He Mmuputsoane (Mmamoshage)
- Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162506 , vital:40941 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-04
- Description: "Mmamoshage, being with child, does not want to frequent the company of other people. Do you mean to say, Mmamoshage. That just because you have given up dancing I should no longer dance?" The women stand singing and clapping while the men dance. Pina dance with clapping and stamping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162506 , vital:40941 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-04
- Description: "Mmamoshage, being with child, does not want to frequent the company of other people. Do you mean to say, Mmamoshage. That just because you have given up dancing I should no longer dance?" The women stand singing and clapping while the men dance. Pina dance with clapping and stamping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ditshene tsa Mmuputsoane)
- Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162515 , vital:40942 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-05
- Description: "The baboons of Mmuputsoane eat fruit of the Mumpudu tree, unripe. But not the fruit of the Monyenyana. They would rather eat the Mothwanye fruit, but they must spare the fruit of the Mogwana for we use that to make our cider. Sing my birds." The Mogwana tree is one of the trees of the bushveld. It bears fruit which is used by the Tswana people to make a very potent alcoholic brew, much stronger than beer made from grain. Pina dance with clapping and stamping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162515 , vital:40942 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-05
- Description: "The baboons of Mmuputsoane eat fruit of the Mumpudu tree, unripe. But not the fruit of the Monyenyana. They would rather eat the Mothwanye fruit, but they must spare the fruit of the Mogwana for we use that to make our cider. Sing my birds." The Mogwana tree is one of the trees of the bushveld. It bears fruit which is used by the Tswana people to make a very potent alcoholic brew, much stronger than beer made from grain. Pina dance with clapping and stamping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
He ga re a nnwa ke nKgana (We men have a big pot of beer)
- Rautana Dinake and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162488 , vital:40939 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-02
- Description: "We men have a big pot of beer in front us. We are longing for the thick stuff at the bottom. We group of men like the stuff at the bottom more than anything else." A fine example of polyphonic singing. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162488 , vital:40939 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-02
- Description: "We men have a big pot of beer in front us. We are longing for the thick stuff at the bottom. We group of men like the stuff at the bottom more than anything else." A fine example of polyphonic singing. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Phatshwa bolela (Tell us, black and white ox)
- Rantana Dinake and a large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rantana Dinake and a large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162790 , vital:40983 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-06
- Description: "Black and white ox, tell us where the trampled grass has been swept away. The grass which was carried awayby the water." In the words of this song, the rain clouds are likened to a black and white ox. The rain has beaten down the grass and swept away the debris of broken stalks. Where? A good example of the poetic imagery typical of some Tswana poetry. Rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Rantana Dinake and a large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162790 , vital:40983 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-06
- Description: "Black and white ox, tell us where the trampled grass has been swept away. The grass which was carried awayby the water." In the words of this song, the rain clouds are likened to a black and white ox. The rain has beaten down the grass and swept away the debris of broken stalks. Where? A good example of the poetic imagery typical of some Tswana poetry. Rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Magawalela (People of Mapula)
- Odirile Masumoloa and 14 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Odirile Masumoloa and 14 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zeerust f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165850 , vital:41288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-09
- Description: "People of Mapula, I, the young man, cry in the sand. I heard a person cursing his elders, cursing one who had carried him on his back..i-i-i...!" This song is also regimental or age group song. Four boys initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Odirile Masumoloa and 14 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zeerust f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165850 , vital:41288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-09
- Description: "People of Mapula, I, the young man, cry in the sand. I heard a person cursing his elders, cursing one who had carried him on his back..i-i-i...!" This song is also regimental or age group song. Four boys initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Leboko la ga Kgosi Mpolokang (Praises in honour of Chief Mpolokang)
- Ntshekang Modukanele. Witkleigat (Chief Lencoe), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ntshekang Modukanele. Witkleigat (Chief Lencoe) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zeerust f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165841 , vital:41287 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-08
- Description: "The cow cries at the path of Maroala. It passed through Swartfontein. It was paid for lobola for Norah. It was enjoyed by all." Chief Mpolokang was the present Chief's father. Leboko - praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Ntshekang Modukanele. Witkleigat (Chief Lencoe) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Zeerust f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165841 , vital:41287 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-08
- Description: "The cow cries at the path of Maroala. It passed through Swartfontein. It was paid for lobola for Norah. It was enjoyed by all." Chief Mpolokang was the present Chief's father. Leboko - praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Lesang nca re a baka (Leave the dog alone)
- Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164993 , vital:41192 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-05
- Description: "Leave the dog alone, we are praising. We orphans, if collected would fill the Chief's kraal. I didn't lock the door last night and the dog ate up all my fat, all on account of your lovers." The last three lines refer to the fact that two girls were sharing the same room. One left the door open for her lovers to enter, and a dog got in and ate up all the other one's fat. Herdboy's song and step danie, with stamping of feet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Ntnebolang Molebatsi, 4 men and 4 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164993 , vital:41192 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-05
- Description: "Leave the dog alone, we are praising. We orphans, if collected would fill the Chief's kraal. I didn't lock the door last night and the dog ate up all my fat, all on account of your lovers." The last three lines refer to the fact that two girls were sharing the same room. One left the door open for her lovers to enter, and a dog got in and ate up all the other one's fat. Herdboy's song and step danie, with stamping of feet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Se Bana wa Lela (Do not cry baby)
- Nthebolang Molebatsi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nthebolang Molebatsi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164267 , vital:41103 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-13
- Description: "Do not cry baby! the water pans have dried up, my father and mother died and I had no one to advise me. (literary 'to straighten me') "My uncle gave me a brown cow which, if it rains, will give me a pailful (of milk). Do not boast of your lover, boast of your husband. One does not boast of a theif." The player sat on the ground with the right leg passed through the bow. She held the bow in her left hand resting the curved wooden part on the ground, string uppermost. She stopped the upper part of the string with her chin, the other end of the bow rested on an enamel basin turned upside down. A second woman joined her towards the end. She stopped playing at one point to adjust the enamel basin resonator. The instrument is played by both men and women. When asked when they play these songs, the answer was, "Any time when we feel onely." Self delectative song with one stringed Nokokwane bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Nthebolang Molebatsi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164267 , vital:41103 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-13
- Description: "Do not cry baby! the water pans have dried up, my father and mother died and I had no one to advise me. (literary 'to straighten me') "My uncle gave me a brown cow which, if it rains, will give me a pailful (of milk). Do not boast of your lover, boast of your husband. One does not boast of a theif." The player sat on the ground with the right leg passed through the bow. She held the bow in her left hand resting the curved wooden part on the ground, string uppermost. She stopped the upper part of the string with her chin, the other end of the bow rested on an enamel basin turned upside down. A second woman joined her towards the end. She stopped playing at one point to adjust the enamel basin resonator. The instrument is played by both men and women. When asked when they play these songs, the answer was, "Any time when we feel onely." Self delectative song with one stringed Nokokwane bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Selepe ga se a ja mesu (The axe on the thorn tree)
- Authors: Ngwaketse men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162550 , vital:40946 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-09
- Description: "Chop, chop, the axe on the thorn tree." This is also used as a dance song for the Pina dance, a cheerful party dance. Work song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Ngwaketse men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162550 , vital:40946 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-09
- Description: "Chop, chop, the axe on the thorn tree." This is also used as a dance song for the Pina dance, a cheerful party dance. Work song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khotso (peace)
- Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162451 , vital:40934 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-10
- Description: "The peace at the place from which we come, is oppresive. There they are, climbing the mountain. Let them alone, they have been cursed by the gods." Riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162451 , vital:40934 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-10
- Description: "The peace at the place from which we come, is oppresive. There they are, climbing the mountain. Let them alone, they have been cursed by the gods." Riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Thatholla (Unwind)
- Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162446 , vital:40933 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-09
- Description: "Where does the chief want us to go today? To leave in the evening when it is cold. With a drizzle of rain like a mist. With all the lads afraid of mounting their horses. Our saddles will be wet, and our trousers creased. By Morake's child, I will curse somebody! We of the Tau family, are one-handed. We receive food with it and feel pleased. We kill our own monkey's at Matsau-Tsau. Where did they see him? They saw him at the sugarcane fields. Why does he say he wants Basotho? He says he wants a Basotho blanket. Jump on my back and away we go. Fathers, let us go." Riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162446 , vital:40933 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-09
- Description: "Where does the chief want us to go today? To leave in the evening when it is cold. With a drizzle of rain like a mist. With all the lads afraid of mounting their horses. Our saddles will be wet, and our trousers creased. By Morake's child, I will curse somebody! We of the Tau family, are one-handed. We receive food with it and feel pleased. We kill our own monkey's at Matsau-Tsau. Where did they see him? They saw him at the sugarcane fields. Why does he say he wants Basotho? He says he wants a Basotho blanket. Jump on my back and away we go. Fathers, let us go." Riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Maomosa re kaeleng (You women who cannot cook)
- Motsekhumo Tiro and group of elderly men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Motsekhumo Tiro and group of elderly men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162524 , vital:40943 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-06
- Description: "You women who cannot cook, tell us where the noise is." The meaning is that where there is noise, there may be a party and where there is a party there is good cheer. Introduced by each pipe played in turn around the circle of old men. Most of the pipes were made of reed. The pipes must be immersed in water before playing or they will not sound. They were very old pipes and the tuning was clearly awry, the old players being unable to tune them accurately. Pipe dance with Dithloko end-blown reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Motsekhumo Tiro and group of elderly men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162524 , vital:40943 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-06
- Description: "You women who cannot cook, tell us where the noise is." The meaning is that where there is noise, there may be a party and where there is a party there is good cheer. Introduced by each pipe played in turn around the circle of old men. Most of the pipes were made of reed. The pipes must be immersed in water before playing or they will not sound. They were very old pipes and the tuning was clearly awry, the old players being unable to tune them accurately. Pipe dance with Dithloko end-blown reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Maboko tsa Mothootsile (Praises for Mothootsile)
- Mothootsile Leshoko, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mothootsile Leshoko , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164213 , vital:41094 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-07
- Description: The praiser was dressed in skins, and wore leather breeches and a skin cap. He was holding a horse-hair switch in one hand and a stick wound round with blue plastic tape. Several women interjected cries and exclamations. The old man explained that his praises were in honour of his totem, the monkey. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mothootsile Leshoko , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164213 , vital:41094 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-07
- Description: The praiser was dressed in skins, and wore leather breeches and a skin cap. He was holding a horse-hair switch in one hand and a stick wound round with blue plastic tape. Several women interjected cries and exclamations. The old man explained that his praises were in honour of his totem, the monkey. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Mampho thiba lisabole (Mampho, ward off the spears)
- Mosinoa Peter, with group of 14 dancers and large group of singers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mosinoa Peter, with group of 14 dancers and large group of singers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162470 , vital:40935 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-11
- Description: "Ward off the spear thruts, Tsoana, stop him, let him remain to help you hoe. Mannini is a flying machine, she flies to Maseru. Listen to the women at Likhoele ululating. Siloe, the pointed mountain. The Mokhothu girls are cruel. I am going to look at the map at Matsieng. People at Maseru wear blankets of the same colour." Men's dance with stamping of feet and hissing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mosinoa Peter, with group of 14 dancers and large group of singers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162470 , vital:40935 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-11
- Description: "Ward off the spear thruts, Tsoana, stop him, let him remain to help you hoe. Mannini is a flying machine, she flies to Maseru. Listen to the women at Likhoele ululating. Siloe, the pointed mountain. The Mokhothu girls are cruel. I am going to look at the map at Matsieng. People at Maseru wear blankets of the same colour." Men's dance with stamping of feet and hissing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kgokong (If it dies)
- Mosaila Mokgothu and Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mosaila Mokgothu and Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Witkleigat f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166296 , vital:41348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-10
- Description: "If it dies, I will take the hindquaters. I will also take the ribs." Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mosaila Mokgothu and Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Witkleigat f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166296 , vital:41348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-10
- Description: "If it dies, I will take the hindquaters. I will also take the ribs." Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Re tswa kwa Tlhabane (We come from Saulspoort)
- Mosadinyana Melato with young girls of Kanye, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mosadinyana Melato with young girls of Kanye , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162736 , vital:40978 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-01
- Description: The girls knelt down in a circle passing stones from side to side to imitate passing to and fro of goods over the counter. "We come from Saulspoort. We sell goods. We see the buyers and the sellers also." A singing game with stones.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mosadinyana Melato with young girls of Kanye , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162736 , vital:40978 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-01
- Description: The girls knelt down in a circle passing stones from side to side to imitate passing to and fro of goods over the counter. "We come from Saulspoort. We sell goods. We see the buyers and the sellers also." A singing game with stones.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Re tswa kwa Tlhabane (We come from Saulspoort)
- Mosadinyana Melato with young girls of Kanye, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mosadinyana Melato with young girls of Kanye , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162745 , vital:40977 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-01
- Description: The girls knelt down in a circle passing stones from side to side to imitate passing to and fro of goods over the counter. "We come from Saulspoort. We sell goods. We see the buyers and the sellers also." A singing game with stones.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mosadinyana Melato with young girls of Kanye , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162745 , vital:40977 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-01
- Description: The girls knelt down in a circle passing stones from side to side to imitate passing to and fro of goods over the counter. "We come from Saulspoort. We sell goods. We see the buyers and the sellers also." A singing game with stones.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Majone (Johnnie)
- Moroke Molebatsi and group of 19 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Moroke Molebatsi and group of 19 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165228 , vital:41220 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-11
- Description: "Johnnie's mother weeps, where did Johnnie die? (she says). Johnnie died when they were cattle-raiding (she says). They killed him when he was following the spoor of his captured cattle. I refused you, so you hated me and went away disappointed." These 19 pipes were made of lenghts of copper tubing. The pitch of each pipe was recorded before each item. From two measurements of the same set of pipes within three weeks, it is clear that the tuning varies from performance to performance, the pitch of each pipe being adjusted by means of the plug a wire ramrod is kept for this purpose. The pipes are used on any occassion, for parties, or recreational purposes. The performerswalk around sideways in a circle, using a simple stamping step or shuffle or leaping like frogs in an anti-clockwise direction. Pipe dance with closed end blown "Ditlhaka" flute ensemble.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Moroke Molebatsi and group of 19 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165228 , vital:41220 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-11
- Description: "Johnnie's mother weeps, where did Johnnie die? (she says). Johnnie died when they were cattle-raiding (she says). They killed him when he was following the spoor of his captured cattle. I refused you, so you hated me and went away disappointed." These 19 pipes were made of lenghts of copper tubing. The pitch of each pipe was recorded before each item. From two measurements of the same set of pipes within three weeks, it is clear that the tuning varies from performance to performance, the pitch of each pipe being adjusted by means of the plug a wire ramrod is kept for this purpose. The pipes are used on any occassion, for parties, or recreational purposes. The performerswalk around sideways in a circle, using a simple stamping step or shuffle or leaping like frogs in an anti-clockwise direction. Pipe dance with closed end blown "Ditlhaka" flute ensemble.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kgongana tshewa (Must I pay a beast in order to marry you?)
- Momitse Mutokwa and 18 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Momitse Mutokwa and 18 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165814 , vital:41284 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-05
- Description: A song sung by the bridegroom's party. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Momitse Mutokwa and 18 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165814 , vital:41284 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-05
- Description: A song sung by the bridegroom's party. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tsiroro (Do you want to be married, Tsiroro?)
- Momitse Mutokwa and 18 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Momitse Mutokwa and 18 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165805 , vital:41283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-04
- Description: Singers and audience all got up and danced with enthusiasm during the replying of their recording. The day was very hot and these recordings were made in a temperature of over 105 degrees in the shade. Betrothal song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Momitse Mutokwa and 18 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165805 , vital:41283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-04
- Description: Singers and audience all got up and danced with enthusiasm during the replying of their recording. The day was very hot and these recordings were made in a temperature of over 105 degrees in the shade. Betrothal song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959