Pita uko (Together)
- Johani Kamzimbi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Johani Kamzimbi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158978 , vital:40247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-16
- Description: The player held his zither sideways and plucked the far top string with the thumb of his left hand, running over the other strings with his right, alternate strings together. "To go by yourself to Nyanja (Nyasaland) is not good. Better come with me." Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Johani Kamzimbi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158978 , vital:40247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-16
- Description: The player held his zither sideways and plucked the far top string with the thumb of his left hand, running over the other strings with his right, alternate strings together. "To go by yourself to Nyanja (Nyasaland) is not good. Better come with me." Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Apa mkuti
- Authors: Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Vidzumo, Kasungu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153428 , vital:39450 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-13
- Description: "When you say it is a dog, it is a dog, Mama. My childis a dog, Mama. Bugs! Bugs! Yaya-hole! They bite my child in the hut, Mama. Dori I am tired." Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Vidzumo, Kasungu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153428 , vital:39450 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-13
- Description: "When you say it is a dog, it is a dog, Mama. My childis a dog, Mama. Bugs! Bugs! Yaya-hole! They bite my child in the hut, Mama. Dori I am tired." Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Mwamuwona kambelembele (Have you seen that cunning fellow?)
- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156216 , vital:39963 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-02
- Description: A cheerful song sung at parties. The subject matter is very slight but makes a good foundation for a simple melody and equally simple humour. "Have you seen that cunning fellow son of Darash? Peering iut and ducking back again?" Party song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156216 , vital:39963 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-02
- Description: A cheerful song sung at parties. The subject matter is very slight but makes a good foundation for a simple melody and equally simple humour. "Have you seen that cunning fellow son of Darash? Peering iut and ducking back again?" Party song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Keke, keke garuyo 1 (Yap, yap, the dog barks)
- Four elderly Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Four elderly Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160576 , vital:40478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-04
- Description: The Konsolo dance is said to have been performed in the 1930's. Two wives in next door huts call to each other. The one hears the dog bark and calls out the other, "why is the dog barking?" thinking her husband is with her. But the other replies: "No! he is not with me. He is out with that young beauty". (Ndege-aeroplane). A young good looking girl is called 'Ndege' (aeroplane) in the local slang. "Yap, yau, yap, why is the dog barking? Don't you hate beating me because you think our husband is in my house. He is not here because there is Ndege elsewhere." Konsolo women's dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Four elderly Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160576 , vital:40478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-04
- Description: The Konsolo dance is said to have been performed in the 1930's. Two wives in next door huts call to each other. The one hears the dog bark and calls out the other, "why is the dog barking?" thinking her husband is with her. But the other replies: "No! he is not with me. He is out with that young beauty". (Ndege-aeroplane). A young good looking girl is called 'Ndege' (aeroplane) in the local slang. "Yap, yau, yap, why is the dog barking? Don't you hate beating me because you think our husband is in my house. He is not here because there is Ndege elsewhere." Konsolo women's dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Meri, Meri (Mary Mary)
- Adija Nyamkhomo and Chewa women and children, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Adija Nyamkhomo and Chewa women and children , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kota Kota, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153699 , vital:39501 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-18
- Description: The statement is usually sung by 2 women together with the others joining in the chorus. The words of the song are mixed being sung both in Chewa and Tonga (Ny.). Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Adija Nyamkhomo and Chewa women and children , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kota Kota, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153699 , vital:39501 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-18
- Description: The statement is usually sung by 2 women together with the others joining in the chorus. The words of the song are mixed being sung both in Chewa and Tonga (Ny.). Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ndiribe m'mbale (I have no neighbour)
- Boys of Dedza Secondary School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Boys of Dedza Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154929 , vital:39794 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-14
- Description: The song refers to a court case taken by the chief of the village. "I have no neighbour to rescue me at the court. Those without witnesses stay behind. Ae aia." Ngoma dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Boys of Dedza Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154929 , vital:39794 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-14
- Description: The song refers to a court case taken by the chief of the village. "I have no neighbour to rescue me at the court. Those without witnesses stay behind. Ae aia." Ngoma dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kalombo (Thank you)
- Large group of Lunda women and Kalemba, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Large group of Lunda women and Kalemba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Democratic Republic Kabinda f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139490 , vital:37743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR048-09
- Description: The larger drum was also tapped on the side by a stick. The clapping was done with cupped hands. The Chief de Centre Kapenda, was the head of this group. Jadotville is the headquaters of the central region of the Union Miniere, the other 2 towns being Elizabethville in the East and Kolwezi in the West. It was originally famous for the fact that one of the mines, Shinkolobwe, was the first place in the world from which the famous Curie family obtained the radium for their experiments. At Panda, there is a museum of mineral crystals discovered in the Katanga mines. Kawidi dance with 2 goblet drums, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Large group of Lunda women and Kalemba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Democratic Republic Kabinda f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139490 , vital:37743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR048-09
- Description: The larger drum was also tapped on the side by a stick. The clapping was done with cupped hands. The Chief de Centre Kapenda, was the head of this group. Jadotville is the headquaters of the central region of the Union Miniere, the other 2 towns being Elizabethville in the East and Kolwezi in the West. It was originally famous for the fact that one of the mines, Shinkolobwe, was the first place in the world from which the famous Curie family obtained the radium for their experiments. At Panda, there is a museum of mineral crystals discovered in the Katanga mines. Kawidi dance with 2 goblet drums, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Anagondo tilowe (Anagondo let me in)
- Livinia Jese and 2 Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Livinia Jese and 2 Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156941 , vital:40070 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-15
- Description: This song was sung very quietly. The names are girls names and the singer is outside the door asking to be let in. "Aye, aye, Anangondo let me in, Anangondo aye, aye, aye. Anajere le me in.". Dance song for Chintala women dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Livinia Jese and 2 Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156941 , vital:40070 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-15
- Description: This song was sung very quietly. The names are girls names and the singer is outside the door asking to be let in. "Aye, aye, Anangondo let me in, Anangondo aye, aye, aye. Anajere le me in.". Dance song for Chintala women dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Elo-e mokwata-e (Hullo, marry)
- Authors: Losani Malewa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mkanda f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160670 , vital:40496 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-12
- Description: "All right! let him go and get himself married, he is far too young but let him try. He will come howling home again." "Hullo, marry! Let him go and marry. And he will come back howling." The Tangara bowed lute had one string. It was tuned by means of a tuning peg and a straining loop of string for more a accurate pitch. From straining string to bridge was 13 inches and the lute itself was two and a half inches overall. The resonating body was five and half inches tall gourd with a hole pierced in one side. Self delectative song with one-stringed stressed lute Thangara.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Losani Malewa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mkanda f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160670 , vital:40496 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-12
- Description: "All right! let him go and get himself married, he is far too young but let him try. He will come howling home again." "Hullo, marry! Let him go and marry. And he will come back howling." The Tangara bowed lute had one string. It was tuned by means of a tuning peg and a straining loop of string for more a accurate pitch. From straining string to bridge was 13 inches and the lute itself was two and a half inches overall. The resonating body was five and half inches tall gourd with a hole pierced in one side. Self delectative song with one-stringed stressed lute Thangara.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Mwanaolo pawani? (Whose child is it)
- Lomwe Police at Zomba, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lomwe Police at Zomba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Blantyre f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160745 , vital:40509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-20
- Description: This is a brief and simple question which must be asked frequently among a matrilocal people such as the Lomwe and other tribes in Nyasaland. The child is undeniably its mothers, but who, indeed, is the father? Dance song with clapping and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Lomwe Police at Zomba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Blantyre f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160745 , vital:40509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-20
- Description: This is a brief and simple question which must be asked frequently among a matrilocal people such as the Lomwe and other tribes in Nyasaland. The child is undeniably its mothers, but who, indeed, is the father? Dance song with clapping and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ai lelo kwa Masula kotokoto (Today at Masula, sickness)
- Woman of Masula village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Woman of Masula village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158535 , vital:40203 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-08
- Description: Kotokoto means, literally, a sick person, suffering in all his limbs. Chintale dance song with bass drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Woman of Masula village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158535 , vital:40203 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-08
- Description: Kotokoto means, literally, a sick person, suffering in all his limbs. Chintale dance song with bass drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Hama dza warumi (The husband's relatives)
- Esteri Shumba and a group of Karanga men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Esteri Shumba and a group of Karanga men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Takawarasha, Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154586 , vital:39751 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-11
- Description: A certain woman was very fond of her own relatives and preferred them to those of her husband. The story describes how when her in-laws visited her she said she was feeling ill with pains in her back, legs, stomach, head, everywhere. But when her own people came to see her she prepared sadza porridge and all sorts of good things. She behaved like this because she was jealous of her husband's other wives and in this way paid him out. Story with song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Esteri Shumba and a group of Karanga men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Takawarasha, Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154586 , vital:39751 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-11
- Description: A certain woman was very fond of her own relatives and preferred them to those of her husband. The story describes how when her in-laws visited her she said she was feeling ill with pains in her back, legs, stomach, head, everywhere. But when her own people came to see her she prepared sadza porridge and all sorts of good things. She behaved like this because she was jealous of her husband's other wives and in this way paid him out. Story with song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyakumtyela egageni (You will eat it out of doors)
- Young Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151278 , vital:39047 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151278 , vital:39047 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Koboyi, koboyi yekoboyi (Peck, peck birds)
- Justine Shabangu, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Justine Shabangu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Usutu forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152230 , vital:39236 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-07
- Description: Traditional Swati lullaby. The baby who was suckling from its mother while she sang, began to cry. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Justine Shabangu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Usutu forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152230 , vital:39236 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-07
- Description: Traditional Swati lullaby. The baby who was suckling from its mother while she sang, began to cry. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Udandani makulata
- Authors: Fainos Gasa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza and Chewa District, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154883 , vital:39789 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-09
- Description: Scale: 300, 324, 352, 388, 416, 440, 464 vs. This scale seems to be an arbitrary one, the progressive intervals in cents being: 133, 144, 168, 121, 97 and 92. The words have little meaning to anyone but the singer himself. Self delectative song with Bangwe board Zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Fainos Gasa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza and Chewa District, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154883 , vital:39789 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-09
- Description: Scale: 300, 324, 352, 388, 416, 440, 464 vs. This scale seems to be an arbitrary one, the progressive intervals in cents being: 133, 144, 168, 121, 97 and 92. The words have little meaning to anyone but the singer himself. Self delectative song with Bangwe board Zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Chigona mbara (The drunkard)
- Authors: Simenti Phiri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Malindi, Port Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155906 , vital:39930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-11
- Description: As he sang the audience were all making the sound of drinking. The tune, he says, was taken from a certain entertainer in Salisbury who called himself Chigona Mbara. The 'Drunkard'. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Simenti Phiri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Malindi, Port Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155906 , vital:39930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-11
- Description: As he sang the audience were all making the sound of drinking. The tune, he says, was taken from a certain entertainer in Salisbury who called himself Chigona Mbara. The 'Drunkard'. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nona vela amwana impela (Some mothers have children)
- Authors: Andrea Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153073 , vital:39390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-01
- Description: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Andrea Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153073 , vital:39390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-01
- Description: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ufuno musebeti (He wants work)
- Efraim Hlope and three friends, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Efraim Hlope and three friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152992 , vital:39370 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-07
- Description: This is a humorous sketch of a boy whi is looking for work, how he is bullied into indiscretions by his friends and how he gets out of his dilemma. Excellently performed by amateur actors who know how to use their voices to good effect. Sketch.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Efraim Hlope and three friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152992 , vital:39370 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-07
- Description: This is a humorous sketch of a boy whi is looking for work, how he is bullied into indiscretions by his friends and how he gets out of his dilemma. Excellently performed by amateur actors who know how to use their voices to good effect. Sketch.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Rungano rgwe rombe (The story of the minstrel)
- Authors: Robin Magiriri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Takawarasha, Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154658 , vital:39760 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-19
- Description: The story teller is a nephew of the chief Takawarasha. One day when a hungry minstrel waswalking through the country he found a woman spreading her mealie meal in the sun and asked her for some of it. She said "I cannot do so or I will be beaten tonight", "Who will beat you?" he asked. She said "My mother", So he sang what had happened so that she would be persuaded to change her mind and give him some.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Robin Magiriri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Takawarasha, Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154658 , vital:39760 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-19
- Description: The story teller is a nephew of the chief Takawarasha. One day when a hungry minstrel waswalking through the country he found a woman spreading her mealie meal in the sun and asked her for some of it. She said "I cannot do so or I will be beaten tonight", "Who will beat you?" he asked. She said "My mother", So he sang what had happened so that she would be persuaded to change her mind and give him some.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Akanji gele maleza (Go and get a razor)
- Young Chewa boys (Under 20 years), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Chewa boys (Under 20 years) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156923 , vital:40068 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-13
- Description: When a man dies they shave his head, hence the call for a razor when the moment of death seems near. "Go bring a razor. My father is dying and he he is crying too much today." The Nudewa drum was cylindrical with a rectangular hole cue in the side, with three feet. The Kachisi drum was conical, open ended. Ilala dance with two drums (Mudewa and Kachisi).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young Chewa boys (Under 20 years) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156923 , vital:40068 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-13
- Description: When a man dies they shave his head, hence the call for a razor when the moment of death seems near. "Go bring a razor. My father is dying and he he is crying too much today." The Nudewa drum was cylindrical with a rectangular hole cue in the side, with three feet. The Kachisi drum was conical, open ended. Ilala dance with two drums (Mudewa and Kachisi).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958