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Awu mungoya wetu amusolile konongo Part II

- Madeje Matengo with Gogo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Madeje Matengo with Gogo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174252 , vital:42459 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-02
  • Description: The dance which follows the chanting of Awu Mungoya. Part I. Each man had a pod shaped metal bell or two tied below one knee which emphasised the stamping of that foot. Unlike the Zulu, the Gogo appear to stamp only one foot, and not alternate feet in this dance. The flute obligato lends an attractive rustic touch to the whole. This recording is part of the dance which normally follows the opening song, the sound of the leg bells and the Mulanzi flute being heard. The full dance lasts for a considerable time and only a part was recorded. Nindo praise dance for men and women with Malanzi transverse flute, 2 holed, stopped, -11.331 x 2- and Ndwala bells.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Awu mungoya wetu amusolile konongo Part III

- Madeje Matengo with Gogo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Madeje Matengo with Gogo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174261 , vital:42460 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-03
  • Description: In this recording the whole group sing the song again, this time not a dance but as a song with most of the stanzas included. It is clear that the length of the song depends largely on the leaders and the leaders and the stanzas they line. There are few in Africa within our experience who can compare with these Gogo musicians in their special field. Nindo praise dance for men and women with Malanzi transverse flute, 2 holed, stopped.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Drum Rhythm

- Gogo women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Drum Rhythm

- Gogo women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Drum Rhythm

- Gogo women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Drum Rhythms

- Gogo women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kuriye

- Mireiye Sanganga with Chaga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mireiye Sanganga with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174354 , vital:42470 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-13
  • Description: "Gather for defence." In the early days about 100-150 years ago, when the various tribes were pushing up onto the fertile slopes of the Kilimanjaro faction fighting was a daily occurance. At Marango the chief lived inside stout stone walls. Fighting song with sticks.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Maganga kalila zanswelo

- Nolo, Ngaina, Mtonya Bota, Tracey, Hugh

Maganga kalila zanswelo

- Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174225 , vital:42456 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-13
  • Description: "Maganga wishes you good luck." This variety of Mbira, the Ilimba, is unusually large for a pentatonic instrument. The change of position of the microphone from the underside of the Ili,ba to the upper side for the singing of the verses is clearly heard; the rattles being on the reeds themselves. Self delecatative song, with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Magayo gonalemaga

- Nyakela with Gogo man and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Nyakela with Gogo man and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174175 , vital:42449 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-09
  • Description: "We have taken great pains to come here and sing. Look here my lad, you must do as you are told." The shaking of their heads violently from side to side induces giddiness or an entranced state. Friends come to their assistance when they fall on the ground and force their heads between their knees to regain the circulation. The Malimba were large trough shaped zithers, 3' 10" long supported at either end by two large gourds upon which they were held. Owing to the lowness of the notes they produced, the sound of the drums drowned them. But the three players shook their long strings of red ochred hair in most ecstatic style as they played and sang. The Zithers were tuned as follows:-103, 90, 84, 76, 63 vs. Both 76 and 63 vs had two strings each. The strings are plucked about 4 inches from one end. The spectators crowd around the small group of zither players and drummers, who sitting on the ground or standing holding their hour glass drums between their knees, jump and shake their long locks as if they were possessed. They say several hours of this performance frequently gives the performers a kind of involuntary hysteria which takes time to calm. The drums appear to be played out of tune with the rest of the performance. Topical song with 2 hour glass drums (-14.31201-), 3 Malimba trough zithers (-10.3515-), Ndwala bells (-12.55-), flat tin rattles(-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Magayo Gonalemaga

- Nyakwela, Gogo men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Magayo Gonalemaga

- Nyakwela, Gogo men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Malume gasimba chilumenda

- Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174215 , vital:42455 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-12
  • Description: "Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira was locally made with notes of umbrella rib. It had a number of extra notes, eleven mounted in between the left and right hand series but these were not used. The mirliton membrane on the face of the instrument made it possible to hear the very low frequencies of the deep bass notes, which would otherwise have been lost. The tuning is as follows:- 536, 464, 404, 332, 268 vs. Its range extended from 640 to 55 vs or three and a half ocatves. Its deep bass notes are among the lowest to be found on any Mbira type of instrument. Song with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Malume Gasimbe Chilumenda

- Nolo, Ngaina, Bota, Mtonya, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Malume gasimbe Chilumenda

- Nolo, Ngaina, Bota, Mtonya, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Malume gasimbe Chilumenda

- Nolo, Ngaina, Bota, Mtonya, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Malume gasimbe Chilumenda

- Nolo, Ngaina, Bota, Mtonya, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mganga Kalila Zanswelo

- Nolo, Ngaina, Bota, Mtonya, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Msodachi

- Mahalele, Chimya, Gogo men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Msodachi

- Chimya Mahalele with Gogo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chimya Mahalele with Gogo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dodoma f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174234 , vital:42457 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-14
  • Description: "The Germans and Hitler are under the water, I thought the war against Japan was over." Snatches of news of great distant events frequently appear in African folk songs where they are interwoven with news of more local significance. Ndwala bells are forged out of iron and curved over into the shape of a pod with one side open. Small iron balls are inserted inside. The bells are strung onto strips of raw hide and tied around the shins and ankles. Nindo praise song, with stamping and Ndwala bells.
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  • Date Issued: 1950
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