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Malipenga dance music from the Tonga-speaking people of Malawi.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Language:
- Tongan
- Subjects (All):
- Tumbuka (African people)--Music.
- Tumbuka (African people).
- Folk dance music--Malawi.
- Folk dance music.
- Malawi.
- Genre:
- Folk dance music.
- Field recordings.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (8 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Tonga (Nyasa).
- Summary:
- The malipenga, dance music of the Tonga people of Nyasaland, now called Malawi, is said to have originated in imitations of military drills, substituting singing horns--kazoolike instruments--for military brass instruments. Hugh Tracey recorded this music in 1957. The people were from Malawi, but the recordings were made in mining compounds in Zambia and South Africa.
- Contents:
- Muganda we chitonga banda
- Akapunda
- Mungore.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Hugh Tracey recorded this music in 1957.
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: ILAMTR037B
- OCLC:
- 950026555
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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