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Bondo

- Mamba Desire, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mamba Desire , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people)--Music , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Luba/Lulua
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136966 , vital:37473 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR035-06
Description: The song is sung on the occassion of the visit of an important man. "In other places they have greeted me with songs and rejoicing, here you must do the same or even better." The scale of the instrument as follows:- 472, 448, 356. 320, 264, 236, 224, 178, 160, 132. Greeting song for a Chief or notable, with 2 box chisanzhi, 1 chisanzhi-chinene, and 1 basket rattle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Butaka

- Kasadi Celestin (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kasadi Celestin (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133855 , vital:37025 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-07
Description: Talking drum messages with Chondo slit drum
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Calling the people and stating they have arrived

- Kasadi Celestin (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kasadi Celestin (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133850 , vital:37024 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-06
Description: Talking drum messages with Chondo slit drum
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Chabo wa bwile bokombo

- Kazari Inosa (Performer), Chibanga Kalulu (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kazari Inosa (Performer) , Chibanga Kalulu (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133896 , vital:37033 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-11
Description: Kabingo muke party dances with 2 Chisanzhi, board, gourd resonated and 2 goblet drums with mirlitons, pinned, weighted, closed and handbeaten; 1 basket rattle and bottle
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Chiwawa mbuyu

- Lukwenya Simon and Lulua men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lukwenya Simon and Lulua men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people)--Music , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Luba/Lulua
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137007 , vital:37478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR035-11
Description: Remarks of a woman sitting beside the singer are interpolated towards the end of the song. Topical song with 2 chisanzhi mbira, basket rattle and hand clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Jirigaya dya kabongo (This is my home)

- Group of Lulua men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of Lulua men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people)--Music , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Luba/Lulua
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136972 , vital:37474 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR035-07
Description: The buzzing tone quality of the weighted drums can be discerned. Song of greeting with 2 Madimba xylophones, 1 ligazi basket rattle, 2 goblet drums, closed, weighted, pinned and handbeaten.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Kalubambu tambo abibongo

- Composer not specified, Ilunga vensa dance for men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Composer not specified , Ilunga vensa dance for men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133841 , vital:37023 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-05
Description: Ilunga vensa dance for men and women with 2 Silimba xylophones, 1 slit drum, 3 goblet drums weighted, pinned, closed, with mirlitons, hand-beaten and 2 basket rattles
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Kwabwalala

- Mamba Desire, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mamba Desire , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people)--Music , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Luba/Lulua
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136993 , vital:37476 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR035-09
Description: The bambo slatted instrument made of a raft of palm fronds is called the female instrument- in spite of the fact that it is the bass instrument. The players only played the two lowest notes as if, he said "they were drums." This is one of the many Lulua funeral songs and is sung by those friends and relatives who go to condole with a bereaved parent. Mourning song with 2 box chisanzhi, 1 chisanzhi-chinene, 2 goblet drums, pinned, weighted, closed, with mirlitons and 1 basket rattle (ligazi).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Muchima ngoyi muchungu

- Kazari Inosa (Performer), Chibanga Kalulu (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kazari Inosa (Performer) , Chibanga Kalulu (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133885 , vital:37032 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-10
Description: Kabingo muke party dances with 2 Chisanzhi, board, gourd resonated and 2 goblet drums with mirlitons, pinned, weighted, closed and handbeaten; 1 basket rattle and bottle
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Mukwa mbumba

- Lukwenya Simon and Lulua men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lukwenya Simon and Lulua men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people)--Music , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Luba/Lulua
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137002 , vital:37477 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR035-10
Description: Remarks of a woman sitting beside the singer are interpolated towards the end of the song. Topical song with 2 chisanzhi mbira with ululations.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Senda kabo

- Chibanga Kalulu (Performer), Kazari Inosa (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Chibanga Kalulu (Performer) , Kazari Inosa (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133868 , vital:37026 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-08
Description: Lufwelu koma dance with 2 Chisanzhi, board, gourd resonated and 2 goblet drums with mirlitons, pinned, weighted, closed and handbeaten, and 1 basket rattle and bottle
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Viva ka Belge (Hurrah for the Beligians)

- Group of Lulua men and women with Marcel Mwiyaya, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of Lulua men and women with Marcel Mwiyaya , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people)--Music , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Luba/Lulua
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136984 , vital:37475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR035-08
Description: This song is used to say, when a soilder receives promotion and his comrades wish to congratulate him. Praise song with 2 chisanzhi-chinene mbira, 2 goblet drums, weighted, closed, with mirlitons, and 1 basket rattle (ligazi).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Waluwendo chombelo

- Kazari Inosa (Performer), Chibanga Kalulu (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kazari Inosa (Performer) , Chibanga Kalulu (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Kanyok (African people) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabinda f-cg
Language: Kanyok
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133877 , vital:37031 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR015-09
Description: Kabingo muke party dances with 2 Chisanzhi, board, gourd resonated and 2 goblet drums with mirlitons, pinned, weighted, closed and handbeaten; 1 basket rattle and bottle
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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