Zambia : the songs of mukanda : music of the secret society of the Luvale people of Central Africa.

Format:

Sound recording

Series:

Music of the earth.

Music of the earth

Language:

English

Japanese

Niger-Kordofanian (Other)

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Zambia.

Folk music.

Luvale (African people)--Music.

Luvale (African people).

Luvale (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.

Zambia.

Genre:

Music.

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (62 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Songs of mukanda

Music of the secret society of the Luvale people of Central Africa

Place of Publication:

Barre, VT : Multicultural Media, [1997]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Ndumbamwelela (3:01)

Lilombola songs (9:13)

Sunrise songs (1:52)

Sunset songs (3:20)

Meal ritual (2:57; 4:22)

Water-bearing songs (2:44)

Greting and bidding farewell to guests (1:18)

Kukuwa songs (20:55)

Jingunda (2:14)

The eve of the purification ceremony (4:35)

Purification ceremony (1:21)

Final ceremony (3:05).

Participant:

Various performers.

Credits:

Producer : Stephen McArthur ; co-producers : Andrew Sloan & Chris Mills.

Notes:

Instrumental and vocal music.

"This recording is drawn from the 80-volume CD collection, Music of the earth: Fieldworkers' sound collections, originally released in 1992 in Japan under the supervision of Tomoaki Fujii by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) and Smithsonian/Folkways Records (USA)"--Notes, p. 15.

Field recordings by Ken'ichi Tsukada, 1982-1984.

Compact disc.

Tracks 3-8, 12-13, and part of track 11 are monaural.

Original notes by Ken'ichi Tsukada, in English translation from the Japanese (17] p. : ill., map) inserted in container.

OCLC:

36999833

Publisher Number:

0092930082

600929300825

MCM 3008 Multicultural Media

MCM 3008 Multi Cultural Media