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BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item note: Movement song: nyamulere song. Refers to rape of Isaya Mukirane's wife by Uganda Rifles after attack when Mukirane was killed. Performance note: This recording features Nyamulere flute (one …
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Location: N’Zerekore. Original reference: Syliphone4-815-05. and CEAP608/9328. Record number: 947/MV
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Pedi
Black Orpheus choir singing this traditional Zulu arrangement by the famous South African arranger and composer Mzilikazi Khumalo.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 Twi
Original issue number: Decca WA 640; matrix number: KWA 4080
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Information about performer: age 76, both parents from Akuei near Duk.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Information about performer: age 76, both parents from Akuei near Duk.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item note: Side B of disc: Tonga, N. Rhodesia: girls, "Ndatwa gai-ndatwa" in Mapanza.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item note: The Charlatan: School song St. Mark's Mapanza, N. Rhodesia; the Charlatan's song St. Mark's Mapanza. Recording note: Abrupt ending. Dubbed from earlier recording.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item note: Side A of disc: Tonga, N. Rhodesia: girls, "Ndafwa taata", in Mapanza.
BL: British Library · 18 June 2019 English
Item note: Rwenzururu Movement song. The song refers to the rape of Mukirane's wife by men of the Uganda Rifles. Followed by fragment of song with claps. Performance note: This …