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Munthu anamanga nyumba yaikuru (A man built a large house)

- Flori Kalindang'oma and Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Flori Kalindang'oma and Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kalindang'oma, Dowa, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154075 , vital:39560 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-13
Description: A man built a big house, cut the necessary grass and poles and left them in the bush. A bird came and sang a song to make the grass grow again anf the trees sprout again. This happened twice. But the third time the man hid nearby, discovered the bird, killed it, took it home and cooked it. The off and when it was cut up in pieces to be eaten. 1. "Who cut the grass here? In rows, in rows. Grow, grass grow! Sprout trees, sprout!" 2. Pluck me carefully" sings the bird. "Lilili, myself the bird. Cut me up carefully" sings the bird. "Lilili, myself the bird." Story song (Nthanu)
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Date Issued: 1958

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Nangule pepe (I am sorry 'Nangule'! (a kind of bird)

- Duncan Nkhalamba and Chewa boys, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Duncan Nkhalamba and Chewa boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karonga, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154066 , vital:39559 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-12
Description: " Sorry, Nangule, sorry Nangule, your eggs are being taken." A hyena came and stole some of the eggs so the other bird called Nangule who killed the hyena and threw him into a ditch. An elephant also stole some eggs and did in the same way. All the eggs were finished, but Nangule paid the other bird its wages in spite of the loss of all its eggs. Nangule (the bird) hired another to take care of its eggs. Story song (Nthanu).
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Date Issued: 1958

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Bankulu ne yumba

- Group of 7 Luba men and 1 woman, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 7 Luba men and 1 woman , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kabongo f-cg
Language: Luba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137840 , vital:37565 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-13
Description: The singers make use of organum in their harmonies. The two drums are complimentary to each other with quite distinctive tones, the one having a clear hollow tone and the other a buzzing tone. Fwila dance song with 1 smaill goblet drum, closed, pinned, hand beaten, and 1 box drum, hand beaten and tapped on side.
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Date Issued: 1957

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E-ye-ye alawombi tombi (I have lost my hair-do)

- Group of 8 Lunda men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 8 Lunda men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilungu f-za
Language: Lunda
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139328 , vital:37727 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-11
Description: The girls of this tribe plait their hair and draw it out into a wedge or mat on the top of the head. It is the loss of this bunch of hair to which this song refers. Topical song with struck metal.
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Date Issued: 1957

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Kwaile Muhiana ni yema (I will go where Muhiana has gone)

- Alexander Muhiana and Griffis Kopo, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Alexander Muhiana and Griffis Kopo , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Lozi (African people) , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Coillery f-rh
Language: Lozi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152107 , vital:39213 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR067-14
Description: It is supposed to be a girl singing. Muhiana is the name of the girls' lover. Tuning of the instrument:- 552, 512, 448, 420, 376, 348, 308, 276 vs. Self-delectative song with Kangombio mbira.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Munendo na munendo (Christian travellers)

- Members of the christian Mission to Many lands, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Members of the christian Mission to Many lands , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Hymns, Bemba , Africa Zambia Chingola f-za
Language: bemba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135370 , vital:37262 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-07
Description: This hymn appears to be based on the old hymn tune-"Shouting out the battle-cry freedom. 2 separate Hymns.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Mwemfwiti

- Gruop of lala men and 1 woman, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Gruop of lala men and 1 woman , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
Language: Lala
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134358 , vital:37132 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-09
Description: "We know you, never mind, you wizards." The song, they say, is sung one week after burial. The stick is tapped onto the barrel of the drum. Obsequies after burial, with 1 conical drum, I stick and clapping.
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Date Issued: 1957

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Entoro y’omuhogo

- Rusania with Nkole men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Rusania with Nkole men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Nyankole (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kamakuzi f-ug
Language: Nyoro , Nyankole
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170104 , vital:41859 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0134-15
Description: This song recalls the beauty of the Ankole countryside where they wander over the downs, a nomadic people, herding their cattle and living like the Masai on blood and milk. The style of singing would appear to be more Hima than Bantu. Nostalgic song.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Kuhiga

- Haya men and Jason the Chief's hunting dog, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Haya men and Jason the Chief's hunting dog , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kabale / Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
Language: Nyoro , Haya
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171963 , vital:42143 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR144-08
Description: This was a very cheerful demonstration of a hunting party with the sound of the bells which are attached to the dogs' collars of plaited leather. The dog, Jason, which belonged to the Chief Gabriel Lugabandana, joined in the recording with a right good will, and enjoyed the hunting cries by the men as they pretended to go otter hunting in the wooded marshes in the valleys near the lake. Hunting cry and song with bells and hunting horn.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Zainyanyatoko

- Muchuru Zhou, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Muchuru Zhou , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1949
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Zaka f-rh
Language: Shona
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180520 , vital:43397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-10
Description: The story of a woman who was driven away from the village as they said she was a 'witch' and her husband too rude. The common name for a person whose behaviour or presence is a cause of offence to the others in the community was a 'witch' as used in the mediaeval sense. Story song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1949

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