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Ndisala shitongolwa

- Daudi Mutekete with Wanga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Daudi Mutekete with Wanga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Wanga (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nyanza f-ke
  • Language: Wanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176439 , vital:42696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-15
  • Description: This is a well known song by all the people: "I am as fierce as the black snake. Everyone wants me. The Kitoshi would like me to fight for them! If you think I am lying, go and ask them yourself. Song after fighting with conical drum, laced played with sticks. 1 Eshitsiriba side blown horn (-11.122-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Shundu na Wamukoya

- Jeremiah Mukanda with Wanga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Jeremiah Mukanda with Wanga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Wanga (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nyanza f-ke
  • Language: Wanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176412 , vital:42692 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-12
  • Description: The old chief Mumia would not allow to mention the name of the head of the other branch of the family, Sakwa's family is the senior and should provide the paramount chief. The Wanga are said to have fought their way into their present home all the way from Tiriki. This Litungu lyre, like the Indungili is also played upright when the player is seated on the ground. Shundu and Wamukoya were brothers who had separate kingdoms among Wanga, one in the east and the other in the north of the country. Shundu was the father of the great chief Mumia. The song recalls their tribal fighting and feuds. Historic feud songs, with Litungu 8 string lyre, Isendeche leg bells (-12.55-), inverted bowl (-12.151-), side blow horn (-11.122-).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Shundu na Wamukoya

- Jeremiah Mukanda, Wanga men and women, Tracey, Hugh

Wanga omusyani tolo

- Chitechi, Ochiengi, Wanga men, Tracey, Hugh

Wanga omusyani tolo

- Ochiengi Chitechi, Wanga men, Tracey, Hugh

Wanga syeche

- Jeremiah Mukanda with Wanga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Jeremiah Mukanda with Wanga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Wanga (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nyanza f-ke
  • Language: Wanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176403 , vital:42691 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-11
  • Description: The old chief Mumia would not allow to mention the name of the head of the other branch of the family, Sakwa's family is the senior and should provide the paramount chief. The Wanga are said to have fought their way into their present home all the way from Tiriki. This Litungu lyre, like the Indungili is also played upright when the player is seated on the ground. Historic feud songs, with Litungu 8 string lyre, Isendeche leg bells (-12.55-), inverted bowl (-12.151-), side blow horn (-11.122-).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Wanga syeche

- Jeremiah Mukanda, Wanga men, Tracey, Hugh

Wanga syeche

- Mukanda, Jeremiah, Wanga men and women, Tracey, Hugh

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