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Magayo gonalemaga

- Nyakwela, Gogo men and women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Nyakwela , Gogo men and women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950-06-17
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , 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/10962/206679 , vital:47049 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT060-D50 , Research no. D2X5
  • Description: Topical song with 2 hourglass drums, 3 Malimba trough zithers, Ndwala bells and flat tin rattles accompaniment.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950-06-17

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-).
  • Full Text: false
  • 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

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