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Title: | Bakalanga traditional music instruments ('Zwilidzo zwa ntolo zwe Bakalanga') |
Author: | Phibion, Otukile Sindiso |
Year: | 2006 |
Periodical: | Botswana Notes and Records (ISSN 0525-5090) |
Volume: | 38 |
Pages: | 74-88 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs., ills. |
Geographic terms: | Botswana Zimbabwe Southern Africa |
Subjects: | musical instruments Kalanga Art, Architecture, Music, Drama Kalanga (African people) |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/41235988 |
Abstract: | Having realized that Botswana's traditional musical instruments threaten to become obsolete, the author of this article carried out research on the musical instruments of the Kalanga, who live in the northeastern part of Botswana and the Bulilimangwe District of western Zimbabwe. The article deals with the following categories of instruments: membranophones, notably various types of drums; idiophones, including leg rattles ('mishwayo') and hand-held rattles ('woso'); aerophones, including transverse reed flutes ('nyele') and traditional whistles ('pemba'); and chordophones, including the 'muhubhe' and 'dende' (types of musical bows). The author describes the construction of the instruments, as well as how to play them. Bibliogr., sum. [ASC Leiden abstract] |