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Kashama wa ndiambo (Kashama the powerful man)

  • Authors: Group of 16 Bena Budia men , 16 Bena Budia men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ensemble playing , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135609 , vital:37280 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR025-02
  • Description: Kashama was an old "sultan", chief famous for his strength of puporse, and powers of ruling. Mushiba-(Mishiba-plural). Mbuwa- bass x 2. Kiteba- middle register x 3 to 6. Ntendo- treble x 2. Song of greeting with 2 goblet drums, weighted closed, hand beaten, with 16 sets of "Mishibu" panpipes.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mishiba

  • Authors: Group of 16 Bena Budia men , 16 Bena Budia men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ensemble playing , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135567 , vital:37276 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR025-01
  • Description: This group were Bena Budia, a group allied to the Bekalehwe, who belong to the linguistic group of Luba/Songe. The ensemble of end-blown flutes consisted of three pitches, treble, tenor and bass, the middle register having several players holding a raft of 2 to 6 pipes and the bass and treble having 2 each only. Pipe ensemble with 2 weighted goblet drums, closed, hand beaten, and 16 sets of panpipes.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mutshalenga bakulala kabalale batwe nka kubhalenga (We are the men who do nothing but dance)

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