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Andisaguta (I am not full)

- Zazi with Karanga women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Zazi with Karanga women , 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/10962/180529 , vital:43398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-11
Description: "I am not yet full, I have not yet had enough. But when I am full, then I will hit those women over there." A song sung in jest. Drinking song with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1949

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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).
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Date Issued: 1949

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The African Heritage in music and art

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Churches , Nyasaland , Sikoshe , Datshi , The Church of Sinners , Sinners , Archive , Library , Identity , Group identity , Funds , Heritage , Tradition , Western material , Basutholand , Lesotho , Pentatonic , Hexatonic , Heptatonic , Sotho , Zulu , Carol , Distortion , Stress , Tone , Poetry , Trochaic , Iambic , Ciskei , Country , Wedding song , Preacher , Ntsikana , Ntsikana‘s Bell , Ntsikana‘s Prayer , Ntsikana‘s Song , Arab grunt , Dar es Salaam , Dr Bokwe , Zwelitsha , Southern Congo , Kamina , Country dance , Latin mass , Missa Luba , Gloria , Rattles , Drums , Xylophone , Bell , Drum , Hand piano , Clicking , Mouth smacking , The Talkative Woman , Folk music , Self-reflectation , Morality songs , Lilongwe , Snatching season , Tobacco , Courts , Mouth of the Limpopo , Subjects , Complex tune , Mbira , Likembe , Sansi , Kalimba , Nyongonyongo , Zimbabwe , Karinungu , Attitude (Psychology) , Kwela music , Tsostis , Penny whistle , Four-note harmonies , Thumbs , Congo River , Wagenya , Alexander Corder , Canoe song , Hollywood , Negro music , Sound of the South , Roots of the Blues , Negro Church Music , What do you think about Jesus? He‘s alright
Language: English
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15108 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008536 , Reel number: BC171
Description: Second half of the lecture "The African heritage in music and art" , A lecture presented by Hugh Tracey at the General Education Conference Technical College Pretoria South Africa , For further details refer to the ILAM document collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcast Collection
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The Sound of Africa: Music of three Northern Rhodesian mines

- Tracey, Hugh, Tracey, Peggy

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Marimba , Malimba , Victoria Falls , Bulawayo , Zimbabwe , Southern Rhodesia , Trees , Mopani , Wankie , Elephants , Coal mine , Lozi , Dance song , Siyomboka , Xylophone , Drums , Mbira , Hand piano , Courting song , Marriage , Mosquito net , Lament , Fairytale , Tonga , Bango , Board zither , Women , Northern Rhodesia , Petauke , Zambia , The Watch Tower , Christian , Sect , Broken Hill Mine , Mining , Lusaka , Serenje , Lala , David Livingstone , Chitambo Village , Drumming , Sai dance , Kazembe , Mother of Jesus , Death , Mufilirwa , Copper mines , Tumbuka-Henga , Pounding song , Mari is going to marry a Henga , Girl‘s initiation song , Threshing song , The Chief‘s Train , Jumbo‘s Train , Bemba , Kasama , Kalela , Kalela dance , Strutting , Calypso , Barotseland , Milupa drum , Kalanga , Chief Wangi , Kangombio , Kalimba , Plateau Tonga , Valley Tonga , Zambezi , Reef Gold Mines , Nyakyusa , Southern Tanganyika , Nsenga , Native Religious Sect , Watchtower , Wankie Coal Mine , Petauke District , Northern Rhodesian Mining Settlement , Chitambo‘s village , Kankowele , Leg rattles , The Great Hill , Lala Drum rhythms , Edward Kalunga , Chila dance , Mama Jesu , Copper Belt , Mufulira , Tumbuka Henga , Rumpi , Nyasaland , Belgian Congo , Canna seeds , Chigwinini chikuko , Elmas Nachilwe , Shitima wa Jumbo , The Chief‘s train , Jumbo‘s train , Chief Jumbo , Ruben Tancadi Mbuluwundi , Paramount Chief , Praying mantis , Eagle , Witch , Nkhendanga uteka , Comedy Harmonists
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15089 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008517 , Reel number: BC093
Description: 7th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series III of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Cibinda aluba , Bush music , Mapanza Mission , Beating of sticks , Balombwana Atweende , Young girls , Pestle , Ndatwa , Copper belt , Kawambwa , Talking drum , Luunda , Cazembe , Luapula River , Ant hills , Drum praises , Lakw mweru , Gramophone , Jimmy Rodgers , Broken Hill , Joni Na Joni , Mine workers , Chokwe , Luvale , Chitenge , Bemba , Fipa , Tabwe , Chitimukulu , Blinded musicians , Tata shibwalya , Lament , Women , Fighting , Nkhondo Ku Libya , Petauke , Lobegula‘s gold and ivory , Mbira , Bearded snake , Sun , Moon , Zuwa na mwezi , Pounding songs , Wives , Kontololija , Bangwe , Zither , Tonga , Dale wangu , Hymn , Church of Scotland , Chilongozgi , Tumbuka Henga , Humorous songs , Paradise widow bird , Kayuni , Ngoni , Migration of Zulu people , Chakunaka , Gurkha , Ngoma , Army life , Regiment , Dance song , Malipenga dance , Tinthumula , Lomwe , Nikongwe , Zimbabwe , Miner‘s Yell , Miner‘s Rant
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15059 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008487 , Reel numbers: BC009, BC010, BC011, BC012
Description: 4th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , Note that two possible dates were given for this broadcast and it is not clear which date is correct , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: A documentary broadcast for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Drum , Silence , Birds , Frogs , Lioness , Lion , Wild animals , Languages , Bemba , Zambia , Karanga , Zimbabwe , Northern Rhodesia , Southern Rhodesia , Mpondo , Eastern Cape , South Africa , Tonga , Zambezi , Quill , Cattle calling , Malimba , Hand piano , Tanganyika , Chief , Banana , Lake Victoria , Pipes , Flutes , Lakes , Choral singing , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Guitars , Jazz , Penny whistles , Town , Hymn , Carol , Royal flautist , Soga , Mountains of the Moon , Grass plains , Choruses , Men , Ululation , Mafikeng , Tswana , Bush , Trees , Bows , Plucking , Twanging , Mouth-bow , Stick-bow , Zulu , Love song , Board Zither , Bangwe , Nyasaland , Harp , Uganda , Kenya , Kipsigi , Guitar , Luba , Congo River , Message drum , Portuguese , Seagulls , Chopi , Chepkong , Jimmy Rodgers
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15092 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008520 , Reel number: BC106, BC107, BC108, BC109
Description: Documentary Broadcast for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The evolution of African music and its function in the present day

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: African Music Society , International Library of African Music , Evolution , African music , Styles , Beauty , Instruments , Perishable material , Lithophones , Nigeria , Stones , Bushman paintings , Chopi , Limpopo , Birds , Imitation , Onomatopaeia , Zimbabwe , Bird calls , Long eared owl , Temple , Nile , Egyptian civilization , Sub-Suharan Africa , Stringed instrument , Indonesian theory , Langauge , Mission , Catholic music , Arabs , Swahili , Portuguese , Brazilian , Guitar , Father Andre Fernandes , Missionary , Dove , Nile Basin Theory , Egypt , Slaves , Musicians , Harps , Lyres , Loots , North East , Sub-Saharan Africa , String , Tanganyika , Sea farers , Xylophone , Congo , Participation , Dance music , Repetitive , Rhythmic , Tradition , Relocation , Intergration , Continuity , English music , Afrikaans music , Sarie Marie , Change , Static , Classics , Popular music , Greensleeves , A Bicycle made for Two , Latin singing , Latin chant , Chant , British Empire , Negro Spiritual , Folk songs , Anti-slavery movements , David Livingstone , Musical migrtatiatioh , Hand piano , Zambezi Valley , Nyasaland , Nguni , Kampala , Bands , Chitimkhulu , Bemba , Blindness , Court band , Blinded musician , South Africa , Choral , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Fighting song , Agriculture , Semi-nomadic , Politicians , Hastings Banda , Fooding and drinking party , European hymns , Ghana , Degree , Complexity , Simplicity , Poly-rhythms , Rural areas , Churches , Competitions , Eisteddfodd , Inferiority , Johannesburg , Drama , King Kong , Jazz importations , Voice , Skill , Instrument makers , Commercialisation , Gramophone , Radio , Creolisation , Modern Jazz , Louisiana , French , Spanish , Genius , Town songs , Country songs , Social climbers , Patriotism , Kwela , Penny-whistle , America , Politics , Pitch , Archive , BP Southern Africa , Evangelists , Indoor music , Mine , Continuation , Notation , Migration , Study of Man in Africa , Mr. Michael Lane
Language: English
Type: Sound , Lecture , Music
Identifier: vital:15104 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008532 , Reel number: BC160
Description: Lecture by Hugh Tracey given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Africa‘s Heritage No. 3: Religion, music and art in America

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Religion , Beliefs , Christianity , Evangelists , Folk music , Pagan practice , Dogma , Hymns , European hymn , Catholic , Latin , North America , Slaves , Catholic music , East Africa , West Africa , Jesuits , Mission , Musical heritage , Musical tradition , Quality of taste , Mississippi , Harmonica , Jazz , Drum , Double bass , Ragtime , Slave trade , Jamestown , Sudanic , Bantu , Congo River , Niger River , Virginia , South Carolina , Georgia , Allan Lomax , Call-and-response , Calvinists , Baptists , Southern States , Mouth cow , Cane fife , Panpipes , The Prettiest Girl That Ever I Saw , Bear hunters , Zimbabwe , Zambezi , Ability , Work songs , Lifting , Digging , Hoeing , Brunswick , I‘ll Be So Glad When The Sun Goes Down , Kenya , New York , Love song , Action , White spirituals , Alabama , Daniel Reed , Chorus , Congregational singing , Solo gospel , Revivalist song , What Do You Think About Jesus? He‘s Alright , Piano , Clapping , Drumming
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15098 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008526 , Reel number: BC128
Description: 3rd programme in the ‘Africa‘s Heritage‘ Series, about early black African music in America, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Music of Jadotville and Elizabethville

- Tracey, Hugh, Tracey, Peggy

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Indigenous music , Dance song , Claves , Singing , Congo drumming , Kawidi dance song , Lunda folk , Crystal minerals , Kabinda , Kasai , Zimbabwe , Jadotville , Elizabethville , Kolwezi , Shinkolobwe Mine , Uranium Mine , Copper mines , Luanda , Luba , Angola , Northern Rhodesia , Muvale , Tshokwe , Chokwe , Tabwa , Recording , Mambala dance song , Tshilenge , Double bell , Weighted drums , Basket rattles , Drum playing , Drummers recording , Buzzing sound , Luba drum session , Luanda song , Chapati dance , Hand clapping , Kandinda , Jomkota , Luba musicians , Mbira , Songe tribe , Spider net membrane , Kabango, Prospere , Panda Mine , Luba/Lulua , Katanga Mine restaurant , Kushemashi dance , Kapinga yamba , Xylophones , Madimba abakadzi , Madimba avalume , Kalombo dance song , Chisanzhi , Chinene , Bamboo mbira , Panpipes , Greeting song , Ceremonial songs , Mutombo , Luba Kasai women , Songs for sad occasion , Luvale men , Chief Nyakutolo , Percussive song , Nyakutolo, Tuna Twanisa , Tinkling beer bottle , Maka , Traditional music , Blowing whistle , Sandoa District , Ululations , Diviner , Sticks , Gourd , Northern Congo , Sultana
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio Broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15120 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011630 , Reel numbers: BC100, BC101
Description: 10th programme in 'The Sound of Africa' Series III of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM document collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcast Collection
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The Many Sides of African Music No. 7

- Tracey, Hugh, Tracey, Peggy

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Percussion , Congo , Thundering , Hutu , Kipushi Copper Mine , Urubunda , Uruhamisiza , Uruchantege , Trees , South Africa , Limpopo , Congo Basin , Whistled messages , Herd boys , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Tone , Baptist , Antelope horn , Gong , Drum name , Slit drum , Talking drums , Upper Congo , Whistles , Rattles , Singing , Rhythm , Middle Congo , Nigeria , Praise , Gold coast , Poetry on the drums , Izibongo , Lagos street drummer , Nigerian Broadcasting Commission in Lagos , Hourglass shaped drum , Lunda chief , Zambezi river , Central Congo , Tanganyika , Mr. John Carrington , Mr. Ford , Natelope horn , Fort Victoria , Umtali , Bungungu
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15073 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008501 , Reel number: BC055
Description: The Many Sides of African Music No.7 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Many Sides of African Music No. 9

- Tracey, Hugh, Tracey, Peggy

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Prodigy , Chopi , Young , Youth , Children , Village music , Clay child , Lullaby , Bastholand , Lesotho , Threshing song , Hush hush child of my mother , Story , Rabbit , Babysitter , Rhodesia , Whistling conversation , Cattle , Insults , Northern Rhodesia , Zambia , Cowboy , Yodel , Kenya , Guitar , Jimmy Rogers , School songs , Swahili , Marching song , Mombasa , Arab , Nairobi , Castanets , Moral song , Patter song , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Chitirano dance , Stamping , Clapping , Mbira , Hand piano , Pygmy , Zezuru , Salisbury , Nyasa , Tsetse fly district , Capcatets , Chepkong , Lyre , Kipsigis , Malinde , Cross rhythm , Pangolin , Karanga , Portuguese east
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15075 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008503 , Reel number: BC057
Description: The Many Sides of African Music No. 9 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Southern Rhodesia

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Rural area , Karanga , Sentiment , Story telling , Doves , Dove call , Ndau people , Emerald dove , Granite hills , Nyangara , Chimbo Chawurombo , Mapandagare , High God , Saints , Mbira , Mbiriwiri , Shona , Mashawi , Multiple souls , Kushopera , Divining dice , Ziriya , Maps , Shumba , Zimbabwe Ruins , Haho-hahonde , Mazisi Aitukana , Chipendani bow , Ndinosara nani , Mapandangare , Chpaunga , Wakandikanganisa nachikunguwo , Shumba na wasikana , Lament , Whistling , Chuzi mama , Skokiaan , Vanoyera , Sea water , Fortified drink , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Shumba no wasikana , Bird calls , Hakata , Owl , Beggar‘s Opera , Chapunga , Inkosi sikelele Africa , Ishe Komberera Africa
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15058 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008486 , Reel numbers: BC005, BC006, BC007, BC008
Description: 3rd programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Many Sides of African Music No. 11

- Tracey, Hugh, Tracey, Peggy

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Soga , Budonga mbira , Mbira , Lake Victoria , Goa , Women , Love , Flirting , Revenge , Devotion , Affection , Frustration , Shangaan , Menindiana , My Little Indian Girl , Digging song , Swahili , Zanzibar , My Little Onion , Ndebe dance , Pastoral life , Farming , Six stringed lyre , Hello My Darling , Wedding song , Tanganyika , The Lovelorn Man , The Buffalo , Clappimg , Ululating , Tikuyu , Kipsigis , Lament , Bows , Zululand , Mahlabatini , Rwanda Urundi , Rowing song , Lama , Unrequited love , Northern Congo , Zande , Poetry , Mugoyi Asole , Rattle , Chief Buthelezi , Ugubu bow , Umuhle ndiyamthanda , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Karanga , Jinja , Portugese east , Feliciano , Indodi dance , Sherazi , Kitumgule changum , Nilo-Himatic , Chepkong , Pastoral , Hehe , Nyakusa , Makhweyane , Watutsi , Abbe Eustace , Constance Magogo
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15077 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008505 , Reel number: BC059
Description: The Many Sides of African Music No.11 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Tina‘s lullaby

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Tina‘s African Lullaby , Slave , United States of America , South Carolina , Isebella Spencer , Augusta , Georgia , Lyrics , Lullaby , Pronounciation , Chimanyika , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Mozambique , Carolina Coast , Zambezi Valley , Slave trade , Zanzibar Slave Market , Captain Blood , Briar Rabbit‘s Tales , Animal stories
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15107 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008535 , Reel number: BC170
Description: Broadcast broadcasted by the South African Broadcasting Corporation regarding Tina‘s Lullaby - an African lullaby that had been handed down by succeeding generations of an American family originally learnt from their nanny Tina who was bought as a slave. The family approached Hugh Tracey to identify where in Africa it had originated. , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: The Nyoro group

- Tracey, Hugh, Tracey, Peggy

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Xylophone , Uganda , Bunyuro , Praise songs , Drums , Clapping , 8-stringed harp , Fishing , Dancing , Leg-rattles , Goats , Daughter , Herd , Wedding songs , Folk song , Toro , Pastural , Cattle , Herd-boys , Zululand , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Whistling , Haya , Coffee , Huts , Woven grass , Chief , Marriage , Aria , Wedding procession , Horns , Gourds , Nile , Mukama , Bagungu , Ekidongo , Likembe , Spear
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15081 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008509 , Reel number: BC066, BC067, BC068, BC069
Description: 2nd programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series B of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Madumbu nemanyere

- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1949
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Mangwende f-rh
Language: Shona
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180592 , vital:43408 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-01
Description: One of the many variations of the story of the "Lion on the path." The woman is held up by lions on the wrong path she has taken and is rescued by her relatives village where they enjoy beer and dancing. In the dance song he admonishes her not to argue about his instructions but always take the road that he tells her to take, or one day she will be eaten by lions. Story song.
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Date Issued: 1949

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Tsuro woye

- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1951
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Goromonze f-rh
Language: Shona
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180690 , vital:43602 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-11
Description: A woman gave her child to a rabbit to look after, but the rabbit ran away with it. She put a pumpkin in her cloth on her back in order to decieve her husband. He was not decieved. So she sang a song to the rabbit. "Rabbit, rabbit! the sun is setting fast like a river in flood." The rabbit eventually brought the child back, when it was tired of playing with the child. Story song, with 2 rattles.
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Date Issued: 1951

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Samanyemba ne Nzou

- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1949
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Mangwende f-rh
Language: Shona
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180601 , vital:43589 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-02
Description: The story of an elephant who was given a child to liik after. "I have brought up so many children, that is easy, leave it to me" said the elephant. So he took the child away into the thick bush. When evening came she called the elephant to bring the child back. But there was no reply. So she went home to tell her husband and to collect the men to come and help her find the elephant. They came straight away, found the footprints of the elephant and followed them into the bush singing to the elephant as they went. At this point the recording ends without the denouement, so we shall never know if she got her child back or not. Whenever the word or refrain 'Samanyemba' is used in a Karanga song it is usually associated with decit. It appears that Samanyemba was the father of all liars - men were deceivers ever. Story song.
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Date Issued: 1949

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Kuwe kuwe ngoma

- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1951
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Goromonze f-rh
Language: Shona
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180681 , vital:43601 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-10
Description: Story song, with 2 rattles.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1951

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Caminingwa

- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1951
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Goromonze f-rh
Language: Shona
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180699 , vital:43603 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-12
Description: Long ago, there was a widow with one small daughter. Every day the mother used to go out collecting wild vegetables. One day when she came back home she found that several of her corn cobs hanging up in the hut were bare of corn and she asked the child how this had happened. She said 'Mother while you were away a little animal came here, danced and sang and as it danced the mealies fell off their cob onto the ground and he ate them all up! The animal asked her where her father was. She said "My father is dead". "And where is your mother?" "She is out collecting green food." "What kind?" "Watercress and spinach". So the mother said "Tomorrow I will stay at home and see this little animal." The animal came again and did the very same thing and she was astonished at what she saw. Story song, with 2 rattles.
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Date Issued: 1951

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