Bemba Lullaby
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Bemba Lullaby Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Bemba people, Zambia’s largest ethnic group, living across the northern plateau near the Copperbelt. Bemba has become something of a lingua franca across much of Zambia, spoken well beyond the Bemba homeland itself, and the community’s traditional leadership still centers on the Chitimukulu, a paramount chieftaincy dating back to a powerful pre-colonial kingdom that once dominated much of the region. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Bemba Lullaby” Means
The Bemba are Zambia’s largest ethnic group, living across the northern plateau near the Copperbelt, with a farming culture built around cassava and a strong oral storytelling tradition. This original lullaby draws on those plateau and farming images of Bemba life.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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