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Uya muona

- Timeyo Mwandela, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vigwada mucenjele navyo

- Tumbuka women, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vigwada mucenyele navyo

- Tumbuka women with men in the background, Tracey, Hugh

Wadikulu wajikoma

- Shonga, Nezala, Tracey, Hugh

Wagona muntowa

- Gindiloni Ngoma, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wagona muntowa

- Ngoma, Gindiloni, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Ngoma, Gindiloni , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185231 , vital:44355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-01
  • Description: The Ugubu was a popular instrument with the Zulu of Natal several generations ago but few are now left in Natal. With the exception of one or two minor details this instrument is in the same as that of the Zulu. The chief modification is the use of a straining bridge to increase the tension of the bark string. This bow was made of a length of Tete reed 5 ft. 2 1/4 inches long and about 1 1/4 ins. diameter, and had an unusual method of straining the single string. There was a small bridge inserted between the reed and the string near the lower end and the resonating gourd was attached by means of a wore which also acted as a moveable tuning device dividing the string into two segments. The top segment was 3 ft. 10 ins. long and emitted a note of 71 vs. (81 vs. when stopped by clasping between the finger and thumb). The lower segment was not used. The interval between the two notes used is 220 cents. Self delectative song with Ugubu, musical bow, stressed and resonated
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Wakucema vyanu vyose

- Wedson Kaunda and Ngoni men and women, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wakucema vyaru vyose

- Ngoni men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wakurema Vyaru Vuose

- Henga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Walila winu mung'omba

- Zimba, Japhet, Tracey, Hugh

Walowela mawa

- Kachali, Zakaliya, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Kachali, Zakaliya , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185335 , vital:44366 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-10
  • Description: The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into Chewa at the end of his song instead of Tumbuka. This was most amusing of the crowd, "My wife is drunk. She is always drunk." "My husband always complains about my cooking." "How are you today?" Humorous song with Bango board Zither
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Walowela mowa

- Zakaliya Kachali, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wanganya welaninge

- Gondwe, E. M., Henga men, Tracey, Hugh

Wapita lero kalindabwinja

- Homwale, Hodede, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Homwale, Hodede , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187070 , vital:44562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-22
  • Description: The player was interrupted by the poor performance of his instrument as the palm leaf friction pad on the string was not behaving as he liked and he murmured so during the song. In the old days the Karigo lute was a favourite instrument of the wandering ministrel who would entertain the people with singing and dancing. Karigo dance song for men and women with one string Karigo lute
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Wasepuka na mbuzi

- Wareni Mkandawiri, Tumbuka / Henga people, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wasepuka na mbuzi

- Wareni Mkandawiri, Tumbuka / Henga people, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wasepuka na mbuzi

- Mkwandawiri, Wareni, Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School, Tracey, Hugh

We buru nolimatenda

- Gondwe, E.M, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wenayu sanje

- Mwale, Maluba, Tonga men, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Mwale, Maluba , Tonga men , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184635 , vital:44243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-08
  • Description: A story about the wives of a certain man who are jealous of the attentions paid to the others. The balance of this recording gives too much preference to the simple one stringed lute, but at the same time emphasises the utter simplicity of the accompaniment to which songs of this kind are sung by Tonga people. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Wesakombe

- Mulagha, Aston, Henga boys, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Mulagha, Aston , Henga boys , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Karonga f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185516 , vital:44393 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-15
  • Description: The leader was a Lambya but the rest of his friends were Henga. The song was sung in the Lambya dialect of Tumbuka. The foreign influence of school music is clearly discerned in this song which no doubt had a folk origin but is now distorted by extraneous harmony. A simple European style of clapping. Chikweta dance for boys and girls with clapping
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  • Date Issued: 1950
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