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

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Songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms and Nyele horns of the Valley Tonga people of Zambia 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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Anatami (Mid-season) Siamungomo leading group of Tonga men 02:50
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102
Mayanze Group of Tonga men 03:09
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103
Kuma (Beat) Group of Tonga men 03:14
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104
Bamwioka mwana anku angu (You have taken my chicken and roasted it) Samson Mwetwa 02:06
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Nguruwe (The pig) Group of Tonga men 05:11
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106
Ndwimo lwa mutetere (Flute tune) Mwami Sinefwala Mukuli 01:26
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Drum rhythms for Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe dance Group of seven Tonga drummers 02:16
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Nyele/Horns Group of seventeen Tonga men 01:29