This type of singing accompanies the Kwaya dance, a speciality of the Shangaan tribesmen from the lower Limpopo regions of Mozambique. "Kwaya" (taken from the English word "choir") combines clever rhythmic singing of blank verse with equally clever rhythmic strutting. Kwaya topical song
This is a traditional dance song performed during the traditional celebration of wealth called Zaw h...
Indigenous folk song for the 'Kamwendende dance', with singing accompanied by 3 goblet drums, 2 bask...
The girl who leads this song is a born singer of Gcaleka type songs for her contemporaries. The peop...
Indigenous folk song for the Kwaya dance, with singing, background cries and clapping
The song is a description of work on the mine and on the farms. "My mother was taken for doing somet...
The words of such a song sung to the Cheche lute are usually impromptu and frequently meaningless. T...
Indigenous folk song for the Kwaya dance, with singing, background cries and clapping
The words of such a song sung to the Cheche lute are usually impromptu and frequently meaningless. T...
Indigenous folk song for the Kwaya dance, with singing, background cries and clapping
Topical songs of this nature are sung at parties and weddings, with local subject matter such as the...
The leader of this group of singers had a remarkable face, deeply chiselled features which gave him ...
"How do you do, Mudala Mukamba." It is possible that this style of singing has been modelled upon Sw...
Topical song with Kango'mbio accompaniment and also used for Sipela dance for men and wome
"My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows." The song has ten verses, the...
The Mkwaju dance is popular, they say, amongst the more African element of this Swahili population w...
This is a traditional dance song performed during the traditional celebration of wealth called Zaw h...
Indigenous folk song for the 'Kamwendende dance', with singing accompanied by 3 goblet drums, 2 bask...
The girl who leads this song is a born singer of Gcaleka type songs for her contemporaries. The peop...
Indigenous folk song for the Kwaya dance, with singing, background cries and clapping
The song is a description of work on the mine and on the farms. "My mother was taken for doing somet...
The words of such a song sung to the Cheche lute are usually impromptu and frequently meaningless. T...
Indigenous folk song for the Kwaya dance, with singing, background cries and clapping
The words of such a song sung to the Cheche lute are usually impromptu and frequently meaningless. T...
Indigenous folk song for the Kwaya dance, with singing, background cries and clapping
Topical songs of this nature are sung at parties and weddings, with local subject matter such as the...
The leader of this group of singers had a remarkable face, deeply chiselled features which gave him ...
"How do you do, Mudala Mukamba." It is possible that this style of singing has been modelled upon Sw...
Topical song with Kango'mbio accompaniment and also used for Sipela dance for men and wome
"My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows." The song has ten verses, the...
The Mkwaju dance is popular, they say, amongst the more African element of this Swahili population w...
This is a traditional dance song performed during the traditional celebration of wealth called Zaw h...
Indigenous folk song for the 'Kamwendende dance', with singing accompanied by 3 goblet drums, 2 bask...
The girl who leads this song is a born singer of Gcaleka type songs for her contemporaries. The peop...