Je-je-je nyoli yangu
- Filimon Phiri, Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Filimon Phiri , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184902 , vital:44285 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-11
- Description: The story is about a violent person who used to go about stealing chickens. He would claim that all the chicken in the village were his. It is not usual for the teller of the story to talk over the singing as is done in this case. Story song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Filimon Phiri , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184902 , vital:44285 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-11
- Description: The story is about a violent person who used to go about stealing chickens. He would claim that all the chicken in the village were his. It is not usual for the teller of the story to talk over the singing as is done in this case. Story song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kawoza ndirinde
- Filimon Phiri, Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Filimon Phiri , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184911 , vital:44286 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-12
- Description: The story is about a chief who died and left a window. People used to come and visit her every evening. She would play them a magical drum both to entertain her visitors and also to remind her of her husband. The drum would play rhythms by itself being touched. Story song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Filimon Phiri , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184911 , vital:44286 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-12
- Description: The story is about a chief who died and left a window. People used to come and visit her every evening. She would play them a magical drum both to entertain her visitors and also to remind her of her husband. The drum would play rhythms by itself being touched. Story song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Pendeka
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
- Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
- Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- «
- ‹
- 1
- ›
- »