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Songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms and Nyele horns of the Valley Tonga people of Zambia

Various Artists
Songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms and Nyele horns of the Valley Tonga people of Zambia
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In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms, and antelope horns (nyele) from the Valley Tonga people in Gwembe District, Zambezi Valley, Zambia, then called Northern Rhodesia.

Track Listing

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101
Anatami (Mid-season) Siamungomo leading group of Tonga men 2:50
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102
Mayanze Group of Tonga men 3:09
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103
Kuma (Beat) Group of Tonga men 3:14
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104
Bamwioka mwana anku angu (You have taken my chicken and roasted it) Samson Mwetwa 2:06
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105
Nguruwe (The pig) Group of Tonga men 5:11
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106
Ndwimo lwa mutetere (Flute tune) Mwami Sinefwala Mukuli 1:26
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107
Drum rhythms for Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe dance Group of seven Tonga drummers 2:16
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108
Nyele/Horns Group of seventeen Tonga men 1:29

Album Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR043

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

Zambia

Culture Group(s)

Valley Tonga

Instrument(s)

Clapping, hand; Drum; Ensemble leader; Gayanda ; Mutetere; Nyele; Nyele horn ensemble; Sticks, struck; Vocals; Vocals, group

Language(s)

Tonga (Zambezi)

Credit(s)

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