Bemba songs and hymns

Various Artists ILAMTR024

Hugh Tracey recorded these Bemba songs in 1957 at mining compounds in Northern Rhodesia, now known as Zambia. Several of the songs are accompanied by the mumamba mbira, placed in a bell-shaped resonator with the open part facing the player. The musician’s wife rhythmically taps the resonator (Tracey 1973).
Country(s) Zambia
Culture Group(s) Bemba
Instrument(s) Chorus; Mbira, mumamba; Vocals; Vocals, group
Language(s) Bemba

Year of Recording 1957
Record Label ILAM
Source Archive International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Credits Compiled by Hugh Tracey ; Notes Edited by Hugh Tracey ; Liner Notes by Hugh Tracey ; Recorded by Hugh Tracey

101	Tondwe kasobele ku bulaya	Edmond Cileshe and his wife	2:58
102	Maitumbe	Edmond Cileshe and his wife	2:52
103	Mailo nkaya	Edmond Cileshe and four friends	3:52
104	Iteyanye	Members of the Christian Mission to Many Lands	2:05
105	Munendo na munendo	Members of the Christian Mission to Many Lands	3:11
106	Shiwifulunganye ifunde	Bancroft Seventh Day Adventist Choir	2:38

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