Musambo kabwalala ya ba lalua

Title: Musambo kabwalala ya ba lalua
Performer / Recordist: Group of Lulua men, women and girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Luba-Lulua; Luba (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: This item has an interesting opening, the two Chisahnji coming in one after the other, followed by the drum, solo voice and eventually the people until the whole dance is in full swing. It is notable that the basis of the song is not merely repetitive. Bitanda Kakunda dance, with 2 Chisahanji gourd resonator, 1 goblet drum, weighted, pinned and hand beaten, 3 basket rattles and hand clapping
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Dibaya
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR183; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:05:02
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183904