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Tumbuka songs

Various Artists
Tumbuka songs In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded groups of Tumbuka people from Malawi (then called Nyasaland), who were living and working in mining compounds in what is now Zambia.(Tracey 1973)

Track Listing

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101
Kayuni (The widow-bird) Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of five Tumbuka men 02:53
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102
Cin'goma ca kubaruka (The broken drum) Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of five Tumbuka men 02:53
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103
Bemu iuvoni memba (Take the cover off the beer) Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of five Tumbuka men 05:00
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104
Kupura kupika na kuldya nakundewa (To thresh, to cook) Elmas Nachilwa and group of Tumbuka/Henga women 02:58
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105
Chitima wajumbo (The Chief's train) Elmas Nachilwa and group of Tumbuka women 02:54
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106
Cheyu chamunganda (Sweeping the house) Group of Tumbuka men 02:34
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107
Sekelele tawona tengwa ipya (Happiness in your marriage) Group of Tumbuka men 02:40