The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. Leave me by myself, so that I can enjoy the pleasure of it. Let the others indulge in their eartly pleasures. Don't worry about them. I like my girl because she dresses well." Topical song with guitar and bottle
The song reflects a party of boys who are camping out beside the lake, sleeping out in the open air....
A phrase in this song refers to the custom of reserving a portion of an animal, the heart or chops f...
"At your home you give a person to the spirit Sikwembo. But at my house we only give a chicken to Si...
The rhythm of the struck bottle contains 12 pulses instead of the usual 16. Few popular tunes anywhe...
"We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazitheth...
The singers go on to say: "Be careful,we will take out your eyes." The Bamba it appears, are given t...
These drinking songs are ideal for singing between friends as reality recedes into oblivion. Half wa...
This song, they said, is sung normally by women at the end of a girl's initiation period - a time wh...
"Drinking doesn't agree with me, when I'm drunk I can't stop talking. I tell everything." The impecc...
The song recounts all the troubles of a bachelor. The Songe tribe is an offshoot of the great Luba g...
The song continues, "My kness are shaking because my girl has left me." The 'MBUBE' type of singing ...
In this song the singer explains, is about men who spend their time with other men's wives. Why do y...
It is supposed to be a girl singing. Muhiana is the name of the girls' lover. Tuning of the instrume...
Indigenous topical folk song with singing accompanied by 2 guitars, a rattle and the sound of a stru...
"Mbwiya son of Chalo-You must not go out without first saying where you are going." Topical song wit...
The song reflects a party of boys who are camping out beside the lake, sleeping out in the open air....
A phrase in this song refers to the custom of reserving a portion of an animal, the heart or chops f...
"At your home you give a person to the spirit Sikwembo. But at my house we only give a chicken to Si...
The rhythm of the struck bottle contains 12 pulses instead of the usual 16. Few popular tunes anywhe...
"We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazitheth...
The singers go on to say: "Be careful,we will take out your eyes." The Bamba it appears, are given t...
These drinking songs are ideal for singing between friends as reality recedes into oblivion. Half wa...
This song, they said, is sung normally by women at the end of a girl's initiation period - a time wh...
"Drinking doesn't agree with me, when I'm drunk I can't stop talking. I tell everything." The impecc...
The song recounts all the troubles of a bachelor. The Songe tribe is an offshoot of the great Luba g...
The song continues, "My kness are shaking because my girl has left me." The 'MBUBE' type of singing ...
In this song the singer explains, is about men who spend their time with other men's wives. Why do y...
It is supposed to be a girl singing. Muhiana is the name of the girls' lover. Tuning of the instrume...
Indigenous topical folk song with singing accompanied by 2 guitars, a rattle and the sound of a stru...
"Mbwiya son of Chalo-You must not go out without first saying where you are going." Topical song wit...
The song reflects a party of boys who are camping out beside the lake, sleeping out in the open air....
A phrase in this song refers to the custom of reserving a portion of an animal, the heart or chops f...
"At your home you give a person to the spirit Sikwembo. But at my house we only give a chicken to Si...