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Lala songs from the Serenje district

Various Artists
Lala songs from the Serenje district
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These recordings of Lala people of Zambia were documented during 1957, when the country was known as Northern Rhodesia. Though the performers originated in different parts of the Serenje District, they were living and working in several mining compounds, where Hugh Tracey recorded them (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

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101
Muyomba walila bukeni, mwebalasa inama! (The hornbill is calling, wake up you hunters) Chibuye Matolopa 2:28
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102
Ba Mari' tukasambe (Mary let us go to wash ourselves) Adamsoni Kabamba 2:26
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103
Abalala bafuma ili batemuna (The lover has come in the light of day) Group of five Lala men and chorus of six Lala women 2:34
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104
Fyalila banuta Kapyanga! (How Kapyanga's wife wept!) James Mtemberwa 2:50

Album Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR021

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

Zambia

Culture Group(s)

Lala

Instrument(s)

Bottle, struck; Drum, goblet; Mbira, kankowele; Mirliton; Vocals, group

Language(s)

Lala

Credit(s)

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