Bana ba tau we-e! (Children of the lion!)
- Group of about 70 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of about 70 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Mochudi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166218 , vital:41339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-02
- Description: "Children of the lion. He - he! we! Having been called, we have come." This song was recorded on the occasion when the Chief was being presented with the skin of a lion which had recently been killed, out at one of the cattle posts. According to custom, the skin had to be given to the Chief, Murusi Pilane. A large crowd of men marched up through the village to the Chief's council place, the Kgotla, singing this song as they came. The man who had killed the lion wore the skin over his head and shoulders, while four other men were similarly covered with the skins of leopards. A friend had the hollow fanged skull of the lion strapped on top of his head. As they sang, several men stabbed the air with their assegais as if they were reenacting the scene. Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Group of about 70 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Mochudi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166218 , vital:41339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-02
- Description: "Children of the lion. He - he! we! Having been called, we have come." This song was recorded on the occasion when the Chief was being presented with the skin of a lion which had recently been killed, out at one of the cattle posts. According to custom, the skin had to be given to the Chief, Murusi Pilane. A large crowd of men marched up through the village to the Chief's council place, the Kgotla, singing this song as they came. The man who had killed the lion wore the skin over his head and shoulders, while four other men were similarly covered with the skins of leopards. A friend had the hollow fanged skull of the lion strapped on top of his head. As they sang, several men stabbed the air with their assegais as if they were reenacting the scene. Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Chikulamayembe Gondwe
- Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Livingstone f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140247 , vital:37854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-09
- Description: Chief Chikulamayembe Gondwe is the Paramount Chief of the Henga people in northern Nyasaland- as a great man by men of his tribe. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Livingstone f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140247 , vital:37854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-09
- Description: Chief Chikulamayembe Gondwe is the Paramount Chief of the Henga people in northern Nyasaland- as a great man by men of his tribe. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Chinjilile mwalyanjo (You had better be careful)
- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Lozi men , 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/10962/139770 , vital:37780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-06
- Description: When the girl's initiation is at an end, she is led in the evening to a nearby stream to wash, and whilst she is washing, this song is sung. The initiation period amongst the Lozi lasts for 6 months during which time the girl is taught all domestic skills she will need in later life. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Lozi men , 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/10962/139770 , vital:37780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-06
- Description: When the girl's initiation is at an end, she is led in the evening to a nearby stream to wash, and whilst she is washing, this song is sung. The initiation period amongst the Lozi lasts for 6 months during which time the girl is taught all domestic skills she will need in later life. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Abakazi okuzandhda
- Waibi and Soga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Waibi and Soga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bugabula County f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171292 , vital:42042 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-14
- Description: "Women like playing very much. Oh! yes the women do like playing. Women should not be trusted. For if you give one a present, she gives it to her lover." This song was much appreciated by the audience which was sitting all around the players. Humorous song, with Budongo Likembe and Nsaasi tin rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Waibi and Soga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bugabula County f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171292 , vital:42042 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-14
- Description: "Women like playing very much. Oh! yes the women do like playing. Women should not be trusted. For if you give one a present, she gives it to her lover." This song was much appreciated by the audience which was sitting all around the players. Humorous song, with Budongo Likembe and Nsaasi tin rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Abasungu balisa-we tata
- Philemon Kalela, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Philemon Kalela , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183808 , vital:44071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-17
- Description: "The White people have come, father, they are flying in the sky. They have made the smelter. They have made the shaft. They brought money. They have come here for good, they will never turn back from our country. They have settled in our (Lamba) country, these settlers of the Copper Belt." This refers to great industrial intrusion into this part of Africa where large deposits of copper are now being mined in what used to be a remote and densely wooded part of the country. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Philemon Kalela , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183808 , vital:44071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-17
- Description: "The White people have come, father, they are flying in the sky. They have made the smelter. They have made the shaft. They brought money. They have come here for good, they will never turn back from our country. They have settled in our (Lamba) country, these settlers of the Copper Belt." This refers to great industrial intrusion into this part of Africa where large deposits of copper are now being mined in what used to be a remote and densely wooded part of the country. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Amagombe galindya
- Nasuti Social Club, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nasuti Social Club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171201 , vital:42029 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-05
- Description: A song of mourning reminding the singers that they also will soon follow their dead friend. Mourning song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and Nsaai tin rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Nasuti Social Club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171201 , vital:42029 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-05
- Description: A song of mourning reminding the singers that they also will soon follow their dead friend. Mourning song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and Nsaai tin rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Ketu hunyinga
- Group of Luba men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinkondje f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181986 , vital:43787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-08
- Description: The four drummers were the chief singers together with their women. Malimba 2 xylophones, on frames without resonators.. 3 goblet drums, once called Itumba and the others Mutumbwe. The Itumba drum was a closed drum with a mirliton fixed into its side, 20" high and with 12 1/2" membrane. The Mutumbwe drums were both weighted with paste to lower their pitch, and had similar mirlitons. The large slit drum, Kunri, was insulated from the ground as it had no legs. In this respect the slit drums behave physically like a xylophone note and must be supported at the two nodes or they will not sound properly. Budye dance, with 2 xylophones, 3 conical drums and 1 slit drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Group of Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinkondje f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181986 , vital:43787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-08
- Description: The four drummers were the chief singers together with their women. Malimba 2 xylophones, on frames without resonators.. 3 goblet drums, once called Itumba and the others Mutumbwe. The Itumba drum was a closed drum with a mirliton fixed into its side, 20" high and with 12 1/2" membrane. The Mutumbwe drums were both weighted with paste to lower their pitch, and had similar mirlitons. The large slit drum, Kunri, was insulated from the ground as it had no legs. In this respect the slit drums behave physically like a xylophone note and must be supported at the two nodes or they will not sound properly. Budye dance, with 2 xylophones, 3 conical drums and 1 slit drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Mere
- Nasuti Social Club, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nasuti Social Club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171207 , vital:42030 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-06
- Description: "You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Budongo Likembe were in three pitches each an octave apart. (1) Th treble - Mbaire, (2) The baritone - Ndumi, (3) The bass - Nene. The common scale was as follows:- 656, 560, 496, 432, 368, 328 vs. Religious song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and a Nsaasi flat tin rattle (-12.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Nasuti Social Club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171207 , vital:42030 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-06
- Description: "You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Budongo Likembe were in three pitches each an octave apart. (1) Th treble - Mbaire, (2) The baritone - Ndumi, (3) The bass - Nene. The common scale was as follows:- 656, 560, 496, 432, 368, 328 vs. Religious song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and a Nsaasi flat tin rattle (-12.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Awakasi mbuwayi
- James Matigo with Jita men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: James Matigo with Jita men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kwaya (African people) , Jita (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Musoma f-tz
- Language: Kwaya , Jita
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175105 , vital:42540 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-18
- Description: The dance is a shaking dance in which the top part of the body, and the throax is rhythmically revolved with the arms and shoulder blades revolving in concert with the chest. This type of dance action appears to be very commonly employed in the district near the Lake Victoria. The item was recorded at the Mwadui Williamson Diamond Mine where the men were employed. Marimba dance song for men and women, Marimba (Mbira) 12 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: James Matigo with Jita men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kwaya (African people) , Jita (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Musoma f-tz
- Language: Kwaya , Jita
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175105 , vital:42540 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-18
- Description: The dance is a shaking dance in which the top part of the body, and the throax is rhythmically revolved with the arms and shoulder blades revolving in concert with the chest. This type of dance action appears to be very commonly employed in the district near the Lake Victoria. The item was recorded at the Mwadui Williamson Diamond Mine where the men were employed. Marimba dance song for men and women, Marimba (Mbira) 12 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Bwana Leja
- Authors: Thomas Mulungo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Gisu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbale f-ug
- Language: Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169412 , vital:41747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0131-01
- Description: The player was seated holding the lyre with the strings extending towards the right and played his leg bells by beating his heel on the ground. Bawana Leja (Letcher or Fletcher) was said to be a Government appointed valuator of cattle which were commandered during the war (1939-45) to feed the troops stationed in Kenya and Uganda. The woman complains that her only cow was taken by him and that she had no milk to give her new born child. Topical song with seven string Litungu lyre and leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Thomas Mulungo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Gisu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbale f-ug
- Language: Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169412 , vital:41747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0131-01
- Description: The player was seated holding the lyre with the strings extending towards the right and played his leg bells by beating his heel on the ground. Bawana Leja (Letcher or Fletcher) was said to be a Government appointed valuator of cattle which were commandered during the war (1939-45) to feed the troops stationed in Kenya and Uganda. The woman complains that her only cow was taken by him and that she had no milk to give her new born child. Topical song with seven string Litungu lyre and leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chepkirui
- Teituk Arap Sumiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Damunda
- Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kagya / Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171829 , vital:42130 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR143-14
- Description: Damunda was the pet name of his love, which means the 'Beauty'. Many girls in this district certainly merit the title of Damunda as they are gifted with an unusual share of charm. Love song, with conical laced drum played with sticks and rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kagya / Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171829 , vital:42130 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR143-14
- Description: Damunda was the pet name of his love, which means the 'Beauty'. Many girls in this district certainly merit the title of Damunda as they are gifted with an unusual share of charm. Love song, with conical laced drum played with sticks and rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
James Mbaka
- Authors: Daudi Otuoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178084 , vital:42906 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-07
- Description: In this song Daudi discourses upon the local scene how once he was reported as dead, how straight a man is Mbaka, and how the clerk Siba reports favourably upon the progress made by the location. Topical song with Thum 8 string lyre, legs bells (-12.55-) and Oduong toe ring (-12.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Daudi Otuoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178084 , vital:42906 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-07
- Description: In this song Daudi discourses upon the local scene how once he was reported as dead, how straight a man is Mbaka, and how the clerk Siba reports favourably upon the progress made by the location. Topical song with Thum 8 string lyre, legs bells (-12.55-) and Oduong toe ring (-12.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kanthu pa Ingalandi
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mahaba, jamani, yananiatile
- Egyptian musical club, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Egyptian musical club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179523 , vital:43074 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-15
- Description: Abbas Haji was the singer of this song composed by the gifted player Bom Amberon. "I am distrought with love, I can neither see by day nor sleep by night. In whom shall I confide my two years' longing. Who will tell me how my heart might find repose. Love song, with 2 Udi, 1 Cello, 1 mandoline, 1 Dambak, 1 Kayamba rattle, and 3 violas.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Egyptian musical club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179523 , vital:43074 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-15
- Description: Abbas Haji was the singer of this song composed by the gifted player Bom Amberon. "I am distrought with love, I can neither see by day nor sleep by night. In whom shall I confide my two years' longing. Who will tell me how my heart might find repose. Love song, with 2 Udi, 1 Cello, 1 mandoline, 1 Dambak, 1 Kayamba rattle, and 3 violas.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Malume gasimba chilumenda
- Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota , 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/10962/174215 , vital:42455 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-12
- Description: "Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira was locally made with notes of umbrella rib. It had a number of extra notes, eleven mounted in between the left and right hand series but these were not used. The mirliton membrane on the face of the instrument made it possible to hear the very low frequencies of the deep bass notes, which would otherwise have been lost. The tuning is as follows:- 536, 464, 404, 332, 268 vs. Its range extended from 640 to 55 vs or three and a half ocatves. Its deep bass notes are among the lowest to be found on any Mbira type of instrument. Song with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Ngaina Nolo and Mtonya Bota , 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/10962/174215 , vital:42455 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-12
- Description: "Whenever there is a dance men are always jealous of their wives." This Ilimba, a 20 note box mbira was locally made with notes of umbrella rib. It had a number of extra notes, eleven mounted in between the left and right hand series but these were not used. The mirliton membrane on the face of the instrument made it possible to hear the very low frequencies of the deep bass notes, which would otherwise have been lost. The tuning is as follows:- 536, 464, 404, 332, 268 vs. Its range extended from 640 to 55 vs or three and a half ocatves. Its deep bass notes are among the lowest to be found on any Mbira type of instrument. Song with 20 note Ilimba Mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Manini
- Mbolele Sabulon with Meru men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mbolele Sabulon with Meru men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) -- Music , Meru (African people) -- Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Arusha f-tz
- Language: Meru
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173850 , vital:42415 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR153-01
- Description: "Our cattle were stolen but we rescued them. High God help me and show me how to recapture my cattle should they ever be raided again." About 600 men and women took part in these recordiongs. The Wembe horn can be heard during the responses. Embrukoi dance song for men and women with Wembe side blown horn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Mbolele Sabulon with Meru men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) -- Music , Meru (African people) -- Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Arusha f-tz
- Language: Meru
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173850 , vital:42415 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR153-01
- Description: "Our cattle were stolen but we rescued them. High God help me and show me how to recapture my cattle should they ever be raided again." About 600 men and women took part in these recordiongs. The Wembe horn can be heard during the responses. Embrukoi dance song for men and women with Wembe side blown horn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Okufa kwa Kireri
- Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukona f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171543 , vital:42089 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR142-06
- Description: Kireri was a godly man who died in a train accident between Kamapala and Nairobi. He believed that everyone should pray to his own gods, and belonged to a sect called Balokole. When he was killed in the accident, they say, that had it not been for Europeans his body would have been eaten by hyenas, for his wife refused to have him brought home for burial. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre and Ndingidi 1 string lute (-10.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukona f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171543 , vital:42089 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR142-06
- Description: Kireri was a godly man who died in a train accident between Kamapala and Nairobi. He believed that everyone should pray to his own gods, and belonged to a sect called Balokole. When he was killed in the accident, they say, that had it not been for Europeans his body would have been eaten by hyenas, for his wife refused to have him brought home for burial. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre and Ndingidi 1 string lute (-10.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Peny gi Polo
- Elisha Nyakango, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Elisha Nyakango , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177853 , vital:42882 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-10
- Description: He praises God who made all creatures. The God to whom all men can pray. This item and the next one are unusual in that a genuine local type of folk is used for a Christian purpose. Wend Nyashye Religious chants with Thum 8 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Elisha Nyakango , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177853 , vital:42882 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-10
- Description: He praises God who made all creatures. The God to whom all men can pray. This item and the next one are unusual in that a genuine local type of folk is used for a Christian purpose. Wend Nyashye Religious chants with Thum 8 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Te-reterere
- Shaba Kasiani with Chaga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Shaba Kasiani with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174607 , vital:42493 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-06
- Description: "The lost man who wandered into the bush not knowing which way to go, he met wild animals, buffalo and a blind man drinking water far away from anywhere." Song, with Shicheyere leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Shaba Kasiani with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174607 , vital:42493 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-06
- Description: "The lost man who wandered into the bush not knowing which way to go, he met wild animals, buffalo and a blind man drinking water far away from anywhere." Song, with Shicheyere leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950