{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60b899c651d59e0019929d7d/60d9f5eca2b597001863e64a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sounds of Mpingo- Musical Journeys from the Swahili Coast ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60b899c651d59e0019929d7d/1624896993746-3272c056346b13739a970abbaaa585bc.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In Episode 3 of Afro Historyscapes podcast we trace how wood from the Mpingo tree, which grows on the Swahili coast is used to make woodwind instruments in Europe. </p><p><br></p><p>We trace the ways that the sounds made by Mpingo wood have spiritual connections in Europe and among Congolese Kimbaguiste orchestras. </p><p><br></p><p>Read the audio transcript: https://cms.thehorniman.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Afro-Historyscapes-Podcast-Episode-Three-Script.docx</p><p><br></p><p>Objects we discuss:</p><p><br></p><p>2004.1080.1</p><p> <a href=\" https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2004.1080.1/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/2004.1080.1/</a></p><p><br></p><p>ARC/MCG/MS/1355-1371/1366</p><p><a href=\"https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/ARC/MCG/MS/1355-1371/1366/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.horniman.ac.uk/object/ARC/MCG/MS/1355-1371/1366/</a></p><p> </p><p>FAKI - Soldiers of God - David Garbin and Enrico Masi - 2013</p><p><a href=\"https://vimeo.com/148214871\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://vimeo.com/148214871</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Horniman Museum and Gardens"}