Ndipeze phi? (Where should I drink?)
- Group of Mpondo women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Mpondo women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136378 , vital:37370 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR030-04
- Description: This dance was performed by the married women standing in a circle. In the second part of the song they say: "The person who grinds the corn for the beer has a lot to say."- Some of the women had painted their faces with pale yellow ochre.- They wore pale blue blankets, were lavishly decorated with beads, mostly in sky blue and white, wore calf length beaded skirts, and a great many brass wire bracelets. In some cases, the typical headring was made of a leather strap (a dog's collar) studded with brass studs, edged and fringed with sky blue and white beads. Umgouzo girl's initiation dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Mpondo women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136378 , vital:37370 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR030-04
- Description: This dance was performed by the married women standing in a circle. In the second part of the song they say: "The person who grinds the corn for the beer has a lot to say."- Some of the women had painted their faces with pale yellow ochre.- They wore pale blue blankets, were lavishly decorated with beads, mostly in sky blue and white, wore calf length beaded skirts, and a great many brass wire bracelets. In some cases, the typical headring was made of a leather strap (a dog's collar) studded with brass studs, edged and fringed with sky blue and white beads. Umgouzo girl's initiation dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndithi khawuthiye nkwenkwe ndala (Please dance, big boy)
- Young men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150652 , vital:38993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-11
- Description: The roaring or grunting in this dance song is a sound peculiar to the Xhosa. The Luo and Giriyama of Kenya also do it and some of the East Coast Swahili, notably in their religious songs. It is possibly a vestigial remain of Arab influence acquired during the tribe's sojourn in East Africa some 500 years ago. Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150652 , vital:38993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-11
- Description: The roaring or grunting in this dance song is a sound peculiar to the Xhosa. The Luo and Giriyama of Kenya also do it and some of the East Coast Swahili, notably in their religious songs. It is possibly a vestigial remain of Arab influence acquired during the tribe's sojourn in East Africa some 500 years ago. Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndiy' nyama emnandi kwabaka bawo (I am good meat)
- Group of Hlangwini women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Hlangwini women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151309 , vital:39050 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-03
- Description: "I am good meat to my father's children, they are throwing only bones to me. I should have been dead if the diviners had not been looking after me." The orign of this song and its literal translation are both obsecure. Hoeing song - work song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Hlangwini women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151309 , vital:39050 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-03
- Description: "I am good meat to my father's children, they are throwing only bones to me. I should have been dead if the diviners had not been looking after me." The orign of this song and its literal translation are both obsecure. Hoeing song - work song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ngamibonge Amakentani (Please praise the Kentani people)
- Thombi Fegetwai and Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Thombi Fegetwai and Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151126 , vital:39032 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-06
- Description: The girl who leads this song is a born singer of Gcaleka type songs for her contemporaries. The people of Idutywa are, in fact, the Gcaleka tribe whose centre is in the Kentani District above 50 miles away. Mtsotsho dance, with clapping and roaring.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Thombi Fegetwai and Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151126 , vital:39032 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-06
- Description: The girl who leads this song is a born singer of Gcaleka type songs for her contemporaries. The people of Idutywa are, in fact, the Gcaleka tribe whose centre is in the Kentani District above 50 miles away. Mtsotsho dance, with clapping and roaring.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ngo, Ngo (Knock, knock, it is 7 o'clock)
- Young girls and boys of Durban location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149422 , vital:38850 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-08
- Description: Roaring or Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping, stamping and roaring
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149422 , vital:38850 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-08
- Description: Roaring or Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping, stamping and roaring
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ngoma ya bantwana (Song for the children)
- Women of Kalana location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Women of Kalana location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149467 , vital:38855 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-13
- Description: This lullaby was sung by about 50 mothers and grandmothers and one man. "Tula Ntwana musukulila." (Be quiet child and go to sleep). Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Women of Kalana location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149467 , vital:38855 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-13
- Description: This lullaby was sung by about 50 mothers and grandmothers and one man. "Tula Ntwana musukulila." (Be quiet child and go to sleep). Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nkonkonko
- Young Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151255 , vital:39044 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-13
- Description: The words of the dance are apparently meanigless except for the title. When the young herd boys returned with their cattle, sheep and goats to the village they joined in the party and sang these two songs which are typical of the present day type of dance songs used in the district. Young people's dance song and Umtshongolo dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151255 , vital:39044 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-13
- Description: The words of the dance are apparently meanigless except for the title. When the young herd boys returned with their cattle, sheep and goats to the village they joined in the party and sang these two songs which are typical of the present day type of dance songs used in the district. Young people's dance song and Umtshongolo dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nokala (The crab)
- Khotso and Mpondo men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Khotso and Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136515 , vital:37386 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-09
- Description: The women in this group all wore green cotton dresses and green head cloths. They had strands of beads round their necks worked in stripes of green, yellow, white and blue. Khotso said he had taken this colour scheme from the Vierkleur. The men, in addition to this, wore a lavish number of strings of "lucky beans" or seeds, of a pearl-grey colour. These are exclusively worn by the Izangoma. Divination song with clapping and 5 drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Khotso and Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136515 , vital:37386 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-09
- Description: The women in this group all wore green cotton dresses and green head cloths. They had strands of beads round their necks worked in stripes of green, yellow, white and blue. Khotso said he had taken this colour scheme from the Vierkleur. The men, in addition to this, wore a lavish number of strings of "lucky beans" or seeds, of a pearl-grey colour. These are exclusively worn by the Izangoma. Divination song with clapping and 5 drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nombindlela (A roadmaker)
- Group of Gcaleka women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Gcaleka women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151246 , vital:39043 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-12
- Description: The "raodmaker" refers to a man labouring on the local roads. During this song the 16 months old child on the back of one of the singers was clapping its small hands in time to the rhythms of the song which shows how soon small Africans begin to pick up their African music. Women's dance, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Gcaleka women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151246 , vital:39043 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-12
- Description: The "raodmaker" refers to a man labouring on the local roads. During this song the 16 months old child on the back of one of the singers was clapping its small hands in time to the rhythms of the song which shows how soon small Africans begin to pick up their African music. Women's dance, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nongangela (All the young men from Timgqimqi's location are alike)
- Authors: Sam Tyutwana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150779 , vital:39005 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-05
- Description: The old men Tyutwana asked specially to sing his own dance song with his friends. The song he said, was for a dance called Nongangela which they dance when they are all very happy. Dance song for Nongangela dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Sam Tyutwana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150779 , vital:39005 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-05
- Description: The old men Tyutwana asked specially to sing his own dance song with his friends. The song he said, was for a dance called Nongangela which they dance when they are all very happy. Dance song for Nongangela dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nongelema Mufana Obetele (Nongelema, the best young man)
- Group of Xhosa men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Xhosa men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150456 , vital:38978 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-08
- Description: The Kentani district lies immediately north of the mouth of the Kei river, on the east coast. Party song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Xhosa men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150456 , vital:38978 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-08
- Description: The Kentani district lies immediately north of the mouth of the Kei river, on the east coast. Party song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nontsokolo
- Group of young Xhosa men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of young Xhosa men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150698 , vital:38998 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-16
- Description: We were told that this group of Xhosa lads were from Christian homes. The tune is connected to the same dance for young boys and girls between the ages of about 12-17 years. It is a typical song the group of young people use on their way to the home where the party is to take place. The dance itself takes place in a hut. Mbayizelo dance song, with harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of young Xhosa men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150698 , vital:38998 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-16
- Description: We were told that this group of Xhosa lads were from Christian homes. The tune is connected to the same dance for young boys and girls between the ages of about 12-17 years. It is a typical song the group of young people use on their way to the home where the party is to take place. The dance itself takes place in a hut. Mbayizelo dance song, with harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nonyanya
- Group of married women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of married women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150012 , vital:38930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-17
- Description: A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. The married women were more soberly dressed than the young unmarried ones and wore their headclothes in the more usual Xhosa 'pile' of cloth on the head, producing a large loose turban-like effect. Diviner's song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of married women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150012 , vital:38930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-17
- Description: A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. The married women were more soberly dressed than the young unmarried ones and wore their headclothes in the more usual Xhosa 'pile' of cloth on the head, producing a large loose turban-like effect. Diviner's song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nteta ya nkosi (Chief's speech)
- Headman Bennett Baleni, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Headman Bennett Baleni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151291 , vital:39048 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-01
- Description: The headman of this location Bernett Baleni is himself a Hlangwini, but many of his people are both Baca and Sotho. The dialect they speak is a mixture, they say, of all three, but is classified as Baca. Speech with praise cries.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Headman Bennett Baleni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151291 , vital:39048 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-01
- Description: The headman of this location Bernett Baleni is himself a Hlangwini, but many of his people are both Baca and Sotho. The dialect they speak is a mixture, they say, of all three, but is classified as Baca. Speech with praise cries.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nyakumtyela egageni (You will eat it out of doors)
- Young Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151278 , vital:39047 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151278 , vital:39047 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nyakumtyela egageni (You will eat it out of doors)
- Young Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151273 , vital:39046 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151273 , vital:39046 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
O' Nonqayi ndoboqana
- Nontwintwi and Annie Macholweni (Performers), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nontwintwi and Annie Macholweni (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Kingwilliamstown f-za
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133615 , vital:36997 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR013-09
- Description: Self-delactative song with Hadi bow, unbraced, open string and resonated
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Nontwintwi and Annie Macholweni (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Kingwilliamstown f-za
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133615 , vital:36997 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR013-09
- Description: Self-delactative song with Hadi bow, unbraced, open string and resonated
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
O, ama Jalimani (Oh, the Germans)
- Group of young Mpondo men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of young Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136731 , vital:37412 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-09
- Description: Most of the women were married, wearing the beaded, tubular headring of the Mpondo married women. One young girl wore a mass of bead choker necklaces in the favourite Mpondo colours, sky-blue and white. The married women wore their hair in a mass of long fine twists or plaits, and wore a number of bead necklaces. Party song for young people with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of young Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136731 , vital:37412 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-09
- Description: Most of the women were married, wearing the beaded, tubular headring of the Mpondo married women. One young girl wore a mass of bead choker necklaces in the favourite Mpondo colours, sky-blue and white. The married women wore their hair in a mass of long fine twists or plaits, and wore a number of bead necklaces. Party song for young people with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Olihomba (A well-dressed person)
- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136715 , vital:37409 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-07
- Description: The Mpondo women of this district wear their hair in bunches of fine waxed plaits on either side of their faces, with one thickish waxed plait straight down in the middle of the fore-head, and hanging below the nose or chin. Song for the Umngcutsho dance, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136715 , vital:37409 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-07
- Description: The Mpondo women of this district wear their hair in bunches of fine waxed plaits on either side of their faces, with one thickish waxed plait straight down in the middle of the fore-head, and hanging below the nose or chin. Song for the Umngcutsho dance, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Pelile Makoti (My love for you, Makoti, is finished)
- Authors: Citaumvano , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136614 , vital:37397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR032-11
- Description: Makoti was his wife. From what he said, the singer was devoted to her and their song was not to be taken too literally. His capotasto was placed on the fifth fret of the guitar. Love song with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Citaumvano , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136614 , vital:37397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR032-11
- Description: Makoti was his wife. From what he said, the singer was devoted to her and their song was not to be taken too literally. His capotasto was placed on the fifth fret of the guitar. Love song with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957