ABSTRACT
In Chapter Four, the notion of memory is used in relation to the lyrical content from mbira recordings. In this chapter, the reconsideration of the lyrical content of ILAM’s mbira recordings helps to unravel the social and political content of many recordings that Hugh Tracey classified as humorous or self-delectative. However, many of these songs contained a valuable source of historical memory or subaltern information about social issues by local musicians.
