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Nsanguke pungwa Maiswetu Nsanguke

- Mwali, Shewess, Group of Bemba men, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Mwali, Shewess , Group of Bemba men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-07
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mulfulira f-za
Language: Bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237799 , vital:50554 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT472-L93 , Research no. L2N1
Description: Emotional song with clapping accompaniment.
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Date Issued: 1957-07-07

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Tulenwo bwalwa we mwana tule

- Mwali, Shewess, Group of Bemba men, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Mwali, Shewess , Group of Bemba men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-07
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mulfulira f-za
Language: Bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237817 , vital:50557 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT472-L93 , Research no. L2N2
Description: Song on marital trouble.
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Date Issued: 1957-07-07

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Ndete Chakutila

- Justine Mwamba, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Justine Mwamba , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kasamba f-za
Language: Lozi , Bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183753 , vital:44065 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-11
Description: The meaning of the chant is that the singer wants a large pot of beer, not a small one. Simple song, not unlike the proceeding children's verses in style. Drinking song, with 1 conical drum
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Tamulela bantu baKuno

- Justine Mwamba, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Justine Mwamba , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kasamba f-za
Language: Lozi , Bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183762 , vital:44066 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-12
Description: "You people of this country do not come and share our mourning." Simple song, not unlike the preceeding childrens verses in style. This song is sung in the unmistakeable style of the Bemba people, in organum of thirds, which appear to be slightly sharp of tempered thirds. Drinking song, with 1 conical drum
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Abasungu balisa-we tata

- Philemon Kalela, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Philemon Kalela , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1952
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
Language: Lozi , Bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183808 , vital:44071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-17
Description: "The White people have come, father, they are flying in the sky. They have made the smelter. They have made the shaft. They brought money. They have come here for good, they will never turn back from our country. They have settled in our (Lamba) country, these settlers of the Copper Belt." This refers to great industrial intrusion into this part of Africa where large deposits of copper are now being mined in what used to be a remote and densely wooded part of the country. Topical song
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Date Issued: 1952

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Owachitawala

- Philemon Kalela, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Philemon Kalela , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1952
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
Language: Lozi , Bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183798 , vital:44070 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-16
Description: A song making fun of the Watchtower sect which holds its meetings every Monday and Wednesday in different private houses. The singers were alleged to be Catholics but that did not stop their singing the songs of the rival church. The word Chitawala is made up of the syllables of the English word heard by African Wachi-ta-wa-la. The local Bemba being unable to say an'R', preferring the 'L'. Topical song
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1952

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