30 songs, recorded 1950-63, show the historical
origins of 'speaking out' in song - the arrival of the whites,
conditions in the mines, need for passes, poor pay, Trade Unions,
women's point of view and comments on the first trains and films, Coca-cola,
Jimmy Rogers, wars & bombing
Aushi - Baca - Bemba - Ganda - Gishu - Karanga -
-Mhari - Kipsigi - Lala - Lozi - Mbunda - Mombutu - Ndau - Njanja-Mang'anja
- Nyamwezi - Sukuma - Ronga - Tonga - -Hlanganu - Xhosa - Gcaleka - -Tembu
- Zulu -Engl
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