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Nipa yakachata

- Zuze Antonio, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Shereketa msango

- Zhou, Manyoni and Shawa, Simoni Mashoko, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Zhou, Manyoni and Shawa, Simoni Mashoko , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Chilimanzi f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181502 , vital:43740 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-08
  • Description: The ritual connected with this Mazungu Shawi calls for a Red hat, and white, red and black cloth. You drink blood and white meal and wear Ndoro beads. In the hand you must hold a Gano, a cross. This 'Soul' appears to be associated with the earliest white men and the Catholic rutual of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when it was first introduced to their part of South eastern Africa. Mazungu was the name first given to the early Portuguese and later to all white men. "When you walk on the path, carry your child on the side, do not leave him on your back, there may be something behind you." Song for the Mazungu with 2 Njari Mbira, one with 33 notes and one with 31.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Wabi = The thieves

- Zhou, Manyoni and Shawa, Simoni Mashoko, Tracey, Hugh

Kamba

- Zezuru/Nohwe men and women at Murehwa, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Tiende tiende

- Zezuru/Nohwe men and women at Murehwa, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Tiende tiende

- Zezuru/Nohwe men and women at Murehwa, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Tambara

- Zezuru/Nohwe men and women, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Handisaguta

- Zazi and Karanga women, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Andisaguta = I am not full

- Zazi, Tracey, Hugh

Mbiriwiri

- Zakawa, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mbiribiri

- Zakawa, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Were

- Zaka Shawa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Zaka Shawa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Zaka f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180372 , vital:43357 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-05
  • Description: The Songano Souls (Mashawi) are the guardians of the parental instinct in both men and women. They are said to be the most important of all the souls. They represent the affection for children on the part of both parents. The traditional instrument with which to honour the Masongano souls in this part of panpipes of which there are very few left. The player, a very old man holds the panpipes in one hand and a gourd rattle in the other. This brief recording of less than half a minute's duration may be one of the best echoes of a faith which believed in the virtue of the sound of the panpipes as a devotional exercise. Tune for the Songano Mashawi with Mikwati Wenyere (Pan pipes) and Hosho (rattke).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949

Telela Ngombe

- Women at Shangara, Tete District, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Chikuru chii mari nonwana?

- William Musanje, performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Chaminuka teera wamwe = Chaminuka follows others

- Wanyamande, Manyoni, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Wanyamande, Manyoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • 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

Gombahari murume = Gombahari, the jealous husband

- Wanyamande, Manyoni, Hugh Tracey

Mbiriwiri ya Mondoro

- Wanyamande, Manyoni, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Wanyamande, Manyoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • 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

Ndichawurawa Nenboma

- Tutai Nawabvumiri, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Zhiowei

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

Muzazaranda

- Trio, Njari, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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