Ngej'kaku mumeneka weya mama
- Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Katanga f-cg
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/242655 , vital:51065 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT510-L132 , Research no. L2Z14
- Description: Chiyanda dance song accompanied by 2 conical drums, pegged, open, hand beaten and 2 pieces of wood struck together.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-24
Ngej kaku mumeneka, weya ya mama (Greetings to the stranger)
- Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Sandoa f-cg
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137025 , vital:37480 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-01
- Description: The 2 drums set up a quick ripplig rhythm which is quickly followed by the typically antiphonal, call and reply singing of the leader and his group, with their constant repetition of the word "Mama". At the end of the recording the sound of the stick, and each drum is brought up and each part can be clearly heard. Chiyanda dance song with 2 conical drums, pegged, open, hand beaten and 2 pieces of wood struck together.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957