The Mangbele are a sub-group of the Mangbetu, mixed with the Mamvy. Most tribes in this north eastern corner of the Congo have been absorbed in whole or in part by their neighbours. This Bantu tribe came under the cultural sway of the stronger Sudanic Mangbetu and have adopted the habits of their mentors. The name of the chief whose praises are sung in this song is Mokoto. Praise song for a Chief, with two wooden pod drums, and two cylindrical wooden slit drums and two bells and basket rattles
Indigenous folk song of praise for the chief, with singing accompanied by 2 wooden pod-shaped drums ...
The Mayogo are a Sudanic people who came under the influence of the Mangbetu and adopted their ways ...
Victory song (after battle) by Makondere Band, led by Eliazali Kazinduki, with makondere side-blown ...
Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scar...
Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scar...
"We honour our Chief, we are ready for him to inspect our work." The song is performed when Chief ar...
This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the savanna along the northern edge of the great tropic...
Chief Chikulamayembe Gondwe is the Paramount Chief of the Henga people in northern Nyasaland- as a g...
This item is based upon well known and traditional melody of the region which has changed little, if...
The greater African chiefs would, in the old days, always have their court musicians to perform spec...
This praise, which both begins and ends with song, are frequently recited by men at parties. The sub...
Recorded at the camp Militaire, at Gombari, on the northern edge of the great Ituri Forest in north ...
A typical mondoro song for ancestral rites accompanied by matebe dza mondoro mbira
Conquerors, fine artists and ferocious cannibals from the skull artificially deformed. This is the i...
The singers wish their chief prosperity in his chieftainship and his country. An interesting chorus ...
Indigenous folk song of praise for the chief, with singing accompanied by 2 wooden pod-shaped drums ...
The Mayogo are a Sudanic people who came under the influence of the Mangbetu and adopted their ways ...
Victory song (after battle) by Makondere Band, led by Eliazali Kazinduki, with makondere side-blown ...
Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scar...
Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scar...
"We honour our Chief, we are ready for him to inspect our work." The song is performed when Chief ar...
This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the savanna along the northern edge of the great tropic...
Chief Chikulamayembe Gondwe is the Paramount Chief of the Henga people in northern Nyasaland- as a g...
This item is based upon well known and traditional melody of the region which has changed little, if...
The greater African chiefs would, in the old days, always have their court musicians to perform spec...
This praise, which both begins and ends with song, are frequently recited by men at parties. The sub...
Recorded at the camp Militaire, at Gombari, on the northern edge of the great Ituri Forest in north ...
A typical mondoro song for ancestral rites accompanied by matebe dza mondoro mbira
Conquerors, fine artists and ferocious cannibals from the skull artificially deformed. This is the i...
The singers wish their chief prosperity in his chieftainship and his country. An interesting chorus ...
Indigenous folk song of praise for the chief, with singing accompanied by 2 wooden pod-shaped drums ...
The Mayogo are a Sudanic people who came under the influence of the Mangbetu and adopted their ways ...
Victory song (after battle) by Makondere Band, led by Eliazali Kazinduki, with makondere side-blown ...