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Maitumbe (Rapture)

Edmond Cileshe and his wife
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Maitumbe (Rapture)
Blind mumamba mbira player Edmond Cileshe accompanies this greeting song (ndelema). His wife sits beside him, tapping the back of his mbira with a stick and singing. They are from the Kasama District, Zambia, and were recorded at the Nkana mine in Kitwe.