Recording of Hauka ritual music. Recorded with a single microphone in the outskirts of Niamey.
"The Hauka movement started nearly a century ago and has persisted on the fringes of Nigerien society. Documented in the 1955 Jean Rouch film Les maîtres fous, the Hauka are a pantheon on spirits mirrored on colonial and military figures. Central to the religion is the “Holley Hori” possession ceremony, a ritual driven by militaristic percussive music, wherein spirits come into the body in powerful and violent manifestations."
| A1 | Gomno Ankreyze |
| A2 | Captain Salma |
| A3 | Sadji Blau |
| A4 | Gomno |
| B1 | Medina |
| B2 | Sergent Kadri |
| B3 | Arne |
| B4 | Fadimata |
| B5 | Kaffrand Gardi |
| B6 | Adiza |
| B7 | Captain Marseille |
