Lala songs from the Serenje district

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

101	Muyomba walila bukeni, mwebalasa inama! (The hornbill is calling, wake up you hunters) Chibuye Matolopa	02:28
102	Ba Mari' tukasambe (Mary let us go to wash ourselves) Adamsoni Kabamba	02:26
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	02:34
104	Fyalila banuta Kapyanga! (How Kapyanga's wife wept!) James Mtemberwa	02:50