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Title Audio Collection Description Composer Date All terms
Pa ifwa bwana; When the chief died |

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ILAM

Drinking song accompanied by two laced, bass drums
Refer ILAM field card C3R14

Makintoshi Harawa
Henga men at the Mufulira Mine

 1949-07-30 bass | drinking | Drum | Hara,Makintoshi | Henga | Henga | ILAM | laced | Mufulira Mine | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Zambia
Pa ifwa ya Bwana |

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ILAM

Translated English title - "When the chief died." Further details refer ILAM Shellac record number: TP0674

Hanoki Harawa (Composer)
Makintoshi Harawa (Performer)

 1949-07-30 Drinking song | Drum | Hanoki Harawa | Hara,Makintoshi | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Malawi | Northern Rhodesia | Nyasaland | Southern African | Tumbuka | Zambia
Pa ifwa ya bwana | East African

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ILAM

Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR3500.

Henga Men (Performer)
M. Harawa (Leader)
Composer not specified

 1952-00-00 Drinking song | Drum | East African | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | M. Harawa | Mufulira Mine | Northern Rhodesia | Tumbuka | Zambia
Panji vilipo visika alendo amwe |

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ILAM

Translated English title: "If there is no beer left for the strangers, give them the malt.". Further details refer ILAM field card no. DY-8.

Tumbuka men (Performer)
A. Nyoni (Leader)
Composer not specified

 1950-05-23 Clapping | Drinking song | East African | Folk music | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kasungu | Malawi | Nyasaland | Nyoni,Alfuledi | Tumbuka | Tumbuka men
Parji vilipo visika alendo amwe |

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ILAM

Drinking song with Tumbuku men and clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DY8)

Tumbuku men (Performer)

 1950-05-23 Clapping | Drinking song | Folk music | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kasungu | Malawi | Nyasaland | Nyoni,Alfuledi | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuku
Paryi vilipo visika alendo amwe |

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ILAM

Drinking song with clapping. Translated English title - "If there is no beer left for the strangers, give them malt." Further details refer ILAM field card (DY8)

Tumbuka men (Performer)

 1950-05-23 Alfuledi Nyoni | Clapping | Drinking song | Folk music | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Kasungu | Malawi | Nyasaland | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka
Sole kuli kwisa azungu kufuma Inglandi |

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ILAM

Dance song for Malipenga dance with Tumbuka / Henga men. Further details refer ILAM field card (C4F1)

Lungu, A. (Performer)
Alfred Lungu (Performer)

 1949-08-13 Dance song | Drum | Folk music | Gourd | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Lungu,Alfred | Ndola | Northern Rhodesia | Singing Gourd | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka | Zambia
Sono titamba lisumu |

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ILAM

Muwuso song for Malipenga dance. Translated English title - "Now we start our song." Further information refer ILAM field card number: C4D-2

Composer not specified
Tumbuka men (Performer)

 1949-08-11 Chirwa,Waddy Kajawa | Dance song | Drum | Folk music | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Malawi | Malipenga | Muwuso | Nyasaland | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka
Sono titamba lisumu. Now we start our song |

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ILAM

Muwuso song to accompany the Malipenga dance. Refer ILAM field card C4D2

Tumbuka Henga men at Roan Antelope Mine
Waddy Kajawa Chirwa

 1949-08-11 Chirwa,Waddy Kajawa | dance | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Malipenga | Muwuso | Northern Rhodesia | Roan Antelope Mine | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka | Zambia
Taceme a Lupembe |

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ILAM

Tumbuka/Henga School song, "Let's call Lupembe", Further details refer to ILAM recording TP1347

Owen Chirwa (Performer)
Composer not specified

 1950-00-00 Chirwa,Owen | East African | Henga | ILAM | Malawi | Nyasaland | School song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka | Tumbuka | Unaccompanied
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