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Building Radio Bridges – Audio Letters between Lockdown NYC

and the Zambezi Valley

a collaborative exchange by Brooklyn College students at the City University of New York – members of Sinazongwe Community Radio Station Zongwe FM in Sinazongwe, Zambia – members of the women’s organisation Zubo Trust in Binga, Zimbabwe; via Tom Miller aka Sonic Anthropology and Claudia Wegener aka Radio Continental Drift (rcd)

co-production during Coronavirus Lockdown May – July 2020

Total length: 71 minutes 156 MB, 42 tracks (320 kbps)

1. Greetings from Lockdown NYC (0:56)

by Brooklyn College Anthropology students

2. Lockdown Song (0:51)

by Sumayya Begum

3. DJ Mo Zongwe FM responds to students in NY (2:36)

by Monica Sianbunkululu aka DJ Mo

4. To Zambia With Love (1:00)

by Tairice Cash

5. Nelico Mweetwa Zongwe FM responds to students in NY (0:41)

by Nelico Mweetwa DJ Cibikubantu kuli banyina nkalungu kaamoyo

6. Women and Fishing (1:04)

by Jennifer Kipnis, Bijan Mills, Ainon Kazol Hia, Isaar Tahir

7. Bulemu responds to students about Zubo (fishery) project (1:15)

by Bulemu Mutale

8. Matron Muleya responds about women fishing in Zim and Zam (1:54)

by Matron Muleya

9. James Teelela Zongwe FM responds to students in NY (0:58)

by James Teelela aka DJ Mukkala Ajigwa

10. Call-and-Response Live (3:39)

by Zongwe FM DJs, Isaar Tahir, excerpt of rcd Kunstradio piece 2019

with Zubo women, Chiza Mwinde, Abbigal Muleya; music: Valerio Orlandini,

Valerie Vivancos in Radio-Bridge Remix Compilation 2018

11. Why Radio? (0:58)

by Brooklyn College Anthropology Students

12. Nelico & James Zongwe FM respond to students on women’s groups (0:48)

by Nelico Mweetwa, James Teelela

13. DJ Nono Zongwe FM responds to students in NY (1:31)

by Nosiku Mundia aka DJ Nono

14. Zubo Song recorded by Lucia Munenge with Virginia Mwembe (1:31)

by Lucia Munenge – Zubo Radio

15. Why Recordings? (Audio-Anthropology-Basimbi-Remix) (1:40)

by Sabrina Tellez, Lucia Munenge with Ester Muleya (Chilimba) and Virginia

Mwembe, Regina Munkuli (Girl’s Lullaby), Labecca Munkuli (recorded by Margaret)

16. An Open Invitation to “Africa’s 54” Podcast (2:27)

by Shamiso Tunduwani (background: Zubo Song)

17. The Challenges of Water (2:06)

by Lucia Munenge, Julie Ann Tupper, Chiza Mwinde (“Her Story of Rocks”);

music by Ilpo in Radio-Bridge Remix Compilation 2018

18. Your Favorite Rock (0:51)

by Connor Fitzgerald

19. Nelico & James Zongwe FM respond to students on Lake Kariba (1:47)

by Nelico Mweetwa, James Teelela

20. Zubo’s Matron Muleya responds to students on similarities (2:05)

by Matron Muleya

21. Faces of Nyami Nyami (3:54)

by Algassimou Diallo, Hilda Lema, Anam Javed, Shamiso Tunduwani

22. Zubo’s Matron Muleya responds to students on similarities (2:03)

by Matron Muleya

23. Neighbours and Other Strangers (2:02)

by Shamiso Tunduwani

24. Mutinta Mukuwa responds to students in NY (2:36)

by Claudia Wegener

25. Notes from the Field (Antenna Garden mix) (0:55)

by Shamiso Tunduwani, Hilda Lema

26. Why Birds? (1:46)

by Brooklyn College Anthropology Students

27. PLANO remix, Zimbabwe birds, women and rain making (1:29)

by Gogo aka Thembi Ngwabi, music: Rebuilding PLANO by Anna Stereopoulou

28. Symbols, Meanings and Community (1:48)

by Shamiso Tunduwani

29. Anthropology in the Time of Coronavirus (3:34)

by Tom Miller

30. Roads and Herons (0:51)

by Anna Kowalski

31. A Piece of Song (0:53)

by Alvin Huang

32. Through My Window ( 0:53)

by Naomie Monestime

33. Notes from the Pandemic (2:00)

by Brooklyn College Anthropology Students

34. Bulemu Mutale responds to students in NY from Germany (1:10)

by Bulemu Mutale

35. COVID-19 and Hope (4:04)

by Ziping Chen, Johnny Han, Kevin Ramsaroop

36. Lindatumune Nyono Mudimba responds to students on COVID-19 (1:21)

by Linda Mudimba, music: Crystal DJ Kwe Favel from 2016 Album “Radio

Remixes Voices of Binga”

37. Words and Community (0:41)

by Kaitlin Torres

38. Nelico & James Zongwe FM responds to students on COVID-19 (1:45)

by Nelico Mweetwa, James Teelela

39. Sikakonze (Lizard Buzzard Song) – Antenna Garden mix (1:37)

by Tairice Cash, Tom Miller

40. Nelico & James Zongwe FM sign-off to students in NY (0:12)

by Nelico Mweetwa, James Teelela

41. Donor Ncube translates Nelico’s proverb (0:34)

by Donor Ncube and her daughter

42. Lockdown Song (Echo) – Antenna Garden mix (1:19)

by Sumayya Begum, Naomie Monestime, Alvin Huang

Produced by Tom Miller for Sonic Anthropology: #1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 21,

23, 25-26, 28, 30-33, 35, 37

Produced by Claudia Wegener for radio continental drift: #3, 5, 7-10, 12-15,

17, 19-20, 22, 24, 27, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41

Produced by Tom Miller for Antenna Garden: #25, 39, 42

Bird samples: Field recordings selected and rerecorded by Brooklyn College Anthropology Students from the Macaulay Library @ Cornell Ornithology Lab

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