South African Music Archive Project
Chief Maki
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- 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): Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. | 1952/07/31 | Chief Maki, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Faradje territory, Folk - Central African, Likembe, Lisanzo, Ndongo, Ndongo, North Eastern Congo, Republic of the Congo, Sese basket rattle, Zegbe, ILAM | Topical song with 5 stringed horizontal harp "domo" likembe, lisanzo and "sese" rattle. Leader - Zegbe and Ndongo men and women. Chief Maki, Faradje territory, North East Congo., "I will never stave for my brother will feed me.", The song was sung in Ndongo with a mixture of Lingala (the local lingua franca).,
