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  1. Artist(s): Chief Gatanga | Composer: Zande men (Performer) | 1952/08/31 | Bandiya, Belgian Congo, Buta, Central African, Chief Gatanga, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drum, Fighting song, Folk music, Nguru, North Congo, Zaire, Zande, Zande, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number 7610. Fighting song with Ndimo conical cross laced double headed drum. This song is sung before fighting. Bia vula means a fighting song in Zande.
  2. Composer: Composer ( not specified)Muyapala Kpeli (Performer) | 1952/08/31 | 5 strings metal hand bells, Andzolo, Bandiya, Belgian Congo, Buta, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Kundi, Muyapala Kpeli, Nguru, North Congo, Vertical harp, Zaire, Zande, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number XYZ7611
  3. Composer: Composer not specifiedZande men and women | 1952/08/31 | Bandiya, Belgian Congo, Buta, Central African, Congo, conical cross laced Drum, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Double headed drum, Drum, Indigenous music, Nguru, North Congo, slit Drum, West African, Wooden clappers, Zaire, Zande, Zande, ILAM | Slit drum , 3 conical cross laced, double headed Drums, Wooden clappers. Further details refer to ILAM record number XYZ7609
  4. Artist(s): Two other players | Composer: Composer not specifiedMongonika Zande (Performer) | 1952/08/31 | Bandiya, Belgian Congo, Buta, Central African, Clapping, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Indigenous music, Mongonika Zande, Nguru, North Congo, Voices, Xylophone, Zaire, Zande, ILAM | Further details refer to ILAM record number XYZ7617
  5. Artist(s): Two other players | Composer: Composer not specifiedNakule Nguba (Performer) | 1952/08/31 | Akpaningbo, Bandiya, Buta, Chief Gatanga, Folk - Central African, Kponingbo xylophone, Nakule, Nguru, Northern Congo, Zande, ILAM | Dance in honour of the ancestors with Kponingbo or Akpaningbo, nine loose-note zylophone. (log zylophone with keys on banana stems. The tuning corresponds in absolute pitch with that of harp strings) "Kondo natipala bako, Gatanga natipala bako, Mongo natipala nako" " The father of Kondo, The father of Gatanga, The mother of Mongo.", The tuning of the loose note xylophone is 664, 568,496, 392, 360, 332, 284, 248, 196 vs.
  6. Artist(s): Francois Iyenga's friend, Eleo (Performer) | Composer: Francois Iyenga (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/30 | Bandiya, Bondo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eleo, Folk music, Francois Iyenga, Indigenous music, Instrumental, Likembe mbira, NorthCongo, Zande, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number F4T-4
  7. Artist(s): Chief Garanga (Performer)Mongonika (Performer)Zande men (Performer) | Composer: Mulapala Kpeli (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/09/02 | Bandiya, Buta, Chief Garanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African, Harp, Indigenous music, Kundi, Mongonika, Mulapala Kpeli, Northern Congo, Republic of the Congo, Topical song, Zande, Zande, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM field card F4W-3
  8. Artist(s): Two other players, with dancers | Composer: Composer not specified Nakule (Performer) | 1952/08/31 | Bandiya, Chief Gatanga, Folk - Central African, Kponingbo xylophone, Nakule, Nguru, Northern Congo, Zande, ILAM | A Zande dance with Kponingbo xylophone (log zylophone with keys on banana stems. The tuning corresponds in absolute pitch with that of harp strings). "Sungi kumba wa sa gasi li Sungi akumba ai gibolo. It is a bad housewife who does not work for a husband. A woman who can't work is no good at all." These loose note xylophones are played by three and sometimes four men sitting on either side of the instrument. The Zande dance is performed in a circle to the cheerful sound of the xylophone. All the dancers move in unison with small steps in a set pattern which ensures that the circle moves around gradually in an anti-clockwise direction. A characteristic gesture by Zande dancers is the holding out of hands, palms upwards, gently raising and lowering the forearms in time with the music.
  9. Artist(s): Francois Iyenga's friend (Performer) | Composer: Francois Iyenga (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952/08/30 | Bandiya, Bondo, Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Folk music, Francois Iyenga, Indigenous music, Likembe mbira, NorthCongo, Topical song, Zande, ILAM | Further information refer ILAM field card number F4T-3

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