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Musala (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR121 , 1 min

"The Chief wants me to work! The Commandant wants me to work! The Notables want me to work! The Europeans want me to work! Madam tells me to work! The Doctor tells me to work! Everyone wants me to work!"

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Music from Petauke of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 1

produced by Raymond J. Apthorpe and John Blacking, 1928-1990 (Folkways Records, 1962), 38 mins

From beer songs to work songs and lullabies—and much in between—here is music from the Nsenga people of Petauke, in what is now called Zambia. Renowned ethnomusicologist John Blacking collected these recordings and contributed to the liner notes with anthropologist Raymond Thorpe, who writes about Nsenga history...

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Music from Petuake of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 2

produced by John Blacking, 1928-1990 and Raymond J. Apthorpe (Folkways Records, 1965), 39 mins

A continuation of Music from Petuake of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. 1 (FW04201),this sampling of music of the Nsenga people of Petauke, in what is now called Zambia, was collected and annotated by renowned ethnomusicologist John Blacking and anthropologist Raymond Thorpe.

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Music of Kuria and the Gusii of Western Kenya

produced by John P. Varnum (Folkways Records, 1972), 45 mins

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Najele (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR077 (1958) , 2 page(s)

"The beads around your neck, Najele, I am tire." Najele was the name of his wife.

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Najele (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR077 , 1 min

"The beads around your neck, Najele, I am tire." Najele was the name of his wife.

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Ndaluza ine (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR186 , 3 mins

"Talking behind your back is not good, This is mmy wife's song. Let us sing it well. The old men sing it at drinking parties." The simple tune played on the Karigo follows the tone pattern of the words of the refrain.

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Ndete Chakutila (Track)

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

The meaning of the chant is that the singer wants a large pot of beer, not a small one. Two simple songs, not unlike the preceding children's verses in style.

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