Add to ORKGAn old heroic song which reflects the historic background of the Hehe who conquered the whole of the Iringa area by force of arms. It was not until the Germans subdued them that they were forced to give up their traditional mode of living. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither
"The English and the Germans came and still come into our country. What so they want? We do not know...
Indigenous folk song with timbila xylophones, singing, and intermittent background yodelling, accomp...
This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal ca...
Heroic song accompanied by the Ligombo 6 string trough zither with rhythmic tappin
The singer calls the fighting men Zebras in this old heroic song of the violent past. He says "Zebra...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
This song recalls the days when the Gishu were first subdued by the English during the early occupat...
The strings of the short lyre are only 13", those of the long are 28"-30". This song was composed in...
The Teso people, a Nilo-Hamitic tribe, are pastoral and like others of their way of life, used to be...
This somg is taken from an old Ngoni regimental song which would, in the old days, have been used on...
Heroic song accompanied by the Indongoli 8 string short lyre and Tsindeche leg bell
One of the songs said to have been sung after a tribal raid - a morality song after victory, so that...
Heroic song accompanied by the Indongoli 8 string short lyre and Tsindeche leg bell
This song is known over the whole lenght and breadth of the Karanga country. It was first sung, they...
Heroic song accompanied by the Indongoli 8 string short lyre and Tsindeche leg bell
"The English and the Germans came and still come into our country. What so they want? We do not know...
Indigenous folk song with timbila xylophones, singing, and intermittent background yodelling, accomp...
This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal ca...
Heroic song accompanied by the Ligombo 6 string trough zither with rhythmic tappin
The singer calls the fighting men Zebras in this old heroic song of the violent past. He says "Zebra...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
This song recalls the days when the Gishu were first subdued by the English during the early occupat...
The strings of the short lyre are only 13", those of the long are 28"-30". This song was composed in...
The Teso people, a Nilo-Hamitic tribe, are pastoral and like others of their way of life, used to be...
This somg is taken from an old Ngoni regimental song which would, in the old days, have been used on...
Heroic song accompanied by the Indongoli 8 string short lyre and Tsindeche leg bell
One of the songs said to have been sung after a tribal raid - a morality song after victory, so that...
Heroic song accompanied by the Indongoli 8 string short lyre and Tsindeche leg bell
This song is known over the whole lenght and breadth of the Karanga country. It was first sung, they...
Heroic song accompanied by the Indongoli 8 string short lyre and Tsindeche leg bell
"The English and the Germans came and still come into our country. What so they want? We do not know...
Indigenous folk song with timbila xylophones, singing, and intermittent background yodelling, accomp...
This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal ca...