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Nyamwezi (African people)

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Nene nawile kibukulu

- Kilogeja Mwana Nkoko with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kilogeja Mwana Nkoko with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173646 , vital:42393 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-04
Description: Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Charms and counter charms to a people who know no physical chain of cause and effect and only a vague one, are still considered valuable. The Wigasha dance is performed sitting down with most of the action confined to stretching up the arms and twisting the torso. The team of dancers performs routine actions in unision with arms and body. "I am like a great dump of rubbish (a junk heap). Whenerver there is any sort of a meeting I am called upon to give advice. Wigasha dance song for men.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Yaje bampole

- Serina Mako with Hangaza women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Serina Mako with Hangaza women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shanga f-tz
Language: Rundi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172849 , vital:42288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-17
Description: "He is coming to his people's houses." A certain chief used to go and visit his people in their own houses, a gesture which was at once unsual and appreciated, and sufficiently rare to be sung about. Topical song.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Ngosha wewe nasengilehe

- Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173623 , vital:42390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-02
Description: "Young man where is your home? You are eating food with wizards. The man next to you is Wanambagule Mkuki, a tall fellow who has killed a number of wizards." Sukuma men are above the average height and are cheerful people when they sing and dance. The structure of this lyric and its manner of singing is also remarkable. Wigasha dance song for men.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Tulamugishe mwamasala

- Lugingisi Mwanaguthondo with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lugingisi Mwanaguthondo with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa Baraza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173432 , vital:42370 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-01
Description: "Let us greet him properly. I have done all my work. But you have still much to do." Threshing song.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Zagambayo mabilo mabilo (Run, Zagambayo, run)

- Thungu Giti with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Thungu Giti with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Nzega f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173540 , vital:42382 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-13
Description: Zagambayo had a friendly fight with another man in which it had been arranged that the loser should pay a cow. Zagambayo lost and was told to run and fetch his cow. The Nzega is the leaping dance action where the men leap into the air in time with the music. Puba dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Kamenemene kanokimilembe

- Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Maswa f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173791 , vital:42411 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-12
Description: 'A faithless husband is known by the way he neglects his house, drinks carelessly and talks to anyone." The picture of a disolute man. The Wigasha dance is done sitting, the feet and arms only being used to make gestures in unision. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Ebyana bigendo mungolo

- Kanyogote Mdende with Zinza men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kanyogote Mdende with Zinza men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Lunazi f-tz
Language: Zinza
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172739 , vital:42275 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-08
Description: "Come here and I will give you more land. The Chief is pleased with the work of his headman." Four men and women were playing the one drum, each beating out his own rhythm on his quater of the membrane. Strangely enough this did not deaden the sound as one might have expected. Before the drum maker closes up his laced drum he places a small stone inside. This they call 'Moyo wengoma,' the drum's heart. It does not serve any musical purpose but is found in every drum in the region. Marunda dance song for men and women with 1 conical, laced drum.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Wangereza safi

- Nyamugumi Mihabo Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Nyamugumi Mihabo Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173282 , vital:42353 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-05
Description: 'The English are a straight forward, good and polite people. They are as good as drinking water and are not hasty, this is a good dance for boys, come and join us." The singers are all Nyamwezi who have come down to the East coast from the interior near Tabora and have now settled permanently at the coast in or around Dar-es-Salaam. These Nyamwezi singers of Dar-es-Salaam have an attractive way of singing their songs repeating each stanza after the soloist. This style may well have been copied from the Arabs or Swahili. Tatu Binti Ali is the young wife of Idi Selemani the organiser of the group. Hiyari ya moyo dance song for men and women..
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Date Issued: 1950

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Wiyo walipulapula uganga

- Sergent Shabani Mutalise with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Sergent Shabani Mutalise with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173237 , vital:42348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-14
Description: "Your friends are punding charms. I left my wife at Tanga. Come and sleep with me. I love you so much. Come and sleep with me." The Manyanga dance is performed either by troupes of trained men or by both men and women together. When performed by a troupe it is an acrobatic dance and the dancers tie bells below the knee to enhance the rhythm of their steps. The tune itself is said to be a traditional melody. Manyanga dance for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Tulaongela heya

- Kasomangila Husen Ishla, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kasomangila Husen Ishla , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172891 , vital:42292 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-21
Description: "We must be careful not to spoil our customs." The meaning of all this is obscure. The singers were a professional group of entertainers who go around the villages singing, dancing and drumming. Drinking song with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Wantaga kwabule Abudali (You neglect me Abudali)

- Wachezaji wa Manyanga. Leader, Kasomangila Husen Ishike, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Wachezaji wa Manyanga. Leader, Kasomangila Husen Ishike , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Baraza Ndono f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173210 , vital:42345 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-11
Description: "You have neglected me Abudali, give me a blanket to cover myself." The name Abudali appears to be an African version of Abdul. The Manyanga dance as performed by these singers is a troupe acrobatic dance in which the actions are controlled by a lead and certain set sequences performed. These require considerable skill to perform. Manyanga dance song for men, with 3 conical laced drums, 1 goblet pegged drum (-14.51101-) and anklet bells (-12.55-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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Balihaya huu, welelo yabela twishinye mbina

- Mazigwa Kaswende with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mazigwa Kaswende with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa Baraza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173441 , vital:42371 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-02
Description: "The world is at peace once more, let us dance." It was composed and sung after the 1939-45 war, called "The Bombing of the English and Americans." Topical song..
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Date Issued: 1950

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Mlekule bona nibajenda bona

- Siluvesitere Ilaliya, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Siluvesitere Ilaliya , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Nyalubungo f-tz
Language: Zinza
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172684 , vital:42270 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-03
Description: "We all like to dance the Mlekule." The microphone started beneath the instrument and was moved above when he started singing in order to show the difference of tone between the upper and lower surfaces of the resonator. It is interesting to note that unlike the Likembe Mbira further south, the resonator of this instrument is broader at the top than at the bottom, i.e. the bridge end is the broader. The scale was:- 332, 308, 280, 252, 228, 204, 184, 166 vs. Self delecatative tune, with Marimbe Likembe, box resonated, 18 notes.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Wa selenge nina kitabu cha mauridi (My beloved, I have a book of prayers)

- Idi Selemani with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Idi Selemani with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar es Salaam f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172869 , vital:42290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-19
Description: The leader of this song, Idi Selemani is a well known homourist and great favourite in the town of Dar es Salaam (1950). Part of his act is pretending to be very angry with his singers. The 'Book of Mauridi' refers, they say, to a section of the Koran containing prayers and instructions. Love song.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Hubaba tube mbele bana (Rock our babes to sleep)

- Ntainta Buchili with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ntainta Buchili with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173504 , vital:42378 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-09
Description: The player is a cripple who is well known in the district for his playing of the musical bow, which he frequently does for dances. The words sung by this cripple player are most indistinct, as he has no teeth. The tune is used in the Kazori dance performed in lines in front of the drums, girls in a double line and boys in another double line behind. The lines keep time with the music and leap and move to left and right together. Kazori dance song for men and women, with Ndono one string musical bow and tin rattle (-12,54-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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Chausiku Mwenerunihola

- Peter Manyanga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Peter Manyanga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shanga f-tz
Language: Rundi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172788 , vital:42282 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-11
Description: "The girl who ruined herself." This shape of the instrument, they say has been introduced from Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda) to the west. The shape of its resonating box is distinctive, the lower end being arched and concave, in place of the more usual plan rectangle. The scale was:- 600, 528, 464, 396, 368, 300. Self delectative song, with Ikembe Likembe, 10 notes.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Lyalulumila lya Manyanga (I am the leader of the dance)

- Wachezaji wa Manyanga. Leader, Kasomangila Husen Ishike, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Wachezaji wa Manyanga. Leader, Kasomangila Husen Ishike , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Baraza Ndono f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173219 , vital:42346 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-12
Description: "This is the first time I have been able to record my songs. I am the leader of the Manynga dances." This troupe of dancers and singers was on tour at Mwanza from their home district of Tabora. Manyanga dance song for men, with 3 conical laced drums, 1 Goblet pegged drum (-14.51101-) and bells (-12.55-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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Nene nauja senga senga ntimu (I am now thin because of hard work)

- Juma Bin Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Juma Bin Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173680 , vital:42399 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-06
Description: The word Wigasha means 'to sit down'; and the dance is performed in this position, the dancers sitting on a log or bench and moving their arms and legs in rhythm. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Shing’angali nadosano

- Kulola Kulaja with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kulola Kulaja with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173558 , vital:42384 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-15
Description: Sukuma people are broadly divided into, two, competitive socities, like the supporters of 'Light Blues' and 'Dark Blues' on boatrace day. Members of the same family may belong to either society. Before dancing in competition with each other there are frequent arguments as to who shall start first. This song is said to be very popular in the district. Wigasha song
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Date Issued: 1950

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Kwaheri naja (Goodbye for now)

- Idi Selemani and Hashima Kamata with Nyamwezi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Idi Selemani and Hashima Kamata with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173264 , vital:42351 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-03
Description: "Goodbye for now, I will be back soon." Several songs under this title "Kwaheri naja", are to be found in Tanganyika, but they do not necessarily have the same melody or follow the same pattern. The style of singing is typical of those away from home and differs materially from the same type of song sung at home. Hiyari ya moyo dance song for men for men and women, with cylindrical laced drums and conical pegged (-14.22101-) and ankle bells (-12.55-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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