The Lala kalimba: the correlation between instrument and style.
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Once I got the opportunity to go to Zambia to conduct field research and stay with the Lala people for several months, I discovered much to my delight that the kalimba - the lamellophone found there - took an important place in the musical culture of the Lala. THe richness and variety of the music and the open-heartedness of the musicians turned out to be a revelation to me. Moreover, it became clear that through the kalimba other aspects of the Lala society could be exposed.References
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Davidson, Marjory 1970 "Some music for the Lala Kankobele", African Music, 4(4):i03-ii3.
IJzermans, Jan J. 1995 "Music and theory of the possession cult leaders in Chibale, Serenje District, Zambia", Ethnomusicology, 39(2):245*274.
Jones, A.M. 1950 "The Kalimba of the Lala tribe, Northern Rhodesia", Africa, 2o(3):324-334.
Kubik, Gerhard 1962 "The phenomenon of inherent rhythms in East and Central African instrumental music", African Music, 3(i):33-42.
1980 "Likembe tunings of Kufuna Kandonga", African Music, 6(i):70-88.
1998 Kalimba, Nsansi, Mbira - Lamellophone in Afrika, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
Long, Norman 1968 Social Change and the Individual, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Mapoma, M.I. 1985 Survey ofZambian Musical Instruments - Case Study: Musical Instruments of the Lala People of Serenje Districts, Lusaka: University of Zambia Press.
Mensah, Atta Annan 1971 Musical instruments and Dances of Zambia, Lusaka: Zambia Information Services.
Nketia, J.H. Kwabena 1974 The Music of Africa, New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
Reuster-Jahn, Uta 2007 "The Mwera Lamellophone Luliimba", African Music, 8(i):6-20.
Tracey, Andrew 1970 "The Matepe Mbira Music of Rhodesia", African Music, 4(4):37-6i.
1972 "The original African Mbira?", African Music, 5(2):85-io4.
1974 "The family of the Mbira: the evidence of the tuning plans", Journal Zambezia, 3(2):i-6.
Baird, Michael. 1998 CD, Kalimba & Kalumbu Songs, Northern Rhodesia, Zambia 1952 & 1957, SWP Records / International Library of African Music SWP 010.
2009 CD, The Kankobela of the Batonga, Vol.i, SWP Records SWP 036.
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2010-11-30
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Van Dijk, Marcel. 2010. “The Lala Kalimba: The Correlation Between Instrument and Style”. African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music 8 (4):84-100. https://doi.org/10.21504/amj.v8i4.1868.
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