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Colette (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR124 , 3 mins

"Ciolette begs you for money but gives you nothing in return." "I know I owe you money and I will give it to you but I do not have any now. I spoke to you one day and you would not reply—If you would agree to love me for only one day I would take it as a whole month. Colette. There is nothing wrong with Stanelyv...

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Custodo a mabile (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR196 , 1 min

The pace of the dance quickens until the pelvic girations of the dancers become a rapid quivering. The horn singers can be heard attempting to sing the words of the highly repetitive music through the horns. Butm since their lips are immobilized by the mouthpiece, the words are not distinct.

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Dale wandizonda (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR187 , 2 mins

"My darling does not love me any more! Why is this? I put on white clothes but it does not help." The style of singing appears to be influenced by the local schools, and it is doubtful whether this item is wholely Tonga in form.

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Darabo wabandi mashef wetu Bakenga (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR040 , 3 mins

Chief Bakenga had been made a Paramount Chief, and the song alludes to this event.

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Dikitari Tiyakuyia (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR146 , 3 mins

The hospital is a good place and should not be burnt down. Why, I myself was once treated there.' A sentiment which could be echoed through many regions of Africa where rioters are nototious for burning down hospitals, clinics and schools.

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Dikumbi (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR184 , 3 mins

The music of this region, which includes a part of northwestern Northern Rhodesia, southern Congo and Angola, is quite distinctive on account of the melodic structure and local sense of harmony. No Bantu other than the group of tribes which inhabit this small area care for Luchazi music, rejecting it utterly as in...

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Dlalani (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR061 , 3 mins

The song is in praise of a man who has many lovers. This song and the following one were sung by a group of very beautifully dressed young people, the men dancers elegantly blanketed and beaded, the girls wearing pale ochre skirts with many rows of indigo blue braid and their headcloths of indigo blue wool were fo...

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