Waya, waya
- Sanyenke Gethula with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sanyenke Gethula with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173418 , vital:42369 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-16
- Description: Their neighbours still raid them for their cattle and have to be fought off. Why the lion should have spots like a leopard is not clear, except that a young lion retains for a while the spotted marks with which it is born. Fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Sanyenke Gethula with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173418 , vital:42369 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-16
- Description: Their neighbours still raid them for their cattle and have to be fought off. Why the lion should have spots like a leopard is not clear, except that a young lion retains for a while the spotted marks with which it is born. Fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wiyo walipulapula uganga
- Sergent Shabani Mutalise with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sergent Shabani Mutalise with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173237 , vital:42348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-14
- Description: "Your friends are punding charms. I left my wife at Tanga. Come and sleep with me. I love you so much. Come and sleep with me." The Manyanga dance is performed either by troupes of trained men or by both men and women together. When performed by a troupe it is an acrobatic dance and the dancers tie bells below the knee to enhance the rhythm of their steps. The tune itself is said to be a traditional melody. Manyanga dance for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Sergent Shabani Mutalise with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173237 , vital:42348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-14
- Description: "Your friends are punding charms. I left my wife at Tanga. Come and sleep with me. I love you so much. Come and sleep with me." The Manyanga dance is performed either by troupes of trained men or by both men and women together. When performed by a troupe it is an acrobatic dance and the dancers tie bells below the knee to enhance the rhythm of their steps. The tune itself is said to be a traditional melody. Manyanga dance for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wuyawuya nalila mininga
- Likhengele Makhono with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Likhengele Makhono with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173671 , vital:42397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-05
- Description: Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Charms and counter charms to a people who know no physical chain of cause and effect and only a vague one, are still considered valuable. The Wigasha dance is performed sitting down with most of the action confined to stretching up the arms and twisting the torso. The team of dancers performs routine actions in unision with arms and body. "I am Thinking abouth the death of my love who looked after me well. Wigasha dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Likhengele Makhono with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173671 , vital:42397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-05
- Description: Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Charms and counter charms to a people who know no physical chain of cause and effect and only a vague one, are still considered valuable. The Wigasha dance is performed sitting down with most of the action confined to stretching up the arms and twisting the torso. The team of dancers performs routine actions in unision with arms and body. "I am Thinking abouth the death of my love who looked after me well. Wigasha dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Yabulele Hiyari ngoma (This Hiyari dance is very foolish)
- Idi Selemani with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Idi Selemani with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173083 , vital:42320 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-18
- Description: The leader disapproved of the singing of the women who persisted in putting their black bourkas over their mouths. His 'tch-tch' can be clearly heard in his second song. Hiyari ya Moyo dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Idi Selemani with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173083 , vital:42320 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-18
- Description: The leader disapproved of the singing of the women who persisted in putting their black bourkas over their mouths. His 'tch-tch' can be clearly heard in his second song. Hiyari ya Moyo dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Yaya ulu kumwaka nalabla msenga
- Kabadiko Lugembe with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kabadiko Lugembe with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Ilemera f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173369 , vital:42363 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-12
- Description: "No, no, this man only a messenger and is not to be blamed." The Sukuma are given to forming groups or socities with definite objectives. Some are solely for dancing, others for hunting while others again like the Buchwezi group believe they can create protective spells against attack by crocodiles from Lake Victoria and the river. Buchwezi protective spell, with gourd rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kabadiko Lugembe with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Ilemera f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173369 , vital:42363 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-12
- Description: "No, no, this man only a messenger and is not to be blamed." The Sukuma are given to forming groups or socities with definite objectives. Some are solely for dancing, others for hunting while others again like the Buchwezi group believe they can create protective spells against attack by crocodiles from Lake Victoria and the river. Buchwezi protective spell, with gourd rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Zagambayo mabilo mabilo (Run, Zagambayo, run)
- Thungu Giti with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Thungu Giti with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Nzega f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173540 , vital:42382 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-13
- Description: Zagambayo had a friendly fight with another man in which it had been arranged that the loser should pay a cow. Zagambayo lost and was told to run and fetch his cow. The Nzega is the leaping dance action where the men leap into the air in time with the music. Puba dance song for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Thungu Giti with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Nzega f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173540 , vital:42382 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-13
- Description: Zagambayo had a friendly fight with another man in which it had been arranged that the loser should pay a cow. Zagambayo lost and was told to run and fetch his cow. The Nzega is the leaping dance action where the men leap into the air in time with the music. Puba dance song for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950