Herding, drinking, and topical songs from the Nyanja-speaking Chewa of Malawi

Various Artists

Chewa people, Malawi. Karigo, one-string fiddle played with a slither of bamboo.

Photograph by Hugh Tracey, 1950’s. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.

Chewa people, Malawi. Karigo, one-string fiddle played with a slither of bamboo.

Photograph by Hugh Tracey, 1950’s. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.

Track Listing

101	Kapeza atauma gaga	R. Mzandu	0:59
102	Tengulisha	R. Mzandu	1:16
103	Huwa lero	Group of seven small Chewa boys	0:50
104	Angelo	Group of seven small Chewa boys	0:50
105	Ntakhala ndi mlongo	E.J. Mbewe and I.K. Mwale	1:21
106	Nkamuona nkadamphweteka	E.J. Mbewe and I.K. Mwale	1:42
107	Wakuzi	J.W. Gwengwe and boys	2:38
108	O-dressi chivara madona	Alfred Phiri	2:41
109	Meri, Meri	Adija Nyamkhomo and Chewa women and children	2:21
110	Vinyatsi mjila	Mugizi Mware	1:43
111	Bilimankhwe!	Group of boys of Kawere School	2:19