio, Jorge Lopes Queta, José da Cunha, José Manuel Fortes, Juca Delgado, Júlio Ribeiro Djata, Leão Djata, Margarida Botelho, Margarida Rebelo, Maria João Gaspar, Mariana Ferreira, Mário Alfaia, Mamudo Djaló, Miguel de Barros, Moz Carrapa, Odete Costa Semedo, Paula Silva, Paulo Có, Quintino, Sambala Kanoute, Sanassi Sissé, São Correia, Spencer Embalo e Umaru Camará.
Um agradecimento muito especial a todas as pessoas que participaram ou colaboraram na recolha musical na Guiné-Bissau que deu origem a este disco. Sem o seu contributo este projeto não existiria.