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Viva ka Belge (Hurrah for the Beligians)

- Group of Lulua men and women with Marcel Mwiyaya, Hugh Tracey

wa ya ye ku chika. Chishiba mai walene (The water that does not move)

- Large group of of Luba men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of of Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kasai f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137812 , vital:37562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-10
  • Description: The item starts with the sound of the double bell and a weighted drum, follwed by the recitative statement by the leader. Eventually the full chorus begins with a simple repeated refrain. The pauses in the drum rhythm mark the moment when one of the drummers throws up his drum into the air, catches it again betwenn his knees and continues the rhythm without losing tempo. It is a clever piece of showmanship and clearly enjoyed by the participators in the dance. Mambala dance song with 5 goblet drums, closed, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons, hand beaten and 1 double bell and basket rattle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Wenda nemukwene wa mudinga (If you walk with your friend, tell him to walk discreetly)

- Nyundu Gabriel (flute) and Kwadi Bonza (mbira) with Luba men, Hugh Tracey

Bilumbu

- Luba/Hemba men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Luba/Hemba men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kongolo f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183977 , vital:44104 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-11
  • Description: The singers of this item had come north, down the Lualaba river ans were over 400 miles from their home in Kongolo, near the junction of the Lualaba with its tributory which drains the overflow flood waters from Lake Tanganyika. This simple repetitive song is similar to many others associated with divination - the repititions in themselves exercising a kind of hypnotic effect suited to teh occassion. Song and dance for herbalist or diviner, with 2 goblet drums, with mirlitons and closed, and rattles (-12.54-)
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Kia Mwangala kia yanamatumbe

- Group of 12 Luba men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 12 Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kolwezi f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183958 , vital:44089 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-09
  • Description: Drums. Kayanda - conical, open, pegged and weighted (-14.2-). Mitumbwe - goblet, pinned, closed and weighted (-14.52-). Ditumba - goblet, pinned, closed, mirliton (-14.51251-). The drums enter one after the other and end in the same way. The difference in tone between the weighted and the unweighted membranes of the drums can be clearly heard - the weighted drums being both lower in tone and also emitting a slightly slurred or portamento tone, while the unweighted drum sounds a clear hollow note. Katendo dance, with 2 Goblet drums, pegged, closed and hand beaten, and 1 conical drum, pegged, open, and hand beaten
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Souvenirs de Chasseur

- Les Chanteurs a la Croix du Cuivre, Joseph Kiwele (Conductor), Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Les Chanteurs a la Croix du Cuivre , Joseph Kiwele (Conductor) , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mission St. Jean f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183969 , vital:44102 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-10
  • Description: The songs are in the Luba/Sanga language, but with words of Bemba here and there. The titles of the first words of each 'memory' were given by Joseph Kiwele. In this composition, Joseph Kiwele collected together all the hunting songs of his home district and combined them in a composite whole. They were sung by his choir of school boys who made their name famous by being the first to sing an African composed Mass, also composed by Kiwele, "Missa Katanga". The choir partially disbanded about 1950 and the remnants only appear in this recording. Joseph Kiwele nine years later became Minister of Education in Katanga under President Tshombe but died suddenly of a strokein 1962 after an outstanding musical career. A miscellany of twenty-two hunting songs, with 2 Goblet drums and 1 wooden slit drum
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Tuimba nyundo tuimbo tuwelela

- Group of 12 Luba men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 12 Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kolwezi f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183950 , vital:44087 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-08
  • Description: Drums. Kayanda - conical, open, pegged and weighted (-14.2-). Mitumbwe - goblet, pinned, closed and weighted (-14.52-). Ditumba - goblet, pinned, closed, mirliton (-14.51251-). The drums enter one after the other and end in the same way. The difference in tone between the weighted and the unweighted membranes of the drums can be clearly heard - the weighted drums being both lower in tone and also emitting a slightly slurred or portamento tone, while the unweighted drum sounds a clear hollow note. Katendo dance, with 2 Goblet drums, pegged, closed and hand beaten, and 1 conical drum, pegged, open, and hand beaten
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952
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