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Dance songs with drums from the Valley Tonga people of Zambia

Various Artists
Lozi/Subiya people, Namibia. Silimba xylophone played by Mr. Mului, accompanied by Milupa drums.
Lozi/Subiya people, Namibia. Silimba xylophone played by Mr. Mului, accompanied by Milupa drums.
Photograph by Cecilia Geldenhuys, June 1981. Courtesy of the Windhoek Museum and ILAM.
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Hugh Tracey recorded these dance songs with drums in 1957 from the Valley Tonga people of Gwembe District in the Zambezi Valley of Zambia, then called Northern Rhodesia.

Track Listing

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101
Mobai Group of Tonga women 03:01
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102
Ngoma Group of Tonga men and women 03:13
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103
Muzemu Balizi ba Milopa 02:55
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104
Yalila ngololo kutwaga belega (You were praised by the man you worked for) Joseph Munyeme with group of Tonga men and women 03:52
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105
Ndaboola oko (I'm on my way there) H.G. Habanyama with group of Tonga men 03:22

Release Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR045

Year(s) Released

1957

Label(s)/Collection(s)

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Country(s)

Zambia

Genre(s)

World

Instrument(s)

Chamutanda, Drum, cylindrical, Drum, goblet, Ensemble leader, Gogogo, Kayanda, Kingaridi, Milupa , Milupa trio, Mujinji, Mulai, Muntundu, Namalwa, Ngoma, Ngoma drum ensemble, Nyele, Nyele horn ensemble, Pati, Pininga, Silimba, Sticks, struck, Vocals, group

Language(s)

Tonga (Zambezi)

Recording Era(s)

1950s

Credit(s)

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