Following are the field recordings made by Linda Mason on her "women-to-women" visit to Darfur in January 2005. Two student-penned songs were brought to Darfur on this trip, and these field recordings are the responses Linda received after playing the songs for the women from her laptop. As you will hear when you listen to the tracks below, the women of Darfur responded with call-and-response singing, trilling, clapping, and in other musical and non-musical ways.

Upon Linda's return, the Women's Network at Berklee decided to reach out to the entire college community with the goal of making a full-length compilation CD to raise needed funds and awareness. A songwriting contest was announced and Berklee students, faculty, staff and alumni used these clips to create and inspire their songs. Over 40 songs were written and 18 selected for the recently released compilation. 

Description Length Size Download Call-and-response singing. 0:54 9.0 mb Clip 02 Spoken response to Berklee music. 0:27 4.6 mb Clip 04 Trilling, clapping, talking. 0:15 2.8 mb Clip 05 Male translator talking. 0:21 3.6 mb Clip 06 Talking, clapping, trilling. 0:43 7.2 mb Clip 07 Call-and-response singing, clapping, with translation. 0:29 5.0 mb Clip 08 Children singing, followed by applause and call-and-response talking. 0:51 8.6 mb Clip 10 Singing, trilling, clapping; spoken English commentary. 1:21 13.7 mb Clip 11 Call-and-response singing and trilling with clapping; spoken English of the words "women," "sisters," and "America." 1:56 19.6 mb Clip 12 Morning prayers in the distance; a rooster crows. 1:42 17.2 mb Clip 16 Begins with people speaking; a woman sings, children sing; some laughter, some translation (some gaps/skips). 5:02 50.9 mb Clip 17 Track begins with loud trilling, followed by singing, laughing. 0:38 6.5 mb Clip 18 Children singing, laughter, talking (some gaps/skips). 2:44 27.6 mb Clip 19 Singing, clapping, laughing, trilling. Some talk about the recording device two-thirds in (some gaps/skips). 2:30 25.3 mb Clip 20 Children singing (some gaps/skips). 1:57 19.7 mb Clip 21 Children singing and talking, followed by village sounds, and some singing near the end (some gaps/skips). 5:39 57.1 mb Clip 22

The women of Darfur respond to Berklee's music. Photo by Susan Romanski

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