Add to ORKG"Though we all gather here together yet one day we shall die and meet no more." The singer has a wide reputation as a player of Ligombo an unusually beautiful instrument, with a large gourd attached to one end of the zither. His son is sitting beside him and tappinf the backs of his fingers on the gourd. Mkwawa also hits the gourd occasionally after the fashion of Spanish guitarists. Mourning song, with Ligombo tube Zither, 6 strings
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This song was recorded in the shade of a large tamarind tree outside the village of Sinefwala. Self-...
The instrument was re-tuned for this song at a slightly higher pitch than for some of his other song...
A song of mourning reminding the singers that they also will soon follow their dead friend. Mourning...
This group belonged to the Bena Shimba clan. As well as tipping and sometimes singing into their gou...
The Chibvelani bow was strung with Ilala palm leaf and the player used all four fingers of the left ...
A song in which a number of topics are touched upon including Ngobi, a local glutton, and the sorrow...
These gourds are peculiar to this tribe. The performer vibrates her lips in the mouth of the gourd (...
Indigenous folk song of lament, with singing and handclapping accompanied by 3 chipuri singing gourd...
"That brother of mine. I was with him yesterday. Now he has been taken (died). Do not be afraid of t...
The bambo slatted instrument made of a raft of palm fronds is called the female instrument- in spite...
Heroic song accompanied by the Ligombo 6 string trough zither with rhythmic tappin
The singer recalls the deaths of well known people in the district and remarks that death comes to e...
Indigenous folk song of lament, with singing accompanied by a banjo board zither with 7 metal string...
"When a mad dies he no longer speaks, but when you bury him he reminds you that one day you will fol...
"People should not visit their friends without cause as Mgelimembe does." It appears this man Mgelim...
This song was recorded in the shade of a large tamarind tree outside the village of Sinefwala. Self-...