Mbiya ambwiya wo tiende (Grandmother, let us go)
- Authors: Jesi Tembo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179081 , vital:39872 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-14
- Description: A hyena's grandmother died and so he went off to suckle from a woman in order to show people that he was in reality the son of the woman. The meaning of this story is not clear, though it is among the many African stories in which people turn themselves or are turned into animals to stress a moral point. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Jesi Tembo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179081 , vital:39872 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-14
- Description: A hyena's grandmother died and so he went off to suckle from a woman in order to show people that he was in reality the son of the woman. The meaning of this story is not clear, though it is among the many African stories in which people turn themselves or are turned into animals to stress a moral point. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Pungo yoya
- Mudzanani, Baranganani, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Mudzanani, Baranganani , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Sibasa f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187761 , vital:44694 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-07
- Description: "How did the chief fall down? How did he fall Chief Mbegenihe? How are the girls dancing. Because there are no boys there? The boys are away at work. The best singer of them is in the country. I am happy when I am at Duthuni. When I feel hungry I cry." There are two names among the Venda for this instrument, the Mbira Deza. (Mbira Mutondo is the Venda xylophone). Drinking songs with Mbira, 24 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mudzanani, Baranganani , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Sibasa f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187761 , vital:44694 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-07
- Description: "How did the chief fall down? How did he fall Chief Mbegenihe? How are the girls dancing. Because there are no boys there? The boys are away at work. The best singer of them is in the country. I am happy when I am at Duthuni. When I feel hungry I cry." There are two names among the Venda for this instrument, the Mbira Deza. (Mbira Mutondo is the Venda xylophone). Drinking songs with Mbira, 24 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Awe simene
- Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154838 , vital:39784 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-04
- Description: Sung in the old Ngoni style. The Chief calls one out towards the end of the song that his people are the ones who came from the Swati, down South (with the Gomani section of the Ngoni). This section migrated from Natal either just before or during the Shaka wars. "Some had brought fighting men to terrify me, but could do nothing. But here we still live and you could do nothing to us." Two fighting songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154838 , vital:39784 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-04
- Description: Sung in the old Ngoni style. The Chief calls one out towards the end of the song that his people are the ones who came from the Swati, down South (with the Gomani section of the Ngoni). This section migrated from Natal either just before or during the Shaka wars. "Some had brought fighting men to terrify me, but could do nothing. But here we still live and you could do nothing to us." Two fighting songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Edele Nkosi
- Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154843 , vital:39785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-05
- Description: The chief had already overrun so many smaller clans that there were few fields to conquer. "The chief looks for land. The chieftainships are finishing. Look up and down you men so that people will know that you are a man from the village of a famous chief." Two fighting songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154843 , vital:39785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-05
- Description: The chief had already overrun so many smaller clans that there were few fields to conquer. "The chief looks for land. The chieftainships are finishing. Look up and down you men so that people will know that you are a man from the village of a famous chief." Two fighting songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ndoto (I am full)
- Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Zambia Bancroft Mine, Norther Rhodesia f-za
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154888 , vital:39790 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-10
- Description: Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Zambia Bancroft Mine, Norther Rhodesia f-za
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154888 , vital:39790 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-10
- Description: Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Watenga mbengo ndani (Who took the chief's towell?)
- Older men of Njolomole, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Older men of Njolomole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154829 , vital:39783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-03
- Description: This kind of song, they say, was sung at the gathering to remember a dead person. The Chief's towell was a cloth which was wrapped around the blade of a short spear which the chief held in his hand in order to wipe the perspiration off his face while he danced. "Who took the chief's towell, Oyayo! who ever it is, bring back Oyayo! look everywhere where the chief's people are, until you find it." Chitoto obsequies after funeral with small iron bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Older men of Njolomole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154829 , vital:39783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-03
- Description: This kind of song, they say, was sung at the gathering to remember a dead person. The Chief's towell was a cloth which was wrapped around the blade of a short spear which the chief held in his hand in order to wipe the perspiration off his face while he danced. "Who took the chief's towell, Oyayo! who ever it is, bring back Oyayo! look everywhere where the chief's people are, until you find it." Chitoto obsequies after funeral with small iron bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ririka-ririka rerera-ririka (When I die what shall I leave behind)
- Young Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179210 , vital:39869 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-11
- Description: A song sung after supper in the evening. Party song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Young Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179210 , vital:39869 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-11
- Description: A song sung after supper in the evening. Party song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ndapanda kobidi ndini (I discovered the pain myslef)
- Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154910 , vital:39792 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-12
- Description: The leader works as a trumpeter at the headquaters of the administrator of Furancungo. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154910 , vital:39792 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-12
- Description: The leader works as a trumpeter at the headquaters of the administrator of Furancungo. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Chilungulungu madje (The water snake)
- Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Zambia Bancroft Mine, Norther Rhodesia f-za
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154900 , vital:39791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-11
- Description: Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Zambia Bancroft Mine, Norther Rhodesia f-za
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154900 , vital:39791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-11
- Description: Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Andiyera ndabuda nchito
- Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154920 , vital:39793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-13
- Description: The singers came from the region on Portuguese territory adjacent to Nyasaland called Angonia near the Dedza District where a large concentration of Ngoni people are to be found. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154920 , vital:39793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-13
- Description: The singers came from the region on Portuguese territory adjacent to Nyasaland called Angonia near the Dedza District where a large concentration of Ngoni people are to be found. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959