South African Music Archive Project
Likembe
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- Composer: Bachumirwa Tugwenderwa (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | East African, Indigenous music, Likembe, Masindi, Mbira, Nyoro, Topical song, Tugwenderwa,Bachumirwa, Uganda, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number: CR1947.
- Artist(s): Zegbe and Ndongo men and women | 1952/07/31 | Basket rattle, Chief Maki, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Faradje territory, Folk - Central African, Harp, Likembe, Ndongo, Ndongo, North Eastern Congo, Republic of the Congo, Zegbe, ILAM | This song is usually sung after a funeral, with harp, likembe and basket rattle. Leader - Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. Chief Maki, Faradje territory, North East Congo., The singers lament the death of a friend and in so doing demonstrate the fact that Africans celebrate their funerals with dances and apparently gay singing.
- Artist(s): Zegive and Mvu people | 1952/07/31 | Basket rattle, bells, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk - Central African, Harp, Likembe, Mvu, Mvu, North East Congo Republic of the Congo, Watsa district, Zegive, ILAM | Work song (Carrying Sedan Chair), with harp, likembe, bekks and basket rattle. Zegive and Mvu people. Watsa district, North East Congo., This tribe, like many of the non-Bantu tribes in this North East part of the Congo are very simple people indeed. The country has still few roads (1952) and the carrying of officials and others whose work takes them into remote parts is still common., The chair or mashila which they carry is called locally Tipoyi.
- Artist(s): Kapungo Isidore (Performer-Likembe)Beya Marcel (Performer-Likembe) | Composer: Kayoka Ladislaus (Performer) | 1952/01/28 | Beya Marcel, Central African, Clapper, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Indigenous music, Kapungo Isidore, Kasai, Kayoka Ladislaus, Likembe, Luba, Mbira, Topical song, ILAM | Topical song with two Likemne mbira and wooden clapper. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1O1)
- Composer: Berroit Kukwabo (Performer)Berroit Kukwabo (Composer) | 1952/07/27 | Bira, Bunia, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eastern Congo, Indigenous music, Kukwabo,Berroit, Likembe, Mbira, Northern Congo, Republic of the Congo, Topical song, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card number: F4C 2
- Composer: Ngayamiso Kitunga (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | East African, Folk music, Harusi, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Likembe, Mbira, Ngayamiso Kitunga, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wedding tune, ILAM | Harusi wedding tunes played on the Likembe mbira. Refer ILAM field card D4C16
- Composer: Ngayamiso Kitunga (Performer) | 1950/07/18 | East African, Likembe, Ngayamiso Kitunga, Nyamwezi, Tabora, Tanganyika, Tanzania, ILAM | Harusi wedding tunes
- Composer: Wibingile Kabaza (Composer/Performer) | 1950/08/01 | Biharamulo, Box-resonated, East African, Likembe, Self delectative song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wibingile Kabaza, Zinza, ILAM | Self delectative song with Likembe. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4R1).
- Composer: Wibingile Kabaza (Composer/Performer) | 1950/08/01 | Biharamulo, Box-resonated, East African, Likembe, Self delectative song, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wibingile Kabaza, Zinza, ILAM | Self delectative song with Likembe. Further details refer ILAM field card (D4R1).
- Composer: Kalonda Leonard (Performer) | 1952/01/27 | Central African, Congo, Dance music, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Kabinda, Leonard,Kalonda, Likembe, Luba, Lusambo, Mbira, Rattle, Songe, ILAM | Malemba dance music with guitar, Likembe mbira and bottle. Further details refer ILAM field card (F1N1)
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