Said to be an old hunting song, sung by the people left at home when the men were out hunting. The muscians remained behind playing this music quietly to bring luck to the hunters. The singer is singing to himself in self-delectative style without an audience. Hunting song with "Mbira Huru"
The song concerns a girl who was left alone in the world and had no one to look after her, and so us...
"I am a good hunter, look at the elephant I have killed." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunti...
'Samandenga' or 'Samanyemba' frequently occurs in S.Rhodesian songs. In this case Samandenga is a fi...
This somg is taken from an old Ngoni regimental song which would, in the old days, have been used on...
The songs are in the Luba/Sanga language, but with words of Bemba here and there. The titles of the ...
Indigenous folk song for hunting the Iddi (small antelope), with unaccompanied singing
A song of rejoicing after killing a lion. Note the way in which the pitch of the song continually ri...
Indigenous self delectative folk song with singing accompanied by a mbira dza waNdau
"A long time ago there was a man with a gunwho could not shoot and always missed." The failure of th...
Indigenous folk song for hunting the Iddi (small antelope), with unaccompanied singing
The singer was an old man. Self-delectative song with Kankobela mbira, fan-shaped, with external res...
The song is sung to celebrate the arrival of a hunter bringing back his booty. Song after hunting wi...
This song was recorded in the shade of a large tamarind tree outside the village of Sinefwala. Self-...
The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride pri...
A fishing song sung on the way back from catching fish accompanied by drums and axes
The song concerns a girl who was left alone in the world and had no one to look after her, and so us...
"I am a good hunter, look at the elephant I have killed." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunti...
'Samandenga' or 'Samanyemba' frequently occurs in S.Rhodesian songs. In this case Samandenga is a fi...
This somg is taken from an old Ngoni regimental song which would, in the old days, have been used on...
The songs are in the Luba/Sanga language, but with words of Bemba here and there. The titles of the ...
Indigenous folk song for hunting the Iddi (small antelope), with unaccompanied singing
A song of rejoicing after killing a lion. Note the way in which the pitch of the song continually ri...
Indigenous self delectative folk song with singing accompanied by a mbira dza waNdau
"A long time ago there was a man with a gunwho could not shoot and always missed." The failure of th...
Indigenous folk song for hunting the Iddi (small antelope), with unaccompanied singing
The singer was an old man. Self-delectative song with Kankobela mbira, fan-shaped, with external res...
The song is sung to celebrate the arrival of a hunter bringing back his booty. Song after hunting wi...
This song was recorded in the shade of a large tamarind tree outside the village of Sinefwala. Self-...
The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride pri...
A fishing song sung on the way back from catching fish accompanied by drums and axes
The song concerns a girl who was left alone in the world and had no one to look after her, and so us...
"I am a good hunter, look at the elephant I have killed." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunti...
'Samandenga' or 'Samanyemba' frequently occurs in S.Rhodesian songs. In this case Samandenga is a fi...