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Ilizwi leNkosi yethu

- Church Choir, Composer not specified, Dargie, Dave

Rgwe rgweDabgwa

- Tawengwa, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Amaluka Nkosi

- Zulu people, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ku Mporokoso

- Boys at Mapanza College, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nasha nalaya umsolo

- Alec Chitembeya, Boys at Mapanza, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mwasi zoba the foolish woman

- Ane Bazili, three Ngala friends, Tracey, Hugh

Title not specified

- Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mwasi joba

- Bazili, Ane, Ngala friends, Tracey, Hugh

Mwasi Zoba

- Bazili, Ane, Three Ngale Men, Tracey, Hugh

Alhamdulilla

- Salim Zeydan with Arab men, Hugh Tracey

Hoe hoe

- Mwana Bibi with Swahili women, Hugh Tracey

Koras (Chorus)

- Johnnie Murithe Wambu and Kibunga Waita, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Johnnie Murithe Wambu and Kibunga Waita , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Embu f-ke
  • Language: Kikuyu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175641 , vital:42602 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-18
  • Description: The 'struck iron' was an old starter ring from the fly wheel of a car. It is necessary to have a circular or 'S' shaped piece of metal for convnient playing of the double beat. The performer called it 'Kengere' or 'Beru' bell. The sweepers in Nairobi, they say, always come from Embu. Kibunga Waita, the iron player, was no exception. Eleswhere in Africa certain tribes tend to adopt one occupation exclusively. After hearing a few Kikuyu songs to the accompaniment of the iron and accordion, the listener who is not case hardened to the pulse may experience a singing in the ears for several hours afterwards. Listening to this kind of Kikuyu song is more a feat of endurance than an aesthetic pleasure. Mamboko dance song with accordian and struck iron (-12.161-).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Magayo gonalemaga

- Nyakwela, Gogo men and women, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Magayo Gonalemaga

- Nyakwela, Gogo men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Magayo Gonalemaga

- Nyakwela, Gogo men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Magayo gonalemaga

- Nyakela with Gogo man and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Nyakela with Gogo man and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
  • Language: Gogo
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174175 , vital:42449 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-09
  • Description: "We have taken great pains to come here and sing. Look here my lad, you must do as you are told." The shaking of their heads violently from side to side induces giddiness or an entranced state. Friends come to their assistance when they fall on the ground and force their heads between their knees to regain the circulation. The Malimba were large trough shaped zithers, 3' 10" long supported at either end by two large gourds upon which they were held. Owing to the lowness of the notes they produced, the sound of the drums drowned them. But the three players shook their long strings of red ochred hair in most ecstatic style as they played and sang. The Zithers were tuned as follows:-103, 90, 84, 76, 63 vs. Both 76 and 63 vs had two strings each. The strings are plucked about 4 inches from one end. The spectators crowd around the small group of zither players and drummers, who sitting on the ground or standing holding their hour glass drums between their knees, jump and shake their long locks as if they were possessed. They say several hours of this performance frequently gives the performers a kind of involuntary hysteria which takes time to calm. The drums appear to be played out of tune with the rest of the performance. Topical song with 2 hour glass drums (-14.31201-), 3 Malimba trough zithers (-10.3515-), Ndwala bells (-12.55-), flat tin rattles(-12.54-).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Ndirathire

- Kariuki Ndenderu, Kikuyu boys, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Ndirathire

- Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys, Hugh Tracey

Sumpalumi

- Sanyenke Gethula, Sukuma men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Sumpalumi

- Gethula, Sanyenke with Sukuma men, Tracey, Hugh

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