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Lala dance songs

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Lala dance songs
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In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded several dance songs of Lala-speaking people at Mufulira and Broken Hill, mines in Zambia, then known as Northern Rhodesia. The performers had come from Zambia’s Serenje District (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

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101
Nafika mwa Tilika mucipango (I arrived at the Tilika dance floor) Group of Lala men and women dancers 2:35
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102
Ipulula (The infectiousness of bad manners) Group of Lala men and one woman 3:09
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103
Ikolongo (The vulture) Willie Munyanta with three Lala drummers 3:13
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104
Nindo wasai, danindo wasai (What is this sai?) Group of three Lala drummers 3:13

Album Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR014B

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

Zambia

Culture Group(s)

Lala

Instrument(s)

Akanono; Cimbulunge; Drum; Ensemble leader; Fwanda fwanda; Rattle

Language(s)

Lala

Credit(s)

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