Topical and ceremonial songs including rain songs from the Valley Tonga people of Zambia
Various Artists
Tonga people, Zambia. Tonga man playing the Kalumbo bow at Gwembe district, Zambia.
Photograph by Hugh Tracey, 1957. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded topical and ceremonial songs, including rainmaking songs, from the Valley Tonga people of Gwembe District, Zambezi Valley, Zambia, then called Northern Rhodesia.
Track Listing
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101
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Nabutema fulida mvlito | Anrosi Kaniamba | 2:10 | |
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102
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Muzimu wandiyanda moyo | Jerevani Siakuteka | 3:00 | |
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103
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Karubgwerubgwe kone agwari | Group of Tonga women | 1:31 | |
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104
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Ngoma | Group of Tonga men and women | 4:01 | |
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105
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Tulila menda | Group of Tonga women | 2:44 | |
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106
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Wai mwanangu | Syadimana Nsaga | 1:33 | |
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107
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Muzolange nobakotata | Siambelele Nyama | 2:50 | |
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108
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Atuwendi kumanzi ntwende kumulonga tukateke menda | Timoti Sadimbi | 1:03 |
Album Info
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Lala dance songsVarious Artists
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Songs for entertainment from the Valley Tonga people of ZambiaVarious Artists
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