Songs with endongo bowl lyre and a humorous song with drums from the Ganda of Buganda district (Central Province), Uganda
Various Artists
Kampala, Uganda. Four Ganda players, the leader, Zakaria Kasasa, is on the right.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey, June, 1952. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
Ganda people, Uganda. Endongo lyre, 8 strings of twisted skin, wooden resonator covered in monitor lizard skin, with goat hair decoration.
Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
Track Listing
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101
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Abatuga abagalana | Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda' | 2:44 | |
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102
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Yalambula masaza | Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda' | 2:39 | |
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103
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Isanyu lya Buganda | Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda' | 2:52 | |
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104
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Zzaaya | Boys of St. Peter's School, Kampala, Uganda | 2:53 |
Album Info
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