Track 4: Kondipa Ambe Ndimuntu Nyokwe, by Edward Mun'gombe
SWP036 –
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. A solo instrument played by men, to express their innermost feelings in songs about a range of subjects from spiritual to humorous. But it is dying out, there are no young players of this beautiful instrument. On this album we present seven surviving masters, with otherworldly songs, deep buzzing and mesmerizing time patterns. Tongatronics – but without any electricity!
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The Kankobela of the Batonga Vol. 1
Recorded in Zambia & Zimbabwe, in 2008