Mubarak -mubarak, imame-zaman
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329519 , vital:61348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3207-XYZ7419
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329519 , vital:61348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3207-XYZ7419
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Ah ume Kamatiwa
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329510 , vital:61347 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3206-XYZ7418
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329510 , vital:61347 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3206-XYZ7418
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya nyota ya Kutub
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329488 , vital:61345 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3204-XYZ7416
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329488 , vital:61345 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3204-XYZ7416
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya sifu ya imam
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329528 , vital:61349 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3208-XYZ7420
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329528 , vital:61349 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3208-XYZ7420
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya isah mashiya leo
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329344 , vital:61329 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3189-XYZ7413
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329344 , vital:61329 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3189-XYZ7413
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya Nooran Mubbin
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329353 , vital:61330 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3190-XYZ7412
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329353 , vital:61330 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3190-XYZ7412
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya mpenzi wetu
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329335 , vital:61328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3188-XYZ7414
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329335 , vital:61328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3188-XYZ7414
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya zilsile ya imamt
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329533 , vital:61350 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3209-XYZ7421
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329533 , vital:61350 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3209-XYZ7421
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kwimbho ya imam wetu
- Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla, Performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329493 , vital:61346 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3205-XYZ7417
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Allidina Jamal Walji Luvungivalla , Performer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/329493 , vital:61346 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3205-XYZ7417
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Suratin - Noor
- Alustadh Ahmed Basheikh, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Alustadh Ahmed Basheikh , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Mombasa f-ke
- Language: Arabic
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/325106 , vital:60857 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3031-XYZ7235
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Alustadh Ahmed Basheikh , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Mombasa f-ke
- Language: Arabic
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/325106 , vital:60857 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3031-XYZ7235
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Suratin - Noor
- Alustadh Ahmed Basheikh, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Alustadh Ahmed Basheikh , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Mombasa f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/325084 , vital:60854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3030-XYZ7236
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Alustadh Ahmed Basheikh , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Mombasa f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/325084 , vital:60854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3030-XYZ7236
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Atu
- Andre Boniface Wahamba, group of Chokwe men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba , group of Chokwe men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola City not specified f-ao
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/320280 , vital:60319 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2888-XYZ7046
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba , group of Chokwe men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola City not specified f-ao
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/320280 , vital:60319 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2888-XYZ7046
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Chitenge
- Andre Boniface Wahamba, Chokwe men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba , Chokwe men , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia city not specified f-za
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/389376 , vital:68440 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0771-F1K4
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba , Chokwe men , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia city not specified f-za
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/389376 , vital:68440 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0771-F1K4
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Chitenge
- Andre Boniface Wahamba, group of Chokwe men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba , group of Chokwe men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola City not specified f-ao
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/320271 , vital:60318 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2887-XYZ7047
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba , group of Chokwe men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola City not specified f-ao
- Language: Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/320271 , vital:60318 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2887-XYZ7047
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Atu
- Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe 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 Villa Luzu f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183301 , vital:43953 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-01
- Description: "So many people have been born, so many people have died. Now all my folk are finished. So who will keep me company when I die?" This song with its antiphonal call and answer is typical of the style of the majority of folk songs of the Chokwe heard on the mines. This kind of performance is most difficult to record effectively for several reasons. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe 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 Villa Luzu f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183301 , vital:43953 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-01
- Description: "So many people have been born, so many people have died. Now all my folk are finished. So who will keep me company when I die?" This song with its antiphonal call and answer is typical of the style of the majority of folk songs of the Chokwe heard on the mines. This kind of performance is most difficult to record effectively for several reasons. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Chitengi
- Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe 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 Villa Luzu f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183309 , vital:43954 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-02
- Description: "Black cloth may not be worn by a woman who is about to have a child, she may use any other coloured cloth but not black." Such simple sentences revealing local etiquette are quite enough to inspire a local dance song. The Chokwe are more renowned for their beautiful chip carving than for their music, much of it sung in organum. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe 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 Villa Luzu f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183309 , vital:43954 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-02
- Description: "Black cloth may not be worn by a woman who is about to have a child, she may use any other coloured cloth but not black." Such simple sentences revealing local etiquette are quite enough to inspire a local dance song. The Chokwe are more renowned for their beautiful chip carving than for their music, much of it sung in organum. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
TR177-02.mp3
- Andrew
- Authors: Andrew
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181931 , vital:43781
- Description: The correct word is 'Walelo' but as sung it was pronounced 'Walele'. Kasai women whose tattooed faces are distinctive, are well known as gay singers. Drinking song with two singing gourds.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Andrew
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181931 , vital:43781
- Description: The correct word is 'Walelo' but as sung it was pronounced 'Walele'. Kasai women whose tattooed faces are distinctive, are well known as gay singers. Drinking song with two singing gourds.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Gitare na Congo
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167395 , vital:41475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-08
- Description: The 'guitar' alluded to in the song is the Kundi. The song is about a blacksmith who beat on his anvil and sang as he did so saying: "My anvil is the real 'guitar' of the Congo. I play it to show how I love my work." It is in this Northern district of the Congo that the art of blacksmithing is unsurpassed. The decorative spears and knives are the pride of the people and feature largely in the list of social and marriage gifts between familes. The singer was given a highly commended prize for this item in the 1952 Osborn Awards for the best African musician of the year. Topical song with Kundi vertical angular harp, 5 strings.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167395 , vital:41475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-08
- Description: The 'guitar' alluded to in the song is the Kundi. The song is about a blacksmith who beat on his anvil and sang as he did so saying: "My anvil is the real 'guitar' of the Congo. I play it to show how I love my work." It is in this Northern district of the Congo that the art of blacksmithing is unsurpassed. The decorative spears and knives are the pride of the people and feature largely in the list of social and marriage gifts between familes. The singer was given a highly commended prize for this item in the 1952 Osborn Awards for the best African musician of the year. Topical song with Kundi vertical angular harp, 5 strings.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Dekuku na degusiya kimakoyo
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167377 , vital:41473 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-06
- Description: "He took a wife chosen from amongst the girls of his own village, when she was very young, but another man stole her away from him." Ngbanda Mandefu, the other harp player, a tall bearded man got up and danced in a style reminiscent of a Cossack dance, snapping his fingers and stamping now and then. Bakia Pierre is a large quietly spoken man who works in a Portuguese butchers shop in the small town of Buta. His songs were greeted with great applause and satisfaction by his fellow Zande in the circle. Topical song, with vertical angular Kundi harp, 5 strings.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167377 , vital:41473 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-06
- Description: "He took a wife chosen from amongst the girls of his own village, when she was very young, but another man stole her away from him." Ngbanda Mandefu, the other harp player, a tall bearded man got up and danced in a style reminiscent of a Cossack dance, snapping his fingers and stamping now and then. Bakia Pierre is a large quietly spoken man who works in a Portuguese butchers shop in the small town of Buta. His songs were greeted with great applause and satisfaction by his fellow Zande in the circle. Topical song, with vertical angular Kundi harp, 5 strings.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Gitari na Congo
- Bakia Pierre, Performer not specified, Bakia, Pierre, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Performer not specified , Bakia, Pierre , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo city not specified f-cg
- Language: Zande
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/340269 , vital:62621 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3622-XYZ7634
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Performer not specified , Bakia, Pierre , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo city not specified f-cg
- Language: Zande
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/340269 , vital:62621 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3622-XYZ7634
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952