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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.

101	Mwana angu Ngale	Waziya Bilaimo and Nyundo Katona	1:30
102	Ngwasi	Group of three Yao women	1:01
103	Wa ciyawo mkujaliani	Group of men and women of Pemba Village	2:48
104	Sikiri	Kadyakolo and group of Yao men	2:41
105	Kalilole	Lilesi Sadiki with group of Yao girls	1:26
106	Mguluwe	Irene Mukunga with group of Yao girls	1:08