| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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performed music prm rdacontent |
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audio s rdamedia |
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audio disc sd rdacarrier |
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Zambia Zimbabwe Zambezi River Valley naf |
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male voice 1 plucked idiophone 1 1 lcmpt |
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Tonga (Zambesi people) lcsh |
| Note |
"The kankobela is the thumb-piano of the Batonga people, who live in the Zambezi Valley on both sides of Lake Kariba. A solo instrument played by men, to express their innermost feelings in songs about a range of subjects from spiritual to humourous. The instrument itself is always highly customised, and the songs all highly personal: no two players sound the same. But it is dying out -- young people are not continuing the tradition. On this album we present seven surviving masters, with otherworldly songs, deep buzzing and mesmerizing time patterns."--Container. |
| Language |
Performed in the Tonga language. |
| Performer |
Various Batonga performers. |
| Credits |
Produced by Michael Baird. |
| Event |
Recorded by Michael Baird in June and October, 2008, in Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Michael Baird, and notes on the performers ([18] p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Wakali perfume = She was my perfume (Aaron Nchenje) (4:22) -- Utamujayi mwana = Don't kill your son (Aaron Nchenje) (5:16) -- Baneene mundilaye = Grandma, please advise me (Edward Mun'gombe) (3:33) -- Kondipa ambe ndimuntu nyokwe = Give also to me, I too am a human being (Edward Mun'gombe) (2:50) -- Nchembele musimbi wangu = Nchembele is my girlfriend (Nyeleti Mukkuli) (5:34) -- Saliya ndakuleka = I'm breaking up with Saliya (Andrew George Munyumbwe) (6:31) -- Jaya mwaamu = Kill the prostitute (Simuna Mugande) (4:45) -- Lwiimbo lwamuka mufwu = Song of the widow (Simuna Mugande) (4:26) -- Njokalai = Where am I going to stay? (Benson Siamundyoli) (3:57) -- Bbandu bbandu mweendo = Legs up and down (Benson Siamundyoli) (4:28) -- Amundipe dyonko = Give to me, to taste (Manjele Siabaswi) (4:42) -- Nkaambonzi beenzuma = Why, my friends? (Edward Mun'gombe) (5:32) -- Nkobuli busimbi bulikumoyo = The inner beauty of the girl (Simuna Mugande) (2:57) -- Maila mutaalimi = Don't grow millet (Andrew George Munyumbwe) (5:36) -- Twafwa nzala = We are hungry (Andrew George Munyumbwe) (4:11). |
| Subject |
Songs, Tonga (Zambezi) -- Zambia.
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Songs, Tonga (Zambezi) -- Zimbabwe.
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Songs, Tonga (Zambezi) -- Zambezi River Valley.
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Music -- Zambia.
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Music -- Zimbabwe.
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Music -- Zambezi River Valley.
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Tonga (Zambezi people) -- Music.
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| Added Author |
Baird, Michael, 1954- Recording engineer. Producer.
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| ISBN |
9077068333 |
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9789077068335 |
| Standard No. |
9789077068335 |
| Music No. |
SWP 036 SWP Records |
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