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Songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms and Nyele horns of the Valley Tonga people of Zambia.

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Format:
Sound recording
Contributor:
Tracey, Hugh.
Alexander Street Press.
Series:
Smithsonian Global Sound.
Language:
Bantu (Other)
Subjects (All):
Tonga (Zambezi people)--Music.
Tonga (Zambezi people).
Folk songs--Zambia--Gwembe District.
Folk songs.
Drinking songs--Zambia--Gwembe District.
Drinking songs.
Zambia--Gwembe District.
Genre:
Folk songs.
Drinking songs.
Field recordings.
Music.
Sound recordings.
Folk music.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (22 minutes)
Place of Publication:
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
Language Note:
Sung in Tonga (Zambezi).
Contents:
Anatemi
Mayanze
Kuma
Bamwioka mwana anku angu
Nguruwe
Ndwimo lwa mutetere
Drum rhythms for Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe dance
Nyele/horns.
Notes:
Streaming audio files.
Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms, and antelope horns (nyele) from the Valley Tonga people in Gwembe District, Zambezi Valley, Zambia, then called Northern Rhodesia.
Other Format:
Original cat. no.: ILAMTR043
OCLC:
950026563
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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