Seeta le kgwale mosesetho (Visit the partridge)
- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165933 , vital:41298 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-02
- Description: "Visit the partridge, where have the mothers been last year? Visit the partridge." The initiation schools are held out in the country away from the village, hence the visit to the wild creatures, such as the partridge. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165933 , vital:41298 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-02
- Description: "Visit the partridge, where have the mothers been last year? Visit the partridge." The initiation schools are held out in the country away from the village, hence the visit to the wild creatures, such as the partridge. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Sikere ka lenaka (He is carrying it with a horn)
- Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165942 , vital:41299 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-03
- Description: "Mankeke is carrying a bucket with a horn, we have seen him. He is carrying the bucket with a horn." Initiation ceremonies bring out a number of somewhat strange songs whose meaning appears to be symbolic and only understood by the locals, if at all. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165942 , vital:41299 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-03
- Description: "Mankeke is carrying a bucket with a horn, we have seen him. He is carrying the bucket with a horn." Initiation ceremonies bring out a number of somewhat strange songs whose meaning appears to be symbolic and only understood by the locals, if at all. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tlalerwa re Humanega (Improverished by the wild dog)
- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166005 , vital:41306 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-10
- Description: "The wild dogs will make us poor. Poverty from the wild dogs, you men!" There are no wild dogs left in the district. The reference in this case is to the prowess of the hunters themselves. The leopard are plentiful in the Pilansberg hill where they eat goats and baboons. Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166005 , vital:41306 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-10
- Description: "The wild dogs will make us poor. Poverty from the wild dogs, you men!" There are no wild dogs left in the district. The reference in this case is to the prowess of the hunters themselves. The leopard are plentiful in the Pilansberg hill where they eat goats and baboons. Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tloga o ense ka dinao kwalatla (Stand up, brave men)
- Japhta Modisane, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Japhta Modisane , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166356 , vital:41355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-17
- Description: This praise song or verse is addressed to the present Chief Mohgatle Mabe, of Mabe's Kraal. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Japhta Modisane , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166356 , vital:41355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-17
- Description: This praise song or verse is addressed to the present Chief Mohgatle Mabe, of Mabe's Kraal. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tlotlang Kgosi (Honour the great Chief)
- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165987 , vital:41304 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-08
- Description: "Honour the great Chief, men! Tribes are serious. Men! Honour the great Chief, men! When tribes are serious." Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165987 , vital:41304 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-08
- Description: "Honour the great Chief, men! Tribes are serious. Men! Honour the great Chief, men! When tribes are serious." Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tumediso ya Morena (Greetings to the Chief)
- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165924 , vital:41297 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-01
- Description: "Great, greetings, owner of the home. Bird greetings. Greetings! Owner of the home, where do I put the shield?" "Bird greetings" implies that the people are the Chief's small birds. The singers are using a local Pedi dialect of Kgatla. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165924 , vital:41297 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-01
- Description: "Great, greetings, owner of the home. Bird greetings. Greetings! Owner of the home, where do I put the shield?" "Bird greetings" implies that the people are the Chief's small birds. The singers are using a local Pedi dialect of Kgatla. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Waya waya le Makalatshane (You keep comapny with a rogue)
- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166029 , vital:41309 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-12
- Description: "You go, you go with a rogue. My son has gone to work for money. The bus is broken. They have broken the bus. The red one with a hole. The bran breaks the spoon. The rogue is Mokgadi Kwekwe. Mmapula is the clan. Mmapula, do not swear at me. I am not your comrade. They give beer according to relationship. Mokgadi is a 'tsotsi', we are surprised." This song is full of topical allusions to local village scandals, and is only to be understood by those acqainted with them. "They give beer according to relationship" implies family favouritism, and friends being left out when the beer goes round. The girl who is keeping comapny with a rogue is not mentioned by name, but is known in the village. Drinking song with netal bucket used as a drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166029 , vital:41309 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-12
- Description: "You go, you go with a rogue. My son has gone to work for money. The bus is broken. They have broken the bus. The red one with a hole. The bran breaks the spoon. The rogue is Mokgadi Kwekwe. Mmapula is the clan. Mmapula, do not swear at me. I am not your comrade. They give beer according to relationship. Mokgadi is a 'tsotsi', we are surprised." This song is full of topical allusions to local village scandals, and is only to be understood by those acqainted with them. "They give beer according to relationship" implies family favouritism, and friends being left out when the beer goes round. The girl who is keeping comapny with a rogue is not mentioned by name, but is known in the village. Drinking song with netal bucket used as a drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959