Songs with various accompaniment from the Luvale-speaking people

Various Artists

Photograph by Hugh Tracey. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.

Origin and period unknown. Courtesy of Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, Museu do Dundo and ILAM.

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

101	Mwayishe mbungeya mwema Mushipi Mukuma	01:30
102	Aminoiye Mushipi Mukuma	01:15
103	Zawula mutemba Group of fourteen Lwena men and women	02:53
104	Samukonga lunga lyambala lya Meli (Samukonga is the husband of Mary) Group of seven Luvale women and twelve men	02:57
105	Twaliwananga na Joni Meka (We met with Joni Meka) Group of seven Luvale women and twelve men	03:16
106	E Mama pilumuna mbundayobe (Turn round, Mama, or face me so that we can dance together) Group of six Luvale men	03:16