Malembe (Downloadable music track)
Biblical songs for worship£1.25 ex VAT
Song from the Wild Goose Resource Group album The Truth That Sets Us Free, sung by The Wild Goose Collective. For the whole album as a downloadable zipped file go here.
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Song from the Wild Goose Resource Group album The Truth That Sets Us Free, sung by The Wild Goose Collective. For the whole album as a downloadable zipped file go here.
Malembe… many songs from sub-Saharan Africa are improvised at the time of singing. If there is a chorus which all can assent to, verses may be spontaneously offered by a soloist who expands sometimes with one word the scope of the song.
Original Words & Music: Joseph Kabemba Mwenze. Translation: Carolyn Kappauf
original words & music copyright © Joseph Kabemba Mwenze, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; translation copyright © control
copyright ℗ 2012 WGRG, Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland
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13 MalembeAdditional information
| Composer(s) | Bell, John L. |
|---|---|
| Performer(s) | Wild Goose Collective |
| Track | Malembe |
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