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Usegugile

- Buthelezi Tribesman, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Composer not specified

Nkahlane

- Makala, T, Composer Not Specified, Tracey, Hugh

Bai bai

- Sophiatown Gaieties, Boikanyo, Mabel, Tracey, Hugh

Mafutha Khumalo

- Josaya Ndebele, Ndebele, Josaya, Tracey, Hugh

Marago

- Josaya Ndebele, Ndebele, Josaya, Tracey, Hugh

Sabela

- Maphela, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Maphela , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1960-00-00
  • Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not specified f-sa
  • Language: Zulu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/258698 , vital:53005 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR3826 , 62200
  • Description: Modern song, accompanied by guitar and rattles
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1960-00-00

Sukabandala

- Khoza, John, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Moroallo oa metsi a pula

- Ts'oene Toma and young men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ts'oene Toma and young men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
  • Language: Sotho
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161292 , vital:40613 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-05
  • Description: The melody of this song strongly resembles the songs of the Northern Tanganyikans. "The floods of rain. Ngene, Ngene, the noise of rain. The lightening flashed and then rain came. Makhoabunyane of Mount Katike. When it makes this roaring sound it does it only to annoy. So I took up my stick and went to find out about it. Lengae men's initiation song.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1959

Misonzi

- Five Chewa women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Five Chewa women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1958-05-28
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
  • Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252344 , vital:52228 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT594-M66 , Research no. M3H19
  • Description: A chintala women dance song about the sorrow of a women who has no one to sing with her.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958-05-28

Muntu olapho

- Dlamini, Mushumbo, The Star Brothers, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Wena wamakhosi ezizwe

- Group of men and girls from the Queen Mother's village, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Awe wedikoyoyo (No meaning)

- Pearson Kapeni, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Pearson Kapeni , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153788 , vital:39522 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-03
  • Description: "The women of Dowa desire very much to drink beer. Their work indeed is to drink beer. The women of Dowa, their work is to sell flour and flat cakes. And when they get home their marriage is broken. The women of Msoci, their work is to love the market place. And they was on Saturday only." I, Pearson Kapeni have troubles in the country of Dowa. This country hates me, why does it hate me? The reference to washing on Saturday is appreciated when one remembers that Saturday is market day in Dowa when the women put on their best clothes. The song struck home as it was true. Topical song with guitar.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958

Kwende kwende ku mpilipili (Go, go to Mpilipili)

- Young Chewa boys (Under 20 years), Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Young Chewa boys (Under 20 years) , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja/Chewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156894 , vital:40063 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-11
  • Description: A strange dance in which the dancers move their necks forward and backward like a chicken walking. The sung music is not easily followed at first until the drums between them simplify the ensemble with their clear crossed rhythms, the one (Kachisi) maintaining the ground rhythm. "Go, go to Mpili where there is an affair starting up between Duri and Diki." Ilala dance with two drums (Mudewa and Kachisi).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958

Misonzi (Tears)

- Five Chewa women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja/Chewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156986 , vital:40075 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-18
  • Description: It appears quite usual for the women to take a lament as a theme for their dance songs. The sorrow of a woman who has no one to sing with her is a case in point. "There is no friend of mine whom I can sing with. I can sing like a guitar. I have tucked my jacket into my skirt. I cry, having no friend of mine to sing wth." Chintala women dance song.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958

Muntu olapo (You there, you men, what are you saying?)

- Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers, Hugh Tracey

Ndachiona kale

- Simenti Phiri, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ndayamba dale (I start, darling)

- Young girls and 5 drummers, Hugh Tracey

Mayo mayo

- Sivale, William, Three friends, Tracey, Hugh

Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!

- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Zhikita

- Group of 12 Chokwe men and 8 women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

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