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Authors: Edmond Cileshe , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Drinking songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
Language: bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135281 , vital:37254 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-04
Description: He sings he once wanted to settle on a new farm, but there were so many people who came to advise him, that in the end he was confused and did not do the right thing and his efforts to farm were a failure. Every morning a wagtial sat on the roof of his house and asked him when would he have a child? He considers this most unfortunate because not only had his farm failed, but a bird spoke to him in his own language. The singer became blind just when he began to walk as a child. Tuning of he instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Edmond Cileshe and 4 friends , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Drinking songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
Language: bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135315 , vital:37257 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-05
Description: A certain man was divorcing his wife because she was too talkative. "Before I go away, he sings, I will beat you because you are as stupid as your father." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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