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Penny Yon describes BaTonga music

Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe

A 4-minute field recording by radio continental drift made in Harare, Zimbabwe on 29 September 2012, in the afternoon. Soundscape: street music & buskers, cafés, bars & restaurants and mountains.

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Penny Yon describes BaTonga music
4:23CC BY-SA 3.0by radio continental driftInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

Penny Yon describes the fascinating music of the BaTonga and especially a Ngoma Buntibe performance with drummers, horn-players and women singer-dancers. Now the projects administrator at Pamberi Trust/ Book Café Harare, Penny lived in Binga, in the Zambezi valley for many years, working for Kunzwana Trust in support of Tonga musicians and local arts and culture. More recordings with Penny Yon archived at: http://archive.org/details/Voices_from_Harare_131 From: http://both-sides-of-the-zambezi.tumblr.com/

Written by radio continental drift on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Harare is a city of about 1,542,813 people in Harare, Zimbabwe. OttoAnna lists 29 field recordings from here.

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