Makholane (Makholane, name)
- Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162313 , vital:40832 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-14
- Description: "Makholane, the marsh stings (?) You have a goat, give me some of it to eat. Let them do it." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162313 , vital:40832 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-14
- Description: "Makholane, the marsh stings (?) You have a goat, give me some of it to eat. Let them do it." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kapeza atauma gaga (We will get home when the food is dry)
- Authors: R. Mzandu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kongwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153533 , vital:39474 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-01
- Description: Herd boys are one of Africa's sources of original songs. The life of thee youngsters is full of the intimate knowledge of creatures and their ways. The discomforts of nature and the constant search for food or sweet things. A herd boy's education is second to none at that tender age and the pleasures are never forgotten. They use a well known proverb concerning their food, referring to their work for other people's cattle. "The one who cooks does not eat the food." "We'll get home when the food is dry. Leave some for me, I will eat it when I come." Herd boy song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: R. Mzandu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kongwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153533 , vital:39474 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-01
- Description: Herd boys are one of Africa's sources of original songs. The life of thee youngsters is full of the intimate knowledge of creatures and their ways. The discomforts of nature and the constant search for food or sweet things. A herd boy's education is second to none at that tender age and the pleasures are never forgotten. They use a well known proverb concerning their food, referring to their work for other people's cattle. "The one who cooks does not eat the food." "We'll get home when the food is dry. Leave some for me, I will eat it when I come." Herd boy song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Wakaratha
- Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
- Language: Kikuyu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175470 , vital:42583 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-02
- Description: "Archer, let us shoot at each other, then if I kill you, we will sacrifice a ram for you. The meat will be given to the rain-makers, rain will fall, the grass will grow to feed the cattle. The cattle will be used for a wife's dowry and she will make beer for me."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
- Language: Kikuyu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175470 , vital:42583 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-02
- Description: "Archer, let us shoot at each other, then if I kill you, we will sacrifice a ram for you. The meat will be given to the rain-makers, rain will fall, the grass will grow to feed the cattle. The cattle will be used for a wife's dowry and she will make beer for me."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
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