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Dance and topical songs from the Tonga of Malawi

Various Artists
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Photograph by Hugh Tracey, May 29, 1950. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey, May 29, 1950. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
Tonga people, northern Malawi. Bangwe zither belonging to Beti Kamanga. Chinteche District.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey, May 29, 1950. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
Tonga people, northern Malawi. Beti Kamanga playing his Bangwe raft zither with 7 strings.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey, May 29, 1950. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
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In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded these songs by Tongan people from the Chinteche District of Northern Nyasaland, now called Malawi. The recordings were made in mining compounds in what is now Malawi and Zambia (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

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101
Chani zangaria (I want to be married) Iron Khoma 1:32
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102
Anyangwila yanga pano-kwawo (My Anyangwila is going to her Mother) Group of four Tonga women 3:18
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103
Pikifoti Chilwa Pikifoti Chilwa and group of Tonga men 2:39

Album Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR037A

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

Malawi

Culture Group(s)

Tonga

Instrument(s)

Bangwe; Ensemble leader; Rattle, raft; Vocals; Vocals, group

Language(s)

Tonga (Nyasa)

Credit(s)

Hugh Tracey - Compiler, Liner Notes Editor, Liner Notes, Recorder