Malipenga

Malipenga
EtymologyTrumpets
Stylistic originsmilitary drills
Cultural originsAfter World War I, Nyasaland (current Malawi)

Malipenga is an African dance music of the Tonga people of Malawi.[1] The dance was originated in imitations of military drills[2] when they fought alongside the British Army in World War I.[3]

Malipenga is common in the central and northern regions of Malawi, as in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Zambia with slight modifications.[4] Each year in August is held a big Malipenga festival in Northern Malawi in a different town each year.[5]

  1. ^ "Malipenga dance music from the Tonga-speaking people of Malawi". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  2. ^ TRACEY, HUGH (1953). "BANTU MUSIC". Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory (5): 55–62. ISSN 0040-5817.
  3. ^ "Malipenga Dance Season | Malawi Events". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  4. ^ Kamlongera, Christopher F. (1986). "An Example of Syncretic Drama from Malawi: Malipenga". Research in African Literatures. 17 (2): 197–210. ISSN 0034-5210.
  5. ^ TRACEY, HUGH (1953). "BANTU MUSIC". Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory (5): 55–62. ISSN 0040-5817.