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

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

101	Ngej kaku mumeneka, weya ya mama (Greetings to the stranger)	Group of Chokwe men and women	03:01
102	Akwa musadi moyo wenu he he he (Welcome to the village, stranger)	Group of Chokwe men and women	02:53
103	Ayaya wo- mami - yami - e	Group of three Chokwe men	03:02
104	Yawiyanga, ya kulumbata nyama	Group of three Chokwe men	03:06
105	Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!	Group of twelve Chokwe men and eight women	02:30
106	Zhikita (The girdle)	Group of twelve Chokwe men and eight women	02:50