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Ndwano siya mani zuminina ngoma ye

- Group of 8 Tonga men and boys, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 8 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139126 , vital:37707 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-17
  • Description: This story was enacted as well as told with much vigour. It appears to be based on the theme of the child imprisoned in a drum by a wicked old musician - a story which is well known on the south of the Zambezi throughout S. Rhodesia as the story of "Mikunda wa serewa" and in other versions. Story with song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ndwano uswi yatata (Father's fish)

- Group of young Tonga girls and children, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of young Tonga girls and children , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138499 , vital:37643 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-01
  • Description: The story was told to a group of about 30 children of all ages by a young girl of about 16 years. The story was clearly a well known favourite as the audience participated in the song without hesitation or teaching. Perhaps it was father's favourite fishing story. Story with songs.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ndwimo lwa mutetere(Flute tune)

- Mwami Sinefwala Mukuli, Hugh Tracey

Ngano zwano twokuruma (The story of the people who were digging)

- Jobi Chaliwepa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Jobi Chaliwepa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138526 , vital:37646 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-04
  • Description: The response is "Kalanga-ti". The burden of this story is that a certain man with only one testicle could not walk like other men, but walked with a limp on account of his physical peculiarity. Story with song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ngoma

- Group of Tonga men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Tonga men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138810 , vital:37674 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-05
  • Description: The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely hapharzard and is controlled by the fortuitous length and shape of the horns employed. The smaller boys played the shorter horns and the larger boys the longer horns. The bass horns needing more breath to blow them. This is a very wild kind of dance, with everyone dancing madly in a mob. The step is a short staccato, jigging step to and fro, very simple. Noise seems to be the main object and the dust thrown up by their feet in the alluvial soil of the river valley almost obscured the tight knot of dancers. The celeste caused by the treble pipes in deafening to an observer, but too high pitched to record. The names of the 7 drums from smal to large were:- 1) Gogogo, 2) Kingaridi, 3) Chamutanda, 4) Muntunda, 5) Mujinji, 6) Pininga, 7) Pati. The first four are played with sticks and the three others with hands. They are all the same basic shape being an almost square cut rectangular cylinder for a body and a hollow pipe of wood without foot for a base. They are all sung across the shoulder or held between the thighs for playing. Ngoma dance with Nyele end-blown antelope horn and set of Ngoma drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ngoma

- Group of Tonga men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Tonga men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138044 , vital:37587 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-08
  • Description: The names of the drums from small to large are: Gogogo, Chamutanda, Muntundu, Pininga and Pati. The drums set the pace of the rhythm, then the horns begin. Each man or boy blows one horn and interpolates his note as he pleases while he dances a jig to and fro among the close knot of hornblowers. The result is a loud and cheerful noise devoid of any melody with everyone, men, women and children shouting, singing and whistling as they shuffle to the impulse of the drumming. The hornblowers at first held ther free hand to an ear, presumably to help them establish their own contribution to the mass sound. Funeral dance song with ensemble of Nyele end-blown antelope horns and Ngoma drums.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ngoma (2)

- Group of Tonga men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Tonga men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138819 , vital:37675 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-06
  • Description: The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely hapharzard and is controlled by the fortuitous length and shape of the horns employed. The smaller boys played the shorter horns and the larger boys the longer horns. The bass horns needing more breath to blow them. This is a very wild kind of dance, with everyone dancing madly in a mob. The step is a short staccato, jigging step to and fro, very simple. Noise seems to be the main object and the dust thrown up by their feet in the alluvial soil of the river valley almost obscured the tight knot of dancers. The celeste caused by the treble pipes in deafening to an observer, but too high pitched to record. The names of the 7 drums from smal to large were:- 1) Gogogo, 2) Kingaridi, 3) Chamutanda, 4) Muntunda, 5) Mujinji, 6) Pininga, 7) Pati. The first four are played with sticks and the three others with hands. They are all the same basic shape being an almost square cut rectangular cylinder for a body and a hollow pipe of wood without foot for a base. They are all sung across the shoulder or held between the thighs for playing. Ngoma dance with Nyele end-blown antelope horn and set of Ngoma drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ngoma (3)

- Group of Tonga men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Tonga men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138824 , vital:37676 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-07
  • Description: The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely hapharzard and is controlled by the fortuitous length and shape of the horns employed. The smaller boys played the shorter horns and the larger boys the longer horns. The bass horns needing more breath to blow them. This is a very wild kind of dance, with everyone dancing madly in a mob. The step is a short staccato, jigging step to and fro, very simple. Noise seems to be the main object and the dust thrown up by their feet in the alluvial soil of the river valley almost obscured the tight knot of dancers. The celeste caused by the treble pipes in deafening to an observer, but too high pitched to record. The names of the 7 drums from smal to large were:- 1) Gogogo, 2) Kingaridi, 3) Chamutanda, 4) Muntunda, 5) Mujinji, 6) Pininga, 7) Pati. The first four are played with sticks and the three others with hands. They are all the same basic shape being an almost square cut rectangular cylinder for a body and a hollow pipe of wood without foot for a base. They are all sung across the shoulder or held between the thighs for playing. Ngoma dance with Nyele end-blown antelope horn and set of Ngoma drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nguruwe (The pig)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138433 , vital:37636 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-08
  • Description: Throughout Africa drinking songs are often the most gay and light-heated of all local songs and this is no exception. Mayanza drinking song with 1 Gavanda drum, conical, single, open, pegged and 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nguwenda mela (See how deep the water)

- Edward Panisi, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Edward Panisi , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139064 , vital:37701 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-12
  • Description: This was performed by a small boy of about 11 or 12 years old, who is clearly already cut out to be a musician and leader of dances. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ngwani ulala mudundulu (You bachelors, how do you like sleeping alone?)

- Siambelele Nyama, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Siambelele Nyama , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138252 , vital:37615 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-13
  • Description: The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride price. You are queer fellows. What do you go to town for - I don't sleep alone. and I am sorry for you. Oh, let me go, I do not want to stay with you bachelors. You had better consult the diviners and ask them to tell you your fortune." "Siambelele" means a sheep, so the singer's name means "Sheep's meat." The tuning of the instrument as follows:- 656, 584, 528, 472, 432, 396, 356, 328, 292, 264 vps. Humorous song with Kankowela mbira. with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nifwe ba four pals (Greetings from the four pals)

- The Four pals, Hugh Tracey

Nisoya na Chingola niyoleka moskito (I am going to Chingola to buy a 'Mosquito')

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Nkunte njinga Andre Ciku (Andrew Ciku urged us to pedal fast on our bicycles)

- M. Sashi and group of Lumbo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: M. Sashi and group of Lumbo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira mine f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151743 , vital:39166 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-09
  • Description: "Andrwew Ciku urged us to pedal hard. We wanted to cross the Luwongo river to get to the copperbelt, but on the way we broke down, to our regret!" This type of parallel singing is called "Kalela" and is commonly used, they say, for topical songs. These boys were actually singing in a mixture of Bemba and Aushi. Topical song
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nsanguke Pungwa Maiswetu Nsanguke (I can change myself into a hawk)

- Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Nyele/Horns

- 17 Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: 17 Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138490 , vital:37642 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-14
  • Description: An experimental recording of the Nyele horns, to demonstrate their tuning, the order of their appearance and general scheme of melody. They are commonly played with drums and not by themselves alone, and are employed upon various ceremonial occasions such as funerals and large gatherings. They vary in size from about 5" to 18" long and are taken from a variety of antelope. Names of Nyele pipes (from smallest to largest) 1. Kampeko. 2. Simulya sikiri. 3. Senseku. 4. Jungainga. 5. Pindakati. 6. Muwere. 7. Siamupa. 8. Mpako. 9. Fulwa. 10. Saina. 11. Mulundu chigabana. 12. Gapalikwa. 13. Fumbira momba. 14. Tiabutiabu. 15. Tandamubbgwa. 16. Tandawanyoko. 17. Tukirauso. Horn ensemble with set of 17 Nyele antelope end-blown horns.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Owe mbale kwa Lyoto (I am going to Lyoto)

- Mwayulukula, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mwayulukula , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Safwa (African people)--Music , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde , Safwa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151875 , vital:39182 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-07
  • Description: The singer was Safwa from Mbeya district of Southern Tanganyika. The tune "Wenela" is sung, they say, when going to join up with the Witswatersrand Native Labour Association organization to work on the mines of South Africa and elsewhere. Self-delectative song with Pango board zither.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Pindo yaka iwile (My whistle has dropped)

- D. Mwanambuyu, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: D. Mwanambuyu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139814 , vital:37787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-10
  • Description: "I have dropped my whistle. I must run back, for otherwise somebody will pick it up." The tuning as follows:- 472, 440, 396, 356, 320, 296, 260, 236, 220, 198, 178, 148, 118 v.p.s. Self-delactative song with Kangombio fan-shaped mbira with external resonator and mirliton.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Sheme yasenzana wa mai-we

- 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls, Hugh Tracey

Sigorira (Who is crying)

- Mangwato Penge, Hugh Tracey

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