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Baya wa baya

- Shiri, Peter Dudurai, Karanga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Handina mwana

- Hungwe, Pineas, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Joki rakafa

- Group of 5 Karanga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kare-Kare Maporisa

- Gumbo, Stephen Runeso, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Gumbo, Stephen Runeso , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1958-05-12
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
  • Language: Karanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/251363 , vital:52119 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT583-M55 , Research no. M3C14
  • Description: A humourous song about policemen on a tour accompanied by mbira.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958-05-12

Kurarwe

- Gumbo, Stephen Runeso, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Gumbo, Stephen Runeso , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1958-05-12
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
  • Language: Karanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/251264 , vital:52108 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT581-M53 , Research no. M3C7
  • Description: A humourous song about people who are travelling.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958-05-12

Mai wa Zondiwa

- Group of 5 Karanga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ndorowe ngoma

- Hungwe, Pineas, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ndozofa

- Hungwe, Pineas, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ndudzi nendudzi

- Gumbo, Stephen Runeso, Tracey, Hugh

Ngoma yababa kutamba nayo

- Gumbo, Stephen Runeso, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Gumbo, Stephen Runeso , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1958-05-12
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
  • Language: Karanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/251273 , vital:52109 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT581-M53 , Research no. M3C8
  • Description: A humourous song about calling for spirits accompanied by mbira.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958-05-12

Pamukadzi wo munu, takataka

- Hungwe, Pineas, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Shangara pa chikaranga

- Gumbo, Stephen Runero, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Umsikana ne jaya

- Gumbo, Stephen Runero, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wano gambire nyama Jarusarina

- Gumbo, Stephen Runero, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Chaminuka teera wamwe (Chaminuka follows others)

- Manyoni Wanyamande, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180241 , vital:43341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-13
  • Description: Chaminuka is the name given to a whole line of religious prophets who for many generations led the spiritual life and thoughts of the Karanga people. One of the Chaminuka prophets is said to have smitten the waters of the Zambezi so that the river parted. The Karanga people came over dry foot. His soul, they say, first flew across the river in the form of a dove. Towards the end of the song, the singer breaks into the local patois, representing a conversation between him and a 'Mujoni'. a policeman on a horse. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949

Chomusikana Mandega I (The Girl, Mandega)

- Boys of Domboshawa Government School, Hugh Tracey

Gombahari murume (Gombahari, the jealous husband)

- Manyoni Wanyamande, Hugh Tracey

Mbiriwiri ya Mondoro

- Manyoni Wanyamande, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180222 , vital:43334 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-11
  • Description: The name of this tune 'Mbiriwiri' has been associated with the playing of Mbira type instruments from time immemorial. In this case it is also connected with the spirit concept of the Mondoro or Lion spirit. The singer uses several quotations from older songs such as "Regai ndi baiwa ne banga chena, kufa kwandida." This is to be the prophet Chaminuka's last words when he was surrounded by Ndebele soilders who had come to kill him. They could not harm him and he died by being pierced in the armpit with a sharp knife held by a small boy. "Let me be stabbed by a bright knife, the death of my desiring." Song for Mashawi souls with Njari (Mbira).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949

Shokora ndinozwa mumba muno (Pound the grain, I am listening inside here)

- Manyoni Wanyamande and his wife, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande and his wife , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180231 , vital:43335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-12
  • Description: The Shangara dance has enjoyed many years of popularity amongst the younger generation. Its pronunciation is unusual being Shangara and not as one might have expected Shangara. It is swiftly moving step dance performed by each of the dancers in turn. The singer remarks among other things on the expense involved if you visit a town. Dance song for Shangara dance for me and women with Njari (Mbira).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949
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