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Chokwe songs and dances with various drums from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.
Streaming audio Available online
View online- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Language:
- Bantu (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Chokwe (African people)--Music.
- Chokwe (African people).
- Folk music--Angola.
- Folk music.
- Folk music--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Angola.
- Genre:
- Folk music.
- Field recordings.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (18 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Chokwe.
- Summary:
- In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded these Chokwe speakers, who originated in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These dance songs, accompanied by goblet or conical drums, were recorded in mining compounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, where the Chokwe had gone to work (Tracey 1973).
- Contents:
- Ngej kaku mumeneka, weya ya mama
- Akwa musadi moyo wenu he he he
- Ayaya wo- mami- yami- e
- Yawiyanga, ya kulumbata nyama
- Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!
- Zhikita.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Recorded in 1957 in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: ILAMTR036A
- OCLC:
- 950026552
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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