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Akwa musadi moyo wenu he he he

- Large group of Chokwe men and women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Akwa musadi moyo wenu he he he (Welcome to our village, stranger

- Large group of Chokwe men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Sandoa f-cg
  • Language: Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137038 , vital:37481 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-02
  • Description: The drums set the basic rhythm and the song is led by a woman who occassionally breaks off her song to call to her chorus who reply a set phrase and then continue with the song. It is intereting to note that the sticks, which are tapped together, produce the same basic rhythm as that produced on sticks or bottles from Southern Congo right across the continent to the east coast. It can be counted as follows:- ONE, TWO, THREE, one-two: (rest) ONE, TWO, One-two (rest). The Luvale come from the high ground near the source of the Zambeze.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Siyemboka

- Balisa Ita Milopa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Balisa Ita Milopa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mongu f-za
  • Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184078 , vital:44167 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-05
  • Description: This is a dance peformed at feasts of rejoicing such as the majority of a man on taking over from his dead father, or at the maturity of a girl. The recording was made at the Museum at Livingstone where the performers were engaged as full time musicians to play for the museum visitors. (See also TR67-10). The 'slit drum' was cracked and did not emit the usual clear tone of these gongs. The order of appearance od each instrument is as follows:- The tall conical drum starts: then at 10 seconds the slit drum or gong; at 23 seconds the xylophone; at 37 seconds the friction drum. At the end of the recording at 2m. 37 seconds, the friction drum plays alone. Siyemboka dance with Kajakiri conical drum, Singubu rectangular skit drum, Namalwa friction drum and Silimba xylophone
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Washala na Kushinginyeka

- Mulazhi Ronger, Chokwe women, Mulazhi, Ronger, Tracey, Hugh

Washala na kushinginyeka

- Two Chokwe women, performer not specified, Mulazhi Ronger, Tracey, Hugh

Washala na Kushinginyeka

- Mulazhi Ronger, Chokwe women, Mulazhi, Ronger, Tracey, Hugh

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