Ceremonial, dance, and story songs from the Yao people of Malawi

Various Artists

Yao people, Malawi. Yao men playing two Khunto cylindrical drums. Beni dance at Pemba, Salima District, central Malawi.

Photograph by Hugh Tracey, June 1, 1958. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.

Yao people, Malawi. Yao men playing two Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted. Beni dance at Pemba, Salima District, central Malawi.

Photograph by Hugh Tracey, June 1, 1958. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.

Track Listing

101	Mwana angu Ngale (My child Ngale) Waziya Bilaimo and Nyundo Katona	01:30
102	Ngwasi (Fish eagle) Group of three Yao women	01:01
103	Wa ciyawo mkujaliani (The Yao despise me) Group of men and women of Pemba Village	02:48
104	Sikiri Kadyakolo and group of Yao men	02:41
105	Kalilole Lilesi Sadiki with group of Yao girls	01:26
106	Mguluwe Irene Mukunga with group of Yao girls	01:08