The Kankobela of the Batonga Vol. 1: Recorded in Zambia & Zimbabwe (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M) Get Cheap Vinyl

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Label: SWP Records – SWP 036

Format: CD, Album

Country: Netherlands

Released: 2009

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style: African, Field Recording

1                          Wakali Perfume = She Was My Perfume

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Aaron Nchenje

4:22

2                          Utamujayi Mwana = Don't Kill Your Son

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Aaron Nchenje

5:16

3                          Baneene Mundilaye = Grandma, Please Advise Me

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Edward Mun'gombe*

3:33

4                          Kondipa Ambe Ndimuntu Nyokwe = Give Also To Me, I Too Am A Human Being

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Edward Mun'gombe*

3:24

5                          Nchembele Musimbi Wangu = Nchembele Is My Girlfriend

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Nyeleti Mukkuli

5:34

6                          Saliya Ndakuleka = I'm Breaking Up With Saliya

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Andrew George Munyumbwe

6:31

7                          Jaya Mwaamu = Kill The Prostitute

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Simuna Mugande

4:45

8                          Lwiimbo Lwamuka Mufwu = Song Of The Widow

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Simuna Mugande

4:26

9                          Njokalai = Where Am I Going To Stay?

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Benson Siamundyoli

3:57

10                        Bbandu Bbandu Mweendo (Lit. 'Legs Up And Down')

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Benson Siamundyoli

4:28

11                        Amundipe Dyonko = Give To Me, To Taste

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Manjele Siabaswi

4:42

12                        Nkaambonzi Beenzuma = Why, My Friends?

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Edward Mun'gombe*

5:32

13                        Nkobuli Busimbi Bulikomoyo = The Inner Beauty Of The Girl

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Simuna Mugande

2:57

14                        Maila Mutaalimi = Don't Grow Millet

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Andrew George Munyumbwe

5:36

15                        Twafwa Nzala = We Are Hungry

Thumb Piano [Kankobela], Vocals – Andrew George Munyumbwe

4:11

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Stichting Sharp Wood Productions

Copyright © – Stichting Sharp Wood Productions

Glass Mastered At – P+O Pallas – A 615653

Layout – Frauke Erichsen

Mastered By – hEuzz, Utrecht, Holland*

Music By – Batonga*

Photography By [Photo By] – Boudewijn Koole

Recorded By, Producer, Photography By [Other Photos], Liner Notes – Michael Baird

Recorded in June and October 2008

The kankobela is the thumb-piano of the Batonga people, who live in the Zambezi Valley on both sides of Lake Kariba in Zambia and Zimbabwe.

total 69:18

© & ℗ 2009 St. Sharp Wood Productions

Clear tray jewel case packaging with 20-page booklet

Barcode: 9 789077 068335

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: WORLD
• Released: 9/2/14
• Internal ID: JITFE