Songs with various accompaniment from the Luvale-speaking people
Various Artists



Chokwe people, Angola. Carved wooden drums.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
Chokwe people, Angola. Chisanzhi cha muchapata lamellophone at the Museu do Dundo. Origin and period unknown.
Courtesy of Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, Museu do Dundo and ILAM.
Hugh Tracey recorded the songs of several Luvale groups at mining compounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zambia in 1957. (Tracey 1973)
Track Listing
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Mwayishe mbungeya mwema | Mushipi Mukuma | 1:30 | |
102
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Aminoiye | Mushipi Mukuma | 1:15 | |
103
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Zawula mutemba | Group of fourteen Lwena men and women | 2:53 | |
104
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Samukonga lunga lyambala lya Meli (Samukonga is the husband of Mary) | Group of seven Luvale women and twelve men | 2:57 | |
105
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Twaliwananga na Joni Meka (We met with Joni Meka) | Group of seven Luvale women and twelve men | 3:16 | |
106
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E Mama pilumuna mbundayobe (Turn round, Mama, or face me so that we can dance together) | Group of six Luvale men | 3:16 |