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Diya Kilango | Folk - Central African

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ILAM

Work song (Carrying Sedan Chair), with harp, likembe, bekks and basket rattle. Zegive and Mvu people. Watsa district, North East Congo.

This tribe, like many of the non-Bantu tribes in this North East part of the Congo are very simple people indeed. The country has still few roads (1952) and the carrying of officials and others whose work takes them into remote parts is still common.

The chair or mashila which they carry is called locally Tipoyi.

 1952-07-31 Basket rattle | bells | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Folk - Central African | Harp | ILAM | Likembe | Mvu | Mvu | North East Congo Republic of the Congo | Watsa district | Zegive
Kugama I | Folk - Central African

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ILAM

Topical song with 5 stringed horizontal harp "domo" likembe, lisanzo and "sese" rattle. Leader - Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. Chief Maki, Faradje territory, North East Congo.

"I will never stave for my brother will feed me."

The song was sung in Ndongo with a mixture of Lingala (the local lingua franca).

 

 1952-07-31 Chief Maki | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Faradje territory | Folk - Central African | ILAM | Likembe | Lisanzo | Ndongo | Ndongo | North Eastern Congo | Republic of the Congo | Sese basket rattle | Zegbe
Chyoko | Central African

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ILAM

This song is usually sung after a funeral, with harp, likembe and basket rattle. Leader - Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. Chief Maki, Faradje territory, North East Congo.

The singers lament the death of a friend and in so doing demonstrate the fact that Africans celebrate their funerals with dances and apparently gay singing.

 1952-07-31 Basket rattle | Chief Maki | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Faradje territory | Folk - Central African | Harp | ILAM | Likembe | Ndongo | Ndongo | North Eastern Congo | Republic of the Congo | Zegbe
Makadima |

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ILAM

Further details refer ILAM record no. AC1332.

 1960-08-00 Central African | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ILAM | Instrumental | Likembe | Luba | Mbira | Southern Congo
Untitled |

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM CD number: BC76.

 1900-01-00 Belgian Congo | Congo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Drum | ILAM | Indigenous music | Likembe | West African
Lwakuba abataka |

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ILAM

Likembe. Further details refer ILAM field card number XYZ5412

 1950-00-00 Central African | East African | ILAM | Likembe | Rament | Soga | Uganda
Nkapwe; Ta bumaka lingonya | Central African

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ILAM

Humorous songs

Ganza Ezeni (Composer)

 1949-07-08 Belgian Congo | Bua | Central African Music | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Elizabethville | Ganza Ezeni | ILAM | Likembe | Mbira
Lusunga bakali |

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ILAM

Topical Song
Further details refer ILAM field card (D5O2)

Abugu Kisukwe (Composer/Performer)

 1950-08-23 Bamba | Bundibugyo | Central African | ILAM | Kisukwe,Abugu | Likembe | Mbira | Nyoro | Toro | Toro | Uganda
Mauwa | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number CR1858
Translated in English "Flowers"

Abugu Kisukwe (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1952-00-00 Bamba | Bundibugyo | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kisukwe,Abugu | Likembe | Love song | Mbira | Nyoro | Toro | Uganda
Lusungu bakali | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number CR1858

Abugu Kisukwe (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1952-00-00 Bamba | Bundibugyo | East African | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kisukwe,Abugu | Likembe | Mbira | Nyoro | Topical song | Toro | Uganda
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