Bemba songs and hymns
Various Artists
Hugh Tracey recorded these Bemba songs in 1957 at mining compounds in Northern Rhodesia, now known as Zambia. Several of the songs are accompanied by the mumamba mbira, placed in a bell-shaped resonator with the open part facing the player. The musician’s wife rhythmically taps the resonator (Tracey 1973).
Track Listing
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101
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Tondwe kasobele ku bulaya (Honey-bird, go tell the people in Europe that I and my family are on our way back) | Edmond Cileshe and his wife | 2:58 | |
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102
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Maitumbe (Rapture) | Edmond Cileshe and his wife | 2:52 | |
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103
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Mailo nkaya (Tomorrow I'll be going) | Edmond Cileshe and four friends | 3:52 | |
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104
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Iteyanye (Be prepared) | Members of the Christian Mission to Many Lands | 2:05 | |
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105
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Munendo na munendo (Christian travellers) | Members of the Christian Mission to Many Lands | 3:11 | |
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106
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Shiwifulunganye ifunde (Thou shall not interfere with the law of the Sabbath) | Bancroft Seventh Day Adventist Choir | 2:38 |
Album Info
Folkways Suggests
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Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 1Various Artists
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Lala songsVarious Artists
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Songs for entertainment from the Valley Tonga people of ZambiaVarious Artists
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Music from Petuake of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 2Various Artists
