Bulu sondela
- Young men of Kalana location, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young men of Kalana location , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa King Williams town f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/227767 , vital:49485 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT387-L8 , Research no. L1D6
- Description: A dance song for girls and boys accompanied by the concertina only when there are no girls to sing to boys.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-02
- Authors: Young men of Kalana location , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa King Williams town f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/227767 , vital:49485 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT387-L8 , Research no. L1D6
- Description: A dance song for girls and boys accompanied by the concertina only when there are no girls to sing to boys.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-02
Chambula makaza
- Young Men from Zavala, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young Men from Zavala , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-22
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Maputo f-mz
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/210388 , vital:47493 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT151-D6 , Research no. CA5
- Description: Traditional folk dance song accompanied by flute ensemble and chimbeka pipes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-22
- Authors: Young Men from Zavala , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-22
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Maputo f-mz
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/210388 , vital:47493 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT151-D6 , Research no. CA5
- Description: Traditional folk dance song accompanied by flute ensemble and chimbeka pipes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-22
Kwa-kwa-kwa umaye (It is dry)
- Young men and women of Mwasi's village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men and women of Mwasi's 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 Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159594 , vital:40315 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-05
- Description: The Nyau dance, they say is performed in the dry season. The dancers put on rags and cover their faces and heads with feathers or grass masks so that they cannot be recognised. In some cases disobedient girls can be caught and beaten. It is an initiation dance for boys but the women instructors can use them for this purpose. It always appears to be girls who need instruction and never the boys who merely go through their initiation ceremonies. Nyau dance (mask dance) with two drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young men and women of Mwasi's 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 Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159594 , vital:40315 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-05
- Description: The Nyau dance, they say is performed in the dry season. The dancers put on rags and cover their faces and heads with feathers or grass masks so that they cannot be recognised. In some cases disobedient girls can be caught and beaten. It is an initiation dance for boys but the women instructors can use them for this purpose. It always appears to be girls who need instruction and never the boys who merely go through their initiation ceremonies. Nyau dance (mask dance) with two drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Mwana wa Namwali (Child of Namwali)
- Young Men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156054 , vital:39946 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-06
- Description: "The child of Namwali will not sleep today. The child of an older woman, will not sleep today. Will not sleep today. I will 'wage war' at the end of the year." The words 'wage war' are a euphemism for the marriage bed. The song is a warning to a girl to 'go straight' and not to cheapen herself with men. The word 'Namwali' usually refers to a virgin. Chiponda dance with clapping and 3 drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young Men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156054 , vital:39946 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-06
- Description: "The child of Namwali will not sleep today. The child of an older woman, will not sleep today. Will not sleep today. I will 'wage war' at the end of the year." The words 'wage war' are a euphemism for the marriage bed. The song is a warning to a girl to 'go straight' and not to cheapen herself with men. The word 'Namwali' usually refers to a virgin. Chiponda dance with clapping and 3 drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Namalumbe (Nightjars)
- Young Men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156045 , vital:39945 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-05
- Description: "Nightjars, nightjars, my girl walk nicely. Nightjars, my girl, when it is dark walk nicely. Njiri dance
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young Men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156045 , vital:39945 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-05
- Description: "Nightjars, nightjars, my girl walk nicely. Nightjars, my girl, when it is dark walk nicely. Njiri dance
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Stimela sa phuma eRhodesia
- Young men and boys of Peddie, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young men and boys of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228117 , vital:49522 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT392-L13 , Research no. L1G4
- Description: Indigenous folk fighting song for boys, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
- Authors: Young men and boys of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228117 , vital:49522 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT392-L13 , Research no. L1G4
- Description: Indigenous folk fighting song for boys, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
Le mantyi ikhoyo igweba kanzima
- Young men and boys of Peddie, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young men and boys of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228131 , vital:49524 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT392-L13 , Research no. L1G6
- Description: Indigenous folk fighting song for boys, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
- Authors: Young men and boys of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228131 , vital:49524 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT392-L13 , Research no. L1G6
- Description: Indigenous folk fighting song for boys, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
Mfana wayiqaba imetarmapkos
- Young men and boys of Peddie, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young men and boys of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228126 , vital:49523 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT392-L13 , Research no. L1G5
- Description: Indigenous folk song for the Mbayizelo dance, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
- Authors: Young men and boys of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228126 , vital:49523 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT392-L13 , Research no. L1G5
- Description: Indigenous folk song for the Mbayizelo dance, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
Sitimela ga puma e Rhodesia (The train comes from Rhodesia)
- Young men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150428 , vital:38975 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-05
- Description: These people belong to the Fingo group but speak Ngqika. Two boy's fighting songs, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150428 , vital:38975 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-05
- Description: These people belong to the Fingo group but speak Ngqika. Two boy's fighting songs, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndithi khawuthiye nkwenkwe ndala (Please dance, big boy)
- Young men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150652 , vital:38993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-11
- Description: The roaring or grunting in this dance song is a sound peculiar to the Xhosa. The Luo and Giriyama of Kenya also do it and some of the East Coast Swahili, notably in their religious songs. It is possibly a vestigial remain of Arab influence acquired during the tribe's sojourn in East Africa some 500 years ago. Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150652 , vital:38993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-11
- Description: The roaring or grunting in this dance song is a sound peculiar to the Xhosa. The Luo and Giriyama of Kenya also do it and some of the East Coast Swahili, notably in their religious songs. It is possibly a vestigial remain of Arab influence acquired during the tribe's sojourn in East Africa some 500 years ago. Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mfana wayigqaba i metarmapkos (The boys put coloured earth on their faces)
- Young men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150643 , vital:38992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-10
- Description: The roaring or grunting in this dance song is a sound peculiar to the Xhosa. The Luo and Giriyama of Kenya also do it and some of the East Coast Swahili, notably in their religious songs. It is possibly a vestigial remain of Arab influence acquired during the tribe's sojourn in East Africa some 500 years ago. Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150643 , vital:38992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-10
- Description: The roaring or grunting in this dance song is a sound peculiar to the Xhosa. The Luo and Giriyama of Kenya also do it and some of the East Coast Swahili, notably in their religious songs. It is possibly a vestigial remain of Arab influence acquired during the tribe's sojourn in East Africa some 500 years ago. Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Le Mantyi ikhona igweba kanzima (The Magistrate punishes severely)
- Young men and boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150439 , vital:38976 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-06
- Description: These people belong to the Fingo group but speak Ngqika. Two boy's fighting songs, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150439 , vital:38976 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-06
- Description: These people belong to the Fingo group but speak Ngqika. Two boy's fighting songs, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Uxam (The Iguana)
- Authors: Young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150448 , vital:38977 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-07
- Description: The singers were a very cheerful group of young Xhosas in ordinary shirts and trousers with occasionally a touch of gaiety in the form of a beaded cap, a gay knitted wollen girdle in stripes of pink and dark blue, with many large wollen tassels depending from it and rosettes of pearl buttons attached here and there. One boy had a shirt with Xhosa words printed on it. They all wore many gay plastic bangles on their wrists. A spectator standing by, dressed in a rather shabby old shirt and trousers had turned up his trousers at the bottoms to display a solid mass of dozens of strands of beads wound about his ankles-yellow, scarlet, blue (dark) and turquoise and apple green. A group fighting song, with sticks struck together.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150448 , vital:38977 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-07
- Description: The singers were a very cheerful group of young Xhosas in ordinary shirts and trousers with occasionally a touch of gaiety in the form of a beaded cap, a gay knitted wollen girdle in stripes of pink and dark blue, with many large wollen tassels depending from it and rosettes of pearl buttons attached here and there. One boy had a shirt with Xhosa words printed on it. They all wore many gay plastic bangles on their wrists. A spectator standing by, dressed in a rather shabby old shirt and trousers had turned up his trousers at the bottoms to display a solid mass of dozens of strands of beads wound about his ankles-yellow, scarlet, blue (dark) and turquoise and apple green. A group fighting song, with sticks struck together.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Deborah mntaka mama ngendi tshata 'nawe
- Young girls of Peddie, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young girls of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228176 , vital:49529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT393-L14 , Research no. L1G8
- Description: A song performed before the wedding accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
- Authors: Young girls of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228176 , vital:49529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT393-L14 , Research no. L1G8
- Description: A song performed before the wedding accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
Emonti Mama Siyazalana
- Young girls of Peddie, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Young girls of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228171 , vital:49528 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT393-L14 , Research no. L1G7
- Description: A song performed before the wedding accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
- Authors: Young girls of Peddie , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-06
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228171 , vital:49528 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT393-L14 , Research no. L1G7
- Description: A song performed before the wedding accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-06
Zakeyo mwana binzi (Before she is old enough)
- Young girls and four drummers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and four drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mpatsa f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/157901 , vital:40111 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-01
- Description: This dance used to be done by both boys and girls but now-a-days it is mostly the girls who dance Likhuba. "Zakeys son of Binzi, from his mouth came 'Tickeys'." Likhuba dance with eight tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young girls and four drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mpatsa f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/157901 , vital:40111 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-01
- Description: This dance used to be done by both boys and girls but now-a-days it is mostly the girls who dance Likhuba. "Zakeys son of Binzi, from his mouth came 'Tickeys'." Likhuba dance with eight tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Wasukula sakwatidwa (Before she is old enough)
- Young girls and four drummers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and four drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mpatsa f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/157910 , vital:40112 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-02
- Description: "If a girl is not yet a maiden she cannot marry." As the dance progressed the castor oil paste on the bass drum gradually began to shake off the head with the intense percussive movement." Likhuba dance with eight tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young girls and four drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mpatsa f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/157910 , vital:40112 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-02
- Description: "If a girl is not yet a maiden she cannot marry." As the dance progressed the castor oil paste on the bass drum gradually began to shake off the head with the intense percussive movement." Likhuba dance with eight tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ngo, Ngo (Knock, knock, it is 7 o'clock)
- Young girls and boys of Durban location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149422 , vital:38850 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-08
- Description: Roaring or Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping, stamping and roaring
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149422 , vital:38850 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-08
- Description: Roaring or Mbayizelo dance song, with clapping, stamping and roaring
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Deborah mntaka mama ngendi tshata nawe (Deborah, my dear, I would marry you had I the cattle)
- Young girls and boys of Durban location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149440 , vital:38852 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-10
- Description: This song is performed before the wedding. A middle-aged man did a step-dance while the girls sang. The step-dance has no special significance but is performed on festive occassions. Wedding song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149440 , vital:38852 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-10
- Description: This song is performed before the wedding. A middle-aged man did a step-dance while the girls sang. The step-dance has no special significance but is performed on festive occassions. Wedding song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Asiyoyetha, lengoma yeye Badala (This song is not ours, it is Badala's)
- Young girls and boys of Durban location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149208 , vital:38815 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-07
- Description: Circumcision song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149208 , vital:38815 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-07
- Description: Circumcision song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957