"There is an ant which carries a box on its head just as Europeans carry an aeroplane and as a lorry carries stones and stones carry the lorry." The two Likembe Mbira were tuned an octave apart. The scale was:- 648, 548, 496, 424, 392, 324, 274, 248, 212, 162. Topical song, with 2 Likembe mbira and wooden clapper (-12,02-
A song touching upon a number of subjects. "When on the point of death you have no strength left to ...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
"The woman refuses food, but the child wants to eat some maize." The microphone started beneath the ...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle...
A brave little marching tune and song, very simple by utterly African. The tuning of the Neikembe wa...
This type of Mbira has a single manual clearly divided into left and right sections, the left having...
"We all like to dance the Mlekule." The microphone started beneath the instrument and was moved abov...
"Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the inst...
The scale of this instrumet was:- 592, 544, 504, 456, 424, 376, 340, 308, 280, 252, 228 vs. With the...
This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made bo...
"When we harvest our crops we shall all enjoy dancing the Mlekule." Mlekule is a dance perfromed for...
"In your heart (litt. in your chest.") This tune they said, is played at any time and on any occassi...
This bangwe had a rough plank resonator beneath its whole length. Counting in several African langua...
A song touching upon a number of subjects. "When on the point of death you have no strength left to ...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
"The woman refuses food, but the child wants to eat some maize." The microphone started beneath the ...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Af...
Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle...
A brave little marching tune and song, very simple by utterly African. The tuning of the Neikembe wa...
This type of Mbira has a single manual clearly divided into left and right sections, the left having...
"We all like to dance the Mlekule." The microphone started beneath the instrument and was moved abov...
"Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the inst...
The scale of this instrumet was:- 592, 544, 504, 456, 424, 376, 340, 308, 280, 252, 228 vs. With the...
This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made bo...
"When we harvest our crops we shall all enjoy dancing the Mlekule." Mlekule is a dance perfromed for...
"In your heart (litt. in your chest.") This tune they said, is played at any time and on any occassi...
This bangwe had a rough plank resonator beneath its whole length. Counting in several African langua...
A song touching upon a number of subjects. "When on the point of death you have no strength left to ...
The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smalle...
"The woman refuses food, but the child wants to eat some maize." The microphone started beneath the ...