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Aminoiye

- Mushipi Mukuma, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mushipi Mukuma , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Luhakano f-ao
Language: Luvale/Chokwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137186 , vital:37496 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-09
Description: Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Africa. The mbira or Likembe accompaniment of the second is interesting for its cross rhythm. The scale of the instrument is hexatonic in the lower part of the scale but may well be heptatonic if one extra note in the upper octave is taken in to account. Scale of instrument as follows:- 672, 592, 544, 488, 416, 376, 336, 312, 268, 244. Self-delectative song with Muchapata Likembe Mbira box and mirliton
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Date Issued: 1957

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Mwayishe mbungeya mwema

- Mushipi Mukuma, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mushipi Mukuma , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Luhakano f-ao
Language: Luvale/Chokwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137170 , vital:37495 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-08
Description: Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Africa. The mbira or Likembe accompaniment of the second is interesting for its cross rhythm. The scale of the instrument is hexatonic in the lower part of the scale but may well be heptatonic if one extra note in the upper octave is taken in to account. Scale of instrument as follows:- 672, 592, 544, 488, 416, 376, 336, 312, 268, 244. Self-delectative song with Muchapata Likembe Mbira box and mirliton
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Date Issued: 1957

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Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!

- Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
Language: Luvale/Chokwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137099 , vital:37488 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-05
Description: During this song the women sing praises of their husbands. In order to produce a lower tone on the third drum, Iyashina, its membrane is liberally weighted with beeswax. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashina.
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Date Issued: 1957

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O Mama Lina, kuvimba mwaro (Mama Lina, let's sing)

- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
Language: Luvale/Chokwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137148 , vital:37492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-07
Description: The 3 drums enter one after the other with the voices following. As usual it is the deepest toned drum Iyashina which plays most of the syncopation. The dance tunes of the Luvale people are severely stylized and this item is typical of its class. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (Yasango, Mukundu and Iyashina).
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Date Issued: 1957

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Zawula mutemba

- Large group of 14 Lwena men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Large group of 14 Lwena men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Bulusako f-ao
Language: Luvale/Chokwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137221 , vital:37499 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-10
Description: The Chisanzhi was rested on a large oil drum. The tongues were wax-weighted. Only 3 were used of the five, and they provided a kind of rhythmic ground. This bamboo-tongued mbira cannot be said to be a musical but rather a rhythmic instrument. Wood-carrying song with 1 chisanzhi, bamboo-tongued, board, 2 struck sticks, bottle and small bell.
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Date Issued: 1957

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Zhikita (The girdle)

- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Vila Luzo f-ao
Language: Luvale/Chokwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137119 , vital:37489 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-06
Description: Zhikita, the girdle worn by women below their outer garments is a constant subject for song. To touch a zhikita would indicate intimacy with its owner. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums. (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashima) and sticks tapping on drum.
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Date Issued: 1957

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