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Various songs and dances from the Lunda-speaking people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
Streaming audio Available online
View online- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Language:
- Lunda
- Subjects (All):
- Folk songs, Lunda--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Folk songs, Lunda.
- Folk songs, Lunda--Zambia.
- Zambia.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Genre:
- Folk songs.
- Field recordings.
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (26 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
- Summary:
- In 1957 Hugh Tracey, founder of the International Library of African Music, recorded these songs and dances of Lunda from various provinces in Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The recording was done in several mining compounds in both countries, where the Lunda went to find work, bringing their music and dance with them.
- Contents:
- Yave-yave
- Mutshwa kusaeuhamhish Musoka wa yakale
- Sabwabwa
- Kachancha
- Atufundi uyanganje
- Emu alunda kuwaha kwenu
- Ntende
- Ya ya, woye
- Kankola kame
- Tulele mam-we weyu chiku chimbundu.
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: ILAMTR048
- OCLC:
- 950026568
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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