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Tunaswanyisa Nyakotolo

- Zebe de Simon and group of 14 Lwena men and 1 woman, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Zebe de Simon and group of 14 Lwena men and 1 woman , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Bulusako f-ao
  • Language: Chokwe , Luvale
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183366 , vital:43973 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-08
  • Description: This was sung when the late Chief Nyakutolo died and his successor took his place. Although there was only one woman in this group it was clear that they felt her part to be essential as they would not start the song until she arrived. The form of Luvale singing is complex and to an outsider at first appears disjointed but in fact it is well organised and the responses understood and followed by all the people without difficulty. Song at the succession of a Chief, with Chisanzhi bamboo tongued Mbira, 2 struck sticks, bottle and small bell
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mashine akwata ku mulwe-aye

- Three Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Three Chokwe men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Mount Lowmani f-ao
  • Language: Chokwe , Luvale
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183461 , vital:43993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-13
  • Description: "When he was working a machine caught him and he died." The singers refer to a friend of theirs who died in an accident. The heavy vibration of the three drums make a celeste with the voices. Towards the end of the recording the three drums are taken out separately which reveals the part each plays in the composite rhythm. Chianda dance, with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned and weighted, hand beaten
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Aya-ye kufwafwile Lozhine totale kamile malila

- Three Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey

Satani kwa pilu tata

- Ronald Sinvula and friends, Hugh Tracey

Fuzhi inopenduka kwenda lamukiya

- Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey

Maliana kasemele mwana

- Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
  • Language: Chokwe , Luvale
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183336 , vital:43968 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-05
  • Description: The player used his bamboo tongued mbira more as a percussion instrument than a musical one, and was able to extraxt humour his nammer of playing it. In only a few places in Central and Southern Africa do you find bamboo or cane reeds used on the use of iron oe whether their use was dictated by lack of metal in the district has not yet been determined. Humorous song with Kisanzhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Kufatcha mama

- Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey

Po yami haya weswe

- Mulazhi Ronger and 2 Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey

Wimbe ngoma wulisalise ye-ye

- Mandona, Group of Luvale men and women, Hugh Tracey

Owu wangachata ngumufwete

- Malassa Soma, Group of Luvale men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Malassa Soma , Group of Luvale men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Luvale f-za
  • Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184133 , vital:44176 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-07
  • Description: The rhythm was tapped out on the body of the Likembe by a friend with a pen knife, the same tapping rhythm that is found from Angola across the continet to the Indian ocean. Luvale players often sit on a log or stool, lean over and play their instrument low down near the ground with obe arm coming from behind one leg and the other in front. A friend takes any convenient stick or piece of metal and taps out the inevitable rhythm on the body of the instrument itself avoiding the players thumbs which are plucking the tips of the reeds. Topical song with Likembe Mbira, with 8 notes above box and a knife
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Donga kuchikongwelo

- Kalochi Malidi and friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kalochi Malidi and friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kabompo f-za
  • Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:44180 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-10
  • Description: The music of the region which included, a part of north western Northern Rhodesia, Southern Congo and Angola is quite distictive on account of the melodic structure and local sense of harmony. No Bantu other than the group of tribes which inhabit this small area care for Luchazi music, rejoicing it utterly as incomprehensible. The tuning of the Chisanzhi was:- 512, 424, 388, 348, 320,276, 256 vs. The array of notes or reeds was set out four a side and the sequence of the scale was alternate from left to right. The two outside reeds being the same pitch 512 vs. This arrangement is convenient for playing the runs as heard in this recording, with alternating thumbs. Nyakasanga dance song, with Chisanzhi Mbira, of 8 notes, wax weighted, double whistle
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Dikumbi

- Kalochi Malidi and friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kalochi Malidi and friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kabompo f-za
  • Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184180 , vital:44183 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-11
  • Description: The music of the region which included, a part of north western Northern Rhodesia, Southern Congo and Angola is quite distictive on account of the melodic structure and local sense of harmony. No Bantu other than the group of tribes which inhabit this small area care for Luchazi music, rejoicing it utterly as incomprehensible. The tuning of the Chisanzhi was:- 512, 424, 388, 348, 320,276, 256 vs. The array of notes or reeds was set out four a side and the sequence of the scale was alternate from left to right. The two outside reeds being the same pitch 512 vs. This arrangement is convenient for playing the runs as heard in this recording, with alternating thumbs. Nyakasanga dance song, with Chisanzhi Mbira, of 8 notes, wax weighted, double whistle
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Sitima senda namoto

- Josiasi Yemba Mate, Hugh Tracey

Tambuka nalikishi

- Josiasi Yemba Mate, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Josiasi Yemba Mate , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Luanika f-za
  • Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184027 , vital:44158 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-03
  • Description: This is a genuine African impression of the emotions surrounding a dance in masks rather than the music of the dance itself. A most interesting piece of music. Towards the end of the item, it would appear that he removes the mask to reveal his familiar self to his friends. It is not clear whether the performer Mate sings 'Tanga na likishi', 'Tamba', 'Tambwa', or 'Tambuka'. Barotseland is the furthest south of all the places where carved wooden masks are made. It is said to be a West African cultural intrusion. Further south only grass masks are sometimes used, but no carved ones. Topical song with Kathandi Mbira, fan with external resonator
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Sungule sungelelo, walings ngunya ngunya nawakweneweya

- Josiasi Yemba Mate, Hugh Tracey

Saikera mwana musheka ndi

- Josiasi Yemba Mate, Hugh Tracey

Banana bana Kayata

- Group of Luvale men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kalawo f-za
  • Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184162 , vital:44179 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-09
  • Description: The friction drum is a simple membrane drum with the lower end open. A stick is pierced through a hole in the centre of the membrane and hangs inside the body of the drum being suitably attached to the membrane by small cross pieces pierced through the stick itself. The player usually sits on the ground with the drum resting on his legs, the open end towards his body. Having moistered his hands (or sometimes a cloth) with water he sets the membrane in vibration by the friction of his hands pulling the stick downwards towards him. In this way a roaring sound is made and rhythms produced by alternating the stroke between the two hands. It is essential to keep the two hands wet, water having the same effect as resin on a violin bow. Drinking song with 1 Pwita friction drum and percussion
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Katchatcha

- Group of Luvale men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Kalwena f-ao
  • Language: Chokwe , Luvale
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183453 , vital:43992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-12
  • Description: Chikele Kele is the alternative name for the Katchatcha mbira. The seven reeds are tuned with paste or wax beneath their tips. The rhythm set by the struck metal is the common southern Congo rhythm. // 1, 2, 3, 1/2, 1, 2, 1/2 // The Katchatcha keeps up a strange chatter of little or no meaning in the background. Katchatcha dance, with Katchatcha mbira with bamboo reeds resonated on top of metal petrol drum and struck metal
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Kambula

- Group of Luvale men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Kalwena f-ao
  • Language: Chokwe , Luvale
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183430 , vital:43989 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-11
  • Description: Chikele Kele is the alternative name for the Katchatcha mbira. The seven reeds are tuned with paste or wax beneath their tips. The rhythm set by the struck metal is the common southern Congo rhythm. // 1, 2, 3, 1/2, 1, 2, 1/2 // The Katchatcha keeps up a strange chatter of little or no meaning in the background. Katchatcha dance, with Katchatcha mbira with bamboo reeds resonated on top of metal petrol drum and struck metal
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  • Date Issued: 1952

O-oye Mama Jojinia

- Group of Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey

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