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Chokwe songs and dances with various drums from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola

Various Artists
Chokwe people, Angola. Carved wooden drums.
Chokwe people, Angola. Carved wooden drums.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded these Chokwe speakers, who originated in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These dance songs, accompanied by goblet or conical drums, were recorded in mining compounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, where the Chokwe had gone to work (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

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Group of Chokwe men and women
03:01
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102
Group of Chokwe men and women
02:53
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103
Group of three Chokwe men
03:02
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104
Group of three Chokwe men
03:06
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105
Group of twelve Chokwe men and eight women
02:30
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106
Group of twelve Chokwe men and eight women
02:50