Masambeni
- Preformer not specified, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Preformer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Alice sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/351158 , vital:63958 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC358a-04
- Description: University of Fort Hare music students
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2005
- Authors: Preformer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Alice sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/351158 , vital:63958 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC358a-04
- Description: University of Fort Hare music students
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2005
Umngqokolo
- Mafika, N., Ndzelani, M, Magqirha, N, Tukani, N, Tukani, M, Pintshana, T, Mukwena, E, Thukani, M. J., Ndzelani, N., Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Mafika, N. , Ndzelani, M , Magqirha, N , Tukani, N , Tukani, M , Pintshana, T , Mukwena, E , Thukani, M. J. , Ndzelani, N. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1999
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Hogsback sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/344616 , vital:63153 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC347b-02
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999
- Authors: Mafika, N. , Ndzelani, M , Magqirha, N , Tukani, N , Tukani, M , Pintshana, T , Mukwena, E , Thukani, M. J. , Ndzelani, N. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1999
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Hogsback sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/344616 , vital:63153 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC347b-02
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999
Ndoyika
- Ngqoko young villagers, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Ngqoko young villagers , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1990
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Hand-clapping music , folk dance , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Lady Frere f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93649 , vital:30908 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC029a-06
- Description: Traditional Thembu umtshotsho young people's dance song accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1990
- Authors: Ngqoko young villagers , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1990
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Hand-clapping music , folk dance , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Lady Frere f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93649 , vital:30908 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC029a-06
- Description: Traditional Thembu umtshotsho young people's dance song accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1990
Soft as the voice of an angel
- St Joseph's Choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: St Joseph's Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/441774 , vital:73917 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC184a-02
- Description: Unaccompanied church music festival and composition of new song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
- Authors: St Joseph's Choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/441774 , vital:73917 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC184a-02
- Description: Unaccompanied church music festival and composition of new song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
Communion Song
- Ga-Rankuwa Workshop Participants, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Ga-Rankuwa Workshop Participants , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Setswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/301356 , vital:58040 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD104-17
- Description: Unaccompanied Workshop Mass hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Ga-Rankuwa Workshop Participants , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Setswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/301356 , vital:58040 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD104-17
- Description: Unaccompanied Workshop Mass hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
iThemba lam
- Zionists, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zionists , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not specified f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/297993 , vital:57653 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD097-07
- Description: Religious Music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
- Authors: Zionists , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1986
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa City not specified f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/297993 , vital:57653 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD097-07
- Description: Religious Music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1986
Umtshotsho Song
- Ndini, Nobonile, Maci, Noiron, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Ndini, Nobonile , Maci, Noiron , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/289319 , vital:56621 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD079-06
- Description: Umrhubhe Bow duet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
- Authors: Ndini, Nobonile , Maci, Noiron , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/289319 , vital:56621 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD079-06
- Description: Umrhubhe Bow duet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Title Not Specified
- Zulu Folk, Scherk, Marwiga, Sister, Composer Not Specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Zulu Folk , Scherk, Marwiga, Sister , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1983-18-09
- Subjects: Folk music , Folk songs, Zulu , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Mbongolwane f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/284722 , vital:56091 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD069-04
- Description: Sunday mass at Mbongolwane.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1983-18-09
- Authors: Zulu Folk , Scherk, Marwiga, Sister , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1983-18-09
- Subjects: Folk music , Folk songs, Zulu , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Mbongolwane f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/284722 , vital:56091 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD069-04
- Description: Sunday mass at Mbongolwane.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1983-18-09
Uzuko kuThixo = Glory to God
- St Patrick's congregation, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: St Patrick's congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Mthatha sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/413795 , vital:71075 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC136a-03
- Description: Catholic hymn, accompanied by the marimba. Gloria.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
- Authors: St Patrick's congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Mthatha sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/413795 , vital:71075 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC136a-03
- Description: Catholic hymn, accompanied by the marimba. Gloria.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Siyakholwa kuThixo
- Xhosa festival workshop participants, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Xhosa festival workshop participants , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1978
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Alice sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/334138 , vital:61856 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC323b-10
- Description: Xhosa music workshop performance accompanied by drum and marimba
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1978
- Authors: Xhosa festival workshop participants , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1978
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Alice sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/334138 , vital:61856 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC323b-10
- Description: Xhosa music workshop performance accompanied by drum and marimba
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1978
Antiphon
- Xhosa composers workshop participants, Molefe, S. C., Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Xhosa composers workshop participants , Molefe, S. C. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zwelitsha sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/357842 , vital:64791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC042b-06
- Description: Music workshop performance, accompanied by clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
- Authors: Xhosa composers workshop participants , Molefe, S. C. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zwelitsha sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/357842 , vital:64791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC042b-06
- Description: Music workshop performance, accompanied by clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
Oh laziness
- Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kwanongoma sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/389417 , vital:68445 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC067a-23
- Description: Folk song with singing accompanied by a xylophone, a bass guitar, a keyboard and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Kwanongoma sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/389417 , vital:68445 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC067a-23
- Description: Folk song with singing accompanied by a xylophone, a bass guitar, a keyboard and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
Title not specified
- Marymount Choir, Msimang, Martina, OSB, Dargie, Dave
- Authors: Marymount Choir , Msimang, Martina, OSB , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Uitenhage sa
- Language: IsiZulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/376144 , vital:66980 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC070b-15
- Description: Marymount choir performs original hymn composition, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
- Authors: Marymount Choir , Msimang, Martina, OSB , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1977
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Uitenhage sa
- Language: IsiZulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/376144 , vital:66980 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC070b-15
- Description: Marymount choir performs original hymn composition, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1977
Lesang nca re a baka (Leave the dog alone)
- Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164993 , vital:41192 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-05
- Description: "Leave the dog alone, we are praising. We orphans, if collected would fill the Chief's kraal. I didn't lock the door last night and the dog ate up all my fat, all on account of your lovers." The last three lines refer to the fact that two girls were sharing the same room. One left the door open for her lovers to enter, and a dog got in and ate up all the other one's fat. Herdboy's song and step danie, with stamping of feet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164993 , vital:41192 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-05
- Description: "Leave the dog alone, we are praising. We orphans, if collected would fill the Chief's kraal. I didn't lock the door last night and the dog ate up all my fat, all on account of your lovers." The last three lines refer to the fact that two girls were sharing the same room. One left the door open for her lovers to enter, and a dog got in and ate up all the other one's fat. Herdboy's song and step danie, with stamping of feet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Waramba ukuma (He refused the relationship)
- Murira, Madzikuminga, Muzengedza and Madera, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Murira, Madzikuminga, Muzengedza and Madera , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179072 , vital:39867 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-09
- Description: "You refused friendship, Machinda. You refused friendship, it is worn out." Machinda was the title given to the sons of the Monomotapa and may well have come down from those days in the sixteenth century when the Monomotapa held sway over this part of what is now Southern Rhodesia. Party song with three Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira and Murumbi drum).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Murira, Madzikuminga, Muzengedza and Madera , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179072 , vital:39867 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-09
- Description: "You refused friendship, Machinda. You refused friendship, it is worn out." Machinda was the title given to the sons of the Monomotapa and may well have come down from those days in the sixteenth century when the Monomotapa held sway over this part of what is now Southern Rhodesia. Party song with three Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira and Murumbi drum).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Joki rakafa (Joki is dead)
- Group of 5 Karanga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 5 Karanga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Gutu District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154292 , vital:39644 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR081-05
- Description: The 'Bakumba' is a form of the Shangara dance. Joki, it seems, got married but his wife left him. So he went and asked his father-in-law to return the lobola but the father-in-law refused, so Joki went and killed himself by cutting his own throat. Bakumba party dance, with 2 drums and rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Group of 5 Karanga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Gutu District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154292 , vital:39644 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR081-05
- Description: The 'Bakumba' is a form of the Shangara dance. Joki, it seems, got married but his wife left him. So he went and asked his father-in-law to return the lobola but the father-in-law refused, so Joki went and killed himself by cutting his own throat. Bakumba party dance, with 2 drums and rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Kalulu ndi munthu (The rabbit and the man)
- Bareto Kanjiunji and boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bareto Kanjiunji and boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158173 , vital:40158 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-14
- Description: Although the language used is Mang'anja, the style of singing, they say comes from the Sena element in their society a great many Sena people having migrated out of the Zambezi valley into that of the Shire. Some time ago a rabbit and a man went together to get Matutungwe fruit to eat. While they were eating they saw a python and it wound itself round the man. The man begged the rabbit to go and get help. The rabbit replied, "You help yourself" because when we rabbits climb a tree we go with a knife to cut anything that entangles us. The man asked the rabbit again "Please rabbit help me". So the rabbit said, "just you sing this song and you will be free". So the man sang the song and escaped from the python. The customary reply during the story is "Go-gogodera andi sinjo." Story and song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Bareto Kanjiunji and boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158173 , vital:40158 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-14
- Description: Although the language used is Mang'anja, the style of singing, they say comes from the Sena element in their society a great many Sena people having migrated out of the Zambezi valley into that of the Shire. Some time ago a rabbit and a man went together to get Matutungwe fruit to eat. While they were eating they saw a python and it wound itself round the man. The man begged the rabbit to go and get help. The rabbit replied, "You help yourself" because when we rabbits climb a tree we go with a knife to cut anything that entangles us. The man asked the rabbit again "Please rabbit help me". So the rabbit said, "just you sing this song and you will be free". So the man sang the song and escaped from the python. The customary reply during the story is "Go-gogodera andi sinjo." Story and song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Kari muchipfuwa kana ziwa ne mwene (Only you can tell what you are thinking in your heart)
- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Sena , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Sena (African people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District f-rh
- Language: Sena , Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156550 , vital:40019 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR091-14
- Description: "In your heart (litt. in your chest.") This tune they said, is played at any time and on any occassion when the music of the Matebe is called for. The three outside notes on either hand are plucked upwards by the first fingers. Scale of the instrument:- 158, 140, 124, 114, 104, 95, 86, 79. Topical song with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro mbira bell and 1 Murumbi bowl drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Sena , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Sena (African people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District f-rh
- Language: Sena , Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156550 , vital:40019 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR091-14
- Description: "In your heart (litt. in your chest.") This tune they said, is played at any time and on any occassion when the music of the Matebe is called for. The three outside notes on either hand are plucked upwards by the first fingers. Scale of the instrument:- 158, 140, 124, 114, 104, 95, 86, 79. Topical song with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro mbira bell and 1 Murumbi bowl drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Muzazaranda 2
- Tawagaza Sibanda, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Tawagaza Sibanda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154527 , vital:39743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-05
- Description: When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one that pleased his heart best. The first version (a) is instrumental only. The second with the voice Muzazaranda is an old traditional title for items of this nature. Seld delectative song with Njari Mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Tawagaza Sibanda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154527 , vital:39743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-05
- Description: When asked which was his favourite tune Tawagaza replied that this one, i.e. Muzazaranda was the one that pleased his heart best. The first version (a) is instrumental only. The second with the voice Muzazaranda is an old traditional title for items of this nature. Seld delectative song with Njari Mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nona vela amwana impela (Some mothers have children)
- Authors: Andrea Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153073 , vital:39390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-01
- Description: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Andrea Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153073 , vital:39390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-01
- Description: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958