A la la mama
- Authors: Madonsela, Mpunyuka , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-01
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Bremersdorp f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/249915 , vital:51883 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT571-M23 , Research no. M2H3
- Description: A topical song about women accompanied by concertina.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-01
Mayeyelele mina kazula (I am lonely - I am an orphan)
- Authors: Josefa Malindisa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Bremersdorp f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152786 , vital:39342 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-07
- Description: "The Zionists laughed at me because my mother died." There are many such laments as this composed by African men and women who help to resolve their personal tragedies by singing about them in public. Personal lament with concertina.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958