A Luwe
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana , Tumbuka girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185168 , vital:44335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-14
- Description: Luwe was the name of a certain man who had no children. He had married a woman who bore him no babes. The pre-occupation in the African mind with the question of offspring is frequently the subject of songs. The 'A' before the proper name is the equivalent of the English 'Mr.' (Mister). Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
A Luwe
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana and Tumbuka girls , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi city not specified f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/381739 , vital:67594 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO582-D2G10
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
A Tembo
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana , Tumbuka girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185177 , vital:44336 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-15
- Description: The grain for the midday meal at this mission is ground by machine, but for the evening meal it is still done by the girls in a mortar. They say the mortar meal is more tasty. "The old woman runs down the hill to help pound." Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
A Tembo
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana and Tumbuka girls , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi city not specified f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/381749 , vital:67595 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO582-D2G11a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Namfikilankhu
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana , Tumbuka girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185186 , vital:44337 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-16
- Description: "When I get there who will look after me, as they do not know me there." The girls were clearly out of breath with the effort of both pounding and singing. Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Namfikilankhu
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana and Tumbuka girls , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi city not specified f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/381765 , vital:67597 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO582-D2G11b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950