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What does the African term "umbo weti" mean?

Asked by Hammer-T (8points) December 3rd, 2006
I was looking at the Leon Thomas album "Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain" from 1970 and the last track is named "Umbo Weti." What does that mean
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it's mentioned in a description/biography type thing here: (towards the bottom)
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it's also mentioned on another site, here:
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both sites seem to be about Leon Thomas, but the second one describes it as the name that certain peoples in africa give to leon's distinctive style of closed mouth yodeling.. i think.
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when your ancestors are singing through you. you are simply a medium for their message.
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