Mwayishe mbungeya mwema
- Authors: Mushipi Mukuma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Luhakano f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137170 , vital:37495 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-08
- Description: Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Africa. The mbira or Likembe accompaniment of the second is interesting for its cross rhythm. The scale of the instrument is hexatonic in the lower part of the scale but may well be heptatonic if one extra note in the upper octave is taken in to account. Scale of instrument as follows:- 672, 592, 544, 488, 416, 376, 336, 312, 268, 244. Self-delectative song with Muchapata Likembe Mbira box and mirliton
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Mushipi Mukuma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Luhakano f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137170 , vital:37495 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-08
- Description: Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Africa. The mbira or Likembe accompaniment of the second is interesting for its cross rhythm. The scale of the instrument is hexatonic in the lower part of the scale but may well be heptatonic if one extra note in the upper octave is taken in to account. Scale of instrument as follows:- 672, 592, 544, 488, 416, 376, 336, 312, 268, 244. Self-delectative song with Muchapata Likembe Mbira box and mirliton
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!
- Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137099 , vital:37488 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-05
- Description: During this song the women sing praises of their husbands. In order to produce a lower tone on the third drum, Iyashina, its membrane is liberally weighted with beeswax. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashina.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137099 , vital:37488 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-05
- Description: During this song the women sing praises of their husbands. In order to produce a lower tone on the third drum, Iyashina, its membrane is liberally weighted with beeswax. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashina.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
O Mama Lina, kuvimba mwaro (Mama Lina, let's sing)
- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137148 , vital:37492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-07
- Description: The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned drum Iyashina which plays most of the syncopation. The dance tunes of the Luvale people are severely stylized and this item is typical of its class. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (Yasango, Mukundu and Iyashina).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137148 , vital:37492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-07
- Description: The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned drum Iyashina which plays most of the syncopation. The dance tunes of the Luvale people are severely stylized and this item is typical of its class. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (Yasango, Mukundu and Iyashina).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Zhikita (The girdle)
- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137119 , vital:37489 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-06
- Description: Zhikita, the girdle worn by women below their outer garments is a constant subject for song. To touch a zhikita would indicate intimacy with its owner. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashima) and sticks tapping on drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137119 , vital:37489 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-06
- Description: Zhikita, the girdle worn by women below their outer garments is a constant subject for song. To touch a zhikita would indicate intimacy with its owner. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashima) and sticks tapping on drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
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