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Lala drum rhythms (I) (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR021 , 2 mins

This dance, they say, is done upon any festive occasion.

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Lala drum rhythms (II) (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR021 (1957) , 1 page(s)

For this recording, the drums performed alone without the singing, but on occasion with the whistles in the background provided by the dancers. Each of the 3 drums can be heard separately with its distinctive tune, the Akanono, the Cimbulunge and the Fwanda-fwanda, each of which has a fairly complex rhythm and to...

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Lala drum rhythms (II) (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR021 , 3 mins

This dance, they say, is done upon any festive occasion.

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Luba Drum Rhythms (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR040 , 4 mins

The names of the players were: KABONGO Alfred

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Lumela Lyambezi mwana boma (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR182 (1957) , 1 page(s)

Two simple tunes from the middle reachers of the upper Zambezi [River].

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Luwendo (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR015 (1957) , 1 page(s)

Item b) shows the Chondo drum used as an accompaniment to a song. The Chondo drum in this case was a small portable wooden gong of about 24" long and 12" diameter hollowed out through a slit with a rectangular hole at either end. The drum was placed on an insulation ring made of bound grass.

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Maganga kalila zanswelo (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR154 (1950) , 2 page(s)

Maganga wishes you good luck.' This variety of Mbira, the Ilimba, is unusually large for a pentatonic instrument. The change of position of the microphone from the underside of the Ilimba to the upper side for the singing of the verses is clearly heard

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Malaya Kulowa, 1st movement (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR192 (1950) , 1 page(s)

"We have no clothes to wear, which is very disappointing. If we work hard we will get money but it will not be enough to buy all the clothes we need." The great economic incentive in many parts of Africa among the young men is fine clothes. Many indeed go to the towns and mines for this primary purpose.

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