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Chokwe songs and dances with various drums from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Title
Chokwe songs and dances with various drums from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola.
Publication
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
Physical Description
1 online resource (18 minutes)
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Streaming audio files.
Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
Recorded in 1957 in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Sung in Chokwe.
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Summary
In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded these Chokwe speakers, who originated in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These dance songs, accompanied by goblet or conical drums, were recorded in mining compounds in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola, where the Chokwe had gone to work (Tracey 1973).
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Audio / Online
Language
Bantu (Other)
Added to Catalog
August 09, 2016
Contents
Ngej kaku mumeneka, weya ya mama
Akwa musadi moyo wenu he he he
Ayaya wo- mami- yami- e
Yawiyanga, ya kulumbata nyama
Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!
Zhikita.
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Folk music.
Field recordings.
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