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Valley Tonga : N. Rhodesia
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- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- Bantu (Other)
- Publication
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- Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa : International Library of African Music
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- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, monophonic ; 12 in
- OCLC
- ocm12376648
- Credits
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- Sung and played by native musicians
- Edited by Hugh Tracey.
- Card index in English and French in quadriplicate accompanying each record gives details of performance.
- Detailed description published in African music, journal of the African Music Society, v. 1 (1975), p. 65-70.
- Contains drinking songs with percussion accompaniment, and drum and horn ensembles.
- Recorded in Gwembe District, Zambia, 1957.
- Seven drinking songs with drums by Tonga men: Anatami = Mid-season (1:42) ; Kwabula undiyanda = Nobody loves me (1:57) ; Mamiye mami (2:59) ; Walianzi sunu Gengere = What did you eat Gengere? (2:30) ; Mayanze (3:16) ; Kuma = Beat (3:22) ; Bamwioka mwana anku angu = You have taken my chicken and roasted it (2:10) -- Three drinking songs with drum by Tonga men: Nguruwe = The pig (5:22) ; Kugiga (1:14) ; Chiyuninzi chikete mukamba = The chiyuninzi owl is sitting on top of the Mukamba tree (1:54) -- Walking song with muterere flute: Ndwimo lwa mutetere (1:31) ; Riddles by 4 Tonga men: Ulawika (5:00) -- Drum rhythms for "Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe" dance (2:17) -- Horn ensemble with 17 Nyele (1:40)