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| Title | Audio | Collection |
Description |
Composer | Date | All terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chingoma chakubaruka | |
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ILAM |
A humorous drinking song about the membrane of the drum breaking by accident. The song is accompanied by clapping. Refer ILAM field card F1G8 |
Reuben Tancard Mbuluwundi |
1952-01-16 | broken | Clapping | drinking | Drum | Henga | Henga | Humorous | ILAM | Malawi | Mbuluwundi,Reuben Tancard | Nyasaland | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka |
| Wesakombe | |
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ILAM |
Chikweta dance song for boys and girls with clapping. Further details refer ILAM field card (DM6) |
Aston Mulagha (Performer) |
1950-05-11 | Chikweta | Clapping | Dance song | Folk music | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Karonga | Lambya | Malawi | Mulagha,Aston | Nyasaland | Southern African | Tumbuka |
| Mwaya wananga chalo | |
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ILAM |
Concert song by Henga men. Translated english title - "Mwayo spoiled the country". Further details refer ILAM field card (C3O15) |
Henga men (Performer) |
1949-07-27 | Concert song | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Mufulira | Northern Rhodesia | Southern African | Tumbuka | Zambia |
| 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) |
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 |
| Ninthenda iyo ikana munkhwala; This disease cannot be cured | |
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ILAM |
Dance song for Virombo spirit dance, accompanied by 2 laced, bass drums |
Kesita Gondwe |
1949-07-30 | bass | dance | Drum | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Kesita Gondwe | lace | Mufulira Mine | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | spirit | Tumbuka | Virombo | Zambia |
| Iyaya lelo zamuone maloza; Come and see wonders | |
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ILAM |
Drinking song accompanied by two bass drums |
Makintoshi Harawa |
1949-07-30 | basss | drinking | Drum | Hara,Makintoshi | Henga | Henga | ILAM | laced | Mufulira Mine | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Zambia |
| Pa ifwa bwana; When the chief died | |
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ILAM |
Drinking song accompanied by two laced, bass drums |
Makintoshi Harawa |
1949-07-30 | bass | drinking | Drum | Hara,Makintoshi | Henga | Henga | ILAM | laced | Mufulira Mine | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Zambia |
| Kalunyungu tambalala bwino | |
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ILAM |
Drinking song with drums. Further details refer ILAM card C4Q18 |
Patiliki Muwowo (Performer) |
1949-08-24 | Clapping | Drinking song | Drum | Folk music | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Indigenous music | Northern Rhodesia | Patiliki Muwowo | Southern African | Tumbuka | Tumbuka | Zambia |
| Zani muoni kayuni | |
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ILAM |
Drinking song with Henga men, unaccompanied. Further details refer ILAM field card (C3R20) |
Mhango, R. (Performer) |
1949-07-30 | Drinking song | Henga | Henga | ILAM | Mhango,P. | Mhango,Rubeni | Mzimba | Northern Rhodesia | Southern African | Tumbuka | Unaccompanied | Zambia |
| Zani muoni kayoni kana matengezela; Come see the long tailed bird | |
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ILAM |
Drinking song with humour |
Rubeni Mhango |
1949-07-29 | drinking | Henga | Henga | humou | ILAM | Mhango,Rubeni | Mufulira Mine | Northern Rhodesia | Song | Southern African | Tumbuka | Zambia |