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Kontae iya konta (Kontae)

- Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends, Hugh Tracey

Krubo

- Group of Hlangwini men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Hlangwini men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
  • Language: Southern Sotho
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151300 , vital:39049 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-02
  • Description: "When we were going to Swendlana, the watchers said: 'attach', and the whole world burst." The translation of this item, as given on the spot, is far from clear and needs further elucidation. The song was sung, they say, during the last century when the Hlangwini people came down from Zululand and ousted the Sotho. Ihubo old fighting song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kudandaula kwakunala ulombala

- Egesi Londoni, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Egesi Londoni , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Africa Malawi Boma Liwonde f-mw
  • Language: Yao
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151947 , vital:39190 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-15
  • Description: This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made board zither. Tuning of the instrument:- 388, 364, 324, 288, 276, 236, 212 vs. Topical song with Bangwe m'kulu zither.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kufa kusina dangwe

- Simon Sitole, Hugh Tracey

Kukala Kokela (Start the song)

- Group of 5 Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 5 Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Lozi (African people) , Africa Zambia Nchanga Mine Compound f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152124 , vital:39215 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR067-16
  • Description: This Silimba xylophone is built on a rough frame with X crossed legs at either end raising it approximately 3 feet off the ground. Each note is attached at both ends by a string through two holes and has a separate gourd resonator with open mirliton buzzer. Siyamboka dance song with 1 Silimba xylophone (x9 notes), resonator on frame and mirliton.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kulangula-ka

- Kiposho, Hugh Tracey

Kunukizembe pheshakwenciba (The smell of a battle axe across the Kei)

- Group of young Xhosa men and boys, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of young Xhosa men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
  • Language: Xhosa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150687 , vital:38997 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-15
  • Description: We were told that this group of Xhosa lads were from Christian homes. The tune is connected to the same dance for young boys and girls between the ages of about 12-17 years. It is a dance song the group of young people use on their way to the home where the party is to take place. The dance itself takes place in a hut. Mbayizelo dance song, with harmonica.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kupa lomba uachi lela mezhi

- Large group of Kasai women and 5 men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of Kasai women and 5 men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bakwakulumba-Kalamuzeu f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183913 , vital:44083 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-04
  • Description: One drummer raised and lowered the pitch of his drum by pressing his left elbow on and off the membrane of the drum. This excellent item gives a good impression of the spirit of the Mambala dance, the attractive lift to the rhythm, the sure participation of the dancers and the clever drumming of the men. The tone value of the mirliton placed on the side of the closed drums is well illustrated. The Mambala is clearly an enjoyable dance. Mambala dance with 4 goblet drums, closed, pinned, weighted with mirlitons and hand beaten, pieces of wood struck together, metal bell used as rattle
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kurangarira a Masewe (I am thinking of Masewe)

- Shenge Mashowa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Shenge Mashowa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Ndau , Ndau (African people) , Africa Mozambique Maceques f-mz
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152042 , vital:39206 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR067-08
  • Description: "I am thinking of 'Masewe' (the name by which she calls she calls him), who has gone far away." (This part is supposed to be sung by the wife) "Then (says the singer) I am doing very hard work at Kariba, working with Italians. Oh! when you see our Italian working very high, high, high (litt, sky, sky, sky) you think he is going to fall. But he does not fall and he does the job. The singer starts his song with a nostalgic remark attributed to his wife referring to him by his pet-name, but goes on to remark on his work at the Kariba dam, and then fearlessness of the Italian workmen employed by the contractors. Impresit, to erect the machinery. The riggers assembling the giant steel cranes, crushers, conveyor belts and the like, high above the valley where the dam is being built, take constant risks which are admited by their African helpers. Topical song with mbira dza waNdau.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kuwowa wata kuwowa

- Fred Kuisl, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kuyashisa e Mqhobo

- Chief Buthelzi and his tribesmen, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kuḽa ndi nnyi kuḽa Nkawe

- Group of Venda boys, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kuḽa ndi nnyi, ku no nga Rambuḓa

- Venda boys, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kuḽa ndi nnyi, ku no nga Rambuḓa

- Tshenwane and Selina Tshifularo, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kwa Kazembe okutomboka kana twana (In our country when we are drunk we start dancing)

- Three young Luunda men, Hugh Tracey

Kwaile Muhiana ni yema (I will go where Muhiana has gone)

- Alexander Muhiana and Griffis Kopo, Hugh Tracey

Kwanukimpi (The smell of war)

- Group of elderly Mpondo men, Hugh Tracey

Kwela siya hamba

- Young men of Tuku's Location, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kwimbo layetu nqwe tulinqa (If we were singing at home, we would be singing better)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-sa
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139709 , vital:37771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-01
  • Description: The gist of this song is much the same as that of the Jews who say: "How can we sing the songs of Zion in a strange land?" The tuning of this xylophone can be taken from a recording of each note before the item. Siyomboka dance song with 1 xylophone on a stand, 3 Milupa drums, conical and pegged.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Le Mantyi ikhona igweba kanzima (The Magistrate punishes severely)

- Young men and boys, Hugh Tracey

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