Walowela mawa
- Zakaliya Kachali, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Zakaliya Kachali , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185335 , vital:44366 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-10
- Description: The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into Chewa at the end of his song instead of Tumbuka. This was most amusing of the crowd, "My wife is drunk. She is always drunk." "My husband always complains about my cooking." "How are you today?" Humorous song with Bango board Zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Zakaliya Kachali , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185335 , vital:44366 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-10
- Description: The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into Chewa at the end of his song instead of Tumbuka. This was most amusing of the crowd, "My wife is drunk. She is always drunk." "My husband always complains about my cooking." "How are you today?" Humorous song with Bango board Zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wanganya welaninge
- Gondwe, E. M., Henga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Gondwe, E. M. , Henga men , 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/10962/185123 , vital:44330 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-09
- Description: "My friends, come, Nyasaland is now spoiled, women are very unfaithful." Morality songs are often couched in musical terms learnt at the missions, and are based upon generalisations of hymn tunes. Morality song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Gondwe, E. M. , Henga men , 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/10962/185123 , vital:44330 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-09
- Description: "My friends, come, Nyasaland is now spoiled, women are very unfaithful." Morality songs are often couched in musical terms learnt at the missions, and are based upon generalisations of hymn tunes. Morality song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wasepuka na mbuzi
- Wareni Mkwandawiri, Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Wareni Mkwandawiri , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185804 , vital:44432 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-02
- Description: There was once a pair of twin boys who were herding their goats. They decided to try to find out which was the fatter abd so they cut each other's stomach open to find out. The second twin died from the woound. A bird saw all this and went to tell their parents. When questioned the other twin lied saying that the second twin had been gored by a goat. Thereupon the people took the twin and killed him too for killing his twin brother. (The story was not fully finished on the record). Story with song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Wareni Mkwandawiri , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185804 , vital:44432 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-02
- Description: There was once a pair of twin boys who were herding their goats. They decided to try to find out which was the fatter abd so they cut each other's stomach open to find out. The second twin died from the woound. A bird saw all this and went to tell their parents. When questioned the other twin lied saying that the second twin had been gored by a goat. Thereupon the people took the twin and killed him too for killing his twin brother. (The story was not fully finished on the record). Story with song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wenayu sanje
- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184635 , vital:44243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-08
- Description: A story about the wives of a certain man who are jealous of the attentions paid to the others. The balance of this recording gives too much preference to the simple one stringed lute, but at the same time emphasises the utter simplicity of the accompaniment to which songs of this kind are sung by Tonga people. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184635 , vital:44243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-08
- Description: A story about the wives of a certain man who are jealous of the attentions paid to the others. The balance of this recording gives too much preference to the simple one stringed lute, but at the same time emphasises the utter simplicity of the accompaniment to which songs of this kind are sung by Tonga people. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wesakombe
- Aston Mulagha, Henga boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Aston Mulagha , Henga boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Karonga f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185516 , vital:44393 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-15
- Description: The leader was a Lambya but the rest of his friends were Henga. The song was sung in the Lambya dialect of Tumbuka. The foreign influence of school music is clearly discerned in this song which no doubt had a folk origin but is now distorted by extraneous harmony. A simple European style of clapping. Chikweta dance for boys and girls with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Aston Mulagha , Henga boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Karonga f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185516 , vital:44393 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-15
- Description: The leader was a Lambya but the rest of his friends were Henga. The song was sung in the Lambya dialect of Tumbuka. The foreign influence of school music is clearly discerned in this song which no doubt had a folk origin but is now distorted by extraneous harmony. A simple European style of clapping. Chikweta dance for boys and girls with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Woca mwana
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185285 , vital:44361 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-07
- Description: "She burnt her child, carelessly! She has fine great hips, a delight to the touch!" A song of broad rustic humour by a Ngoni singer in the language of the district-Tumbuka. Humorous song with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185285 , vital:44361 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-07
- Description: "She burnt her child, carelessly! She has fine great hips, a delight to the touch!" A song of broad rustic humour by a Ngoni singer in the language of the district-Tumbuka. Humorous song with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Yohane ulembe kalata
- Gordoni Mwale, Tumbuka and Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Gordoni Mwale , Tumbuka and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185521 , vital:44394 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-16
- Description: Note how the song becomes faster and the pitch rises. It is an old traditional song of the Nyasa Ngoni and appears to stem from the Zulu side of their culture. Ngoma dance song for men and women with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Gordoni Mwale , Tumbuka and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185521 , vital:44394 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-16
- Description: Note how the song becomes faster and the pitch rises. It is an old traditional song of the Nyasa Ngoni and appears to stem from the Zulu side of their culture. Ngoma dance song for men and women with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Zelina
- Authors: Nezala Shongs , 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/10962/185104 , vital:44328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-07
- Description: "Zelina I have touched your girdle of beads." This singer is a Ngoni singing in Tumbuka, the language of the people amongst whom he lives. To touch the bead girdle is an indication of success in love.Love song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shongs , 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/10962/185104 , vital:44328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-07
- Description: "Zelina I have touched your girdle of beads." This singer is a Ngoni singing in Tumbuka, the language of the people amongst whom he lives. To touch the bead girdle is an indication of success in love.Love song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950