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Zaina wasala madembe (Those that are left behind)

- Simenti Phiri, Hugh Tracey

Waroya mwana (The bewitched child)

- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga, Zhogi Muzengedza and Saini Madera, Hugh Tracey

Ndicha Girita pano mufare mufare (I am leaving here, stay happily)

- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga, Zhogi Muzengedza and Saini Madera, Hugh Tracey

Siti, musikana adadeka (Siti, the beautiful girl)

- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga, Zhogi Muzengedza and Saini Madera, Hugh Tracey

Kari muchipfuwa kana ziwa ne mwene (Only you can tell what you are thinking in your heart)

- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza, Hugh Tracey

Marume ma shora Mambo(The man blames the Chief)

- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza, Hugh Tracey

Musengu

- Saini Murira, Chingaipa Madzikuminga and Zhogi Muzengedza, Hugh Tracey

Mwamuwona kambelembele (Have you seen that cunning fellow?)

- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey

Waba waplumu (They have stolen the cassava)

- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey

A Mdoka (Mdoka and the bee sting)

- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156225 , vital:39964 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-03
  • Description: Some young men came to see the chief who asked each in turn how their homes were. They said they were all alright except for Mdoka who had been stung by a bee on his lips. This gave rise to a song about his misfortune. The others also told the chief their stories including one about the fish they were catching and he sang a canoe song "Kanye Kanye madoda, Kanye kanye haiye." 'A' before a name is the local honorific equivalent of Mister. Story song with clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Koepe kumowa uwepe (Cassava, sweet cassava)

- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey

Wenayu sanje

- Mwale, Maluba, Tonga men, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Mwale, Maluba , Tonga men , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184635 , vital:44243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-08
  • Description: A story about the wives of a certain man who are jealous of the attentions paid to the others. The balance of this recording gives too much preference to the simple one stringed lute, but at the same time emphasises the utter simplicity of the accompaniment to which songs of this kind are sung by Tonga people. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Malilo

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184680 , vital:44248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-13
  • Description: "Why do people bundle up dead bodies in mats. As if the poor fellows had disgraced themselves?" The Karigo lute is played with the instrument inverted with the string below instead of in the more normal postition with the string uppermost. The utter simplicity of the Tonga songs reflects the cultural level of the participation. Lament with Karigo, one stringed lute, bowed
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Ncembele imbi kamphundu

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184653 , vital:44245 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-10
  • Description: The slight pauses in the song are the points where the bow of bamboo needed a little more spittle, necessitating its removal from the string. Most simple string lutes of this kind are bowed with a sisal bow, but occassionaly, as in this case, with a short lenght of bamboo, a sliver taken from the outside of the stalk. Instead of natural rezin the players use spittle. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Ndaluza ine

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Benu

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184689 , vital:44249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-13
  • Description: "What am I going to tell them? Where am I going to complain? I am singing like a church organ." Benu is the name of a jumping action in the dance. This instrument was particulary well played and well made of its kind. The one stringed lute appears to come from the upper Nile and has not been found south of Nyasaland and the Zambesi valley. Chioda dance song for young women with Karigo one stringed lute
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Angoni sonu

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Munkhwala

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Slia Lazaro soka

- Kamanga, Beti, Tracey, Hugh

Tikumbuka Vifya = We remember the Vifya

- Kamanga, Beti, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Kamanga, Beti , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Tumbuka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184597 , vital:44239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-04
  • Description: The line of great hills which run up along the North Western flank of the Lake Nyasa is called Vipya in the south and Vifya among the Tongs in the north. The song refers to the tragic loss of the Lake steamer 'Vipya' in 1947, which was named after the hills, while she was carrying pilgrims crossing the lake to go to Dar-es-Salaam. Lament
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950
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