Kalela Dance photos

	A drummer from the Kitwe Ng'umbo Kalela Team performing at the Kwanga Traditional Ceremony, Lubwe, Luapula Province, Zambia, 30 October 1999. Lubwe is a small town on the shores of Lake Bangweulu, in the area that Mitchell cites as the source of the Kalela dance. Kitwe is a Copperbelt town included in Mitchell's social survey of the Copperbelt. The Kwanga Ceremony is a recently developed event celebrating the history of the Ng'umbo people of Lake Bangweulu, many of whom worked as miners or other labourers on the Copperbelt at the time of Mitchell's study, much like the Bisa people from whom were drawn the team that features in Mitchell's book. (photo by Jifumbe T. Mgala)
	A 'nurse' at a guest performance of the Masanta Kalela Team on Chishi Island, Lake Bangweulu, Luapula Province, Zambia, 19 December 1999. Women dance Kalela in equal numbers to men in most Kalela teams today, though Mitchell only noted one woman, playing the nurse character, dancing with the team he interviewed in the 1950s. (photo by Lyn Schumaker)
	'Mining company surveyors' from the Masanta Kalela Team measuring the dancing arena on Chishi Island. A number of mining related characters can be featured in Kalela teams in addition to the nurse and doctor characters in the dance at the time of Mitchell's study.(Chishi Island, Lake Bangweulu, Luapula Province, Zambia, 19 December 1999; photo by Lyn Schumaker)
	A drummer from one of Luke Mulumba's later teams, demonstrating a Kalela step. (Mikomfwa Market, Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, 30 December 1999; photo by Lyn Schumaker)
	Luke Mulumba, the team leader interviewed by Mitchell and his assistant, Sykes Ndilila, for the Kalela study. Mulumba continued to be a famous team leader and composer from the 1950s to the 1970s, leading a succession of dance teams in Luanshya on the Copperbelt. (Mikomfwa Market, Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, 30 December 1999; photo by Lyn Schumaker)
	Loni Ntembeni, leader of the Buseko Kalela Team, signalling to the Buseko Team's boats as they escort the Masanta Team to the harbour. (Chishi Island, Lake Bangweulu, Luapula Province, Zambia, 18 December 1999; photo by Lyn Schumaker)
	The Buseko Kalela Team of Chishi Island paddling out to greet the arriving Masanta Kalela Team. During the 'Kalela season' from December to February, teams on Lake Bangweulu invite each other for competitive dancing. (Chishi Island, Lake Bangweulu, Luapula Province, Zambia, 18 December 1999; photo by Lyn Schumaker)