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Enkoito drum rhythms I

- Five Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172501 , vital:42211
  • Description: A set of Enkoito drums consists of the following:- 1. Mpero, the smallest, c. 8" membrane. 2. Ntimbo. the starter, the drum on which the basic rhythm is kept. c. 10" - 12" membrane. 5. Nyaminyeko, the bass drum upon which the syncopations are played. c. 12" - 18" membrane. Five conical laced drums, played with sticks.
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Enkoito drum rhythms II

- Five Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172511 , vital:42212
  • Description: A set of Enkoito drums consists of the following:- 1. Mpero, the smallest, c. 8" membrane. 2. Ntimbo. the starter, the drum on which the basic rhythm is kept. c. 10" - 12" membrane. 5. Nyaminyeko, the bass drum upon which the syncopations are played. c. 12" - 18" membrane. Five conical laced drums, played with sticks.
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Kimbalaliki bwaki umwene gwanu nyoile

- Tigalyoma Tiwesobwa with Zinza women, Hugh Tracey

Nimpwere bana bange kirika mabondo tirekuramya Gavana

- Kanyogote Mdende with Zinza men and women, Hugh Tracey

Orumbugu

- Komile Kaijage with five Haya men, Unknown, Kaijage, Komile, Tracey, Hugh

Lukiza

- Bin Seliman, Habib, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Bin Seliman, Habib , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950-08-05
  • Subjects: Recitative legend , Nanga trough zither , Indigenous folk music
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: Sound , Music
  • Identifier: vital:15148 , MOA01-04 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013477 , Tape number: 95 , Master number: 5235-291 , Research number: D4W2 , GALP1322-B5
  • Description: English translation of title: 'The angry man' , Recitative legend by Habib bin Seliman, with nanga trough zither (x7) , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music
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Nkete

- Makondere Band, led by Eliazali Kazinduki, Kazinduki, Eliazali, Tracey, Hugh

Enkoito drum rhythms

- Five Haya men, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Five Haya men , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950-08-04
  • Subjects: Drum rhythms , Single laced conical drums (played with sticks) , Indigenous folk music
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: Sound , Music
  • Identifier: vital:15150 , MOA01-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013479 , Tape number: 93 , Master number: 5220-291 , Research number: D4V9 , GALP1324-A1
  • Description: Drum rhythms by five Haya men, with single laced conical drums (played with sticks) , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music
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Aba Mukama

- Ernest Kibuka with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ernest Kibuka with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172289 , vital:42184
  • Description: The laced drum is called Ngoma, the general name of any drum. It only receives a special name when it is part of a set of drums such as the Enkoito set. David Rugomola is said by his men to be the best chief in the whole Bibanja area and the people like him very much. He is a tall man with finely drawn features common to many aristocratic Hima people who rule over several lesser tribes in this part of East Africa. Praise song, with conical laced drum, beaten with sticks, and clapping (-12.03-).
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Abamalaya

- Salima with Haya women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Salima with Haya women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172604 , vital:42227
  • Description: The subject of this song refers to the burning question in Bukoba at the time (1950), that of the recent rebellion on the part of the women against virtual enslavement by the men. It has given rise to the most interesting social complications. The rattle is played with a circular movement of the wrist. Ngondo dance song for girls, with 1 laced conical drum and gourd rattle (-12.54-) and clapping (-12.03-).
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Ali Majengo

- Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171926 , vital:42139
  • Description: "My love is in Majengo." (the red light district of Bukoba). The great social problem of Bukoba (1950) is the general laxity of morals which followed up on the rise in thier standard of living through the planting of coffee. Men and women alike have lost their standards of recent years. Sung while paddling out to lay nets. The cries are the traditional cries are the traditional cries of the fishermen out on the lake. Paddling song with conical laced drum, beaten with sticks and clapping (-12.03-).
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Batele bwankya

- Norobeti Michaili with Haya boys, Hugh Tracey

Bateme Makonge

- Kagaruki Nkokolo with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kagaruki Nkokolo with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171972 , vital:42144
  • Description: "Cut down the trees at Makonge farm." This farm was originally the property of a German farmer. The singer urges his friends to co-operate in this job of cutting the trees. It was also a gesture to retrieve the land from foreign occupation as they say that 'the one who plants trees owns the land'. Topical song with laced conical drum and clapping.
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Bireke kifwerya

- Ernest Kibuka with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ernest Kibuka with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172051 , vital:42153
  • Description: Many years ago the people of Bukoba tried to come to some agreement about making a paramount chief. The idea failed owing to the narrow loyality of the various peoples of their own minor chiefs. Those who had proposed the amalgamation sang, "Leave the fools alone," resolving to carry out their intentions at some future date. The accent of the clapping falls on pulses 2, 5 and 7 in the 8 pulse measure. Topical song with conical laced drum and clapping.
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Bwonwa

- Angelina Isaka with Haya women / Chief Garikani, Kalema, Hugh Tracey

Damunda

- Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls, Hugh Tracey

Dikitari Tiyakuyia

- Felisiano Karungula with Haya boys, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Felisiano Karungula with Haya boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172622 , vital:42230
  • Description: "The hospitals is a good place and should not be burnt down. Why, I myself was once treated there." A sentiment which could be echoed through many regions of Africa where rioters are notorious for burning down hospitals, clinics and schools. Ruyaigo dance song for boys and girls, with conical laced drum, 1 gourd rattle (-12.54-) and clapping (-12.03-).
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Einembe

- Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171931 , vital:42140
  • Description: "If anyone steals my mangoes I will kill him." This song sung as the fishermen paddle their way home having put out their nets is done at a much more leisurely speed than the outward voyage. When sung in their lake canoes there is no drum, the drum and clapping were used only to keep the singers in time as if they were paddling. Paddling song with conical laced drum, beaten with sticks and clapping (-12.03-).
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Enaku zita amalembo

- Kabyoma Mashulamo, Hugh Tracey

Enjangu

- Eliasi Karuandila with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

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