Andisaguta (I am not full)
- Authors: Zazi with Karanga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Zaka f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180529 , vital:43398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-11
- Description: "I am not yet full, I have not yet had enough. But when I am full, then I will hit those women over there." A song sung in jest. Drinking song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Iyaya Lelo zamuone maloza
- Authors: Harawa, Makintoshi , Henga men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/206758 , vital:47058 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT061-C62 , Research no. C3R13
- Description: Not specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Msitso wo mune. 4th Introduction
- Authors: Malengwani waMasingita (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Quissico f-mz
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194719 , vital:45484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR208-05
- Description: This Ngodo of Zavala's village was played and danced in the year following the composer Katini's death. It had been composed by him mostly during the months when he felt himself to be slowly dying of tuberclosis and was fast losing his strenght but never his passion for his Timbila music. The leadership of the village orchestra was taken over by his son, Katinyane, assisted by two other villagers, Hafu wa Maba and Pondekane. In time new compositions replaced those of the old master. The opening numbers of this Ngodo are not up to the old standard but the Mzeno, Mtsumeto and final Chiriri show clearly the stamp of Katini. The first three Msitso have not been included in this disc for lack of space. Orchestral dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Naba
- Authors: Nkunta, Denesi , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/206743 , vital:47056 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT061-C62 , Research no. C3R12
- Description: Not specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Hebuya Gaza
- Authors: Manzatu, Pondekane , Ngodo of Zavala , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-06-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chopi , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Quissico, Zavala District f-rh
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/200393 , vital:46230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-022 , Research no. CR11
- Description: Orchestral dance song for the second Chiriri movement of the Ngodo of Zavala of 1949.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-06-08
Mtsitso woKata
- Authors: Katinyane , Ngodo of Zavala , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-06-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chopi , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Quissico, Zavala District f-rh
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/200180 , vital:46204 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-021 , Research no. CR4
- Description: Indigenous folk song with unaccompanied timbila xylophones. Orchestral dance song for Mtsitso woKata, the first orchestral introduction for the Ngodo of Zavala of 1949.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-06-08
Nkapwe
- Authors: Ezeni, Ganza , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Elizabethville, Lubumbashi f-cg
- Language: Bua
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/203282 , vital:46638 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-036 , Research no. C2V1a
- Description: Humours song about his first wife accompanied by mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-07-08
Nkowa shilesona mabwe: Kuleni bwato
- Authors: Young boys at St. Croix Mission , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-07-13
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kasenga f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/203650 , vital:46683 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-039 , Research no. C3A4
- Description: A song sung about launching a canoe for the first time sung by boys at the St. Croix Mission.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-07-13
Chikontololya pakati mizela
- Authors: Longwe, Neliya , Nsenga women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/209354 , vital:47370 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT090-C106 , Research no. C4U7
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-28
Daula mabanja nangu Mpezeni
- Authors: Blaisoni Jere , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185507 , vital:44392 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-14
- Description: Mpezeni was a famous chief of the Ngoni in the Fort Jameson district of Northern Rhodesia about 200 miles south of this village. He was defeated by the British. "The conqueror of all the chiefs is Mpezeni. My child Dangala, let us go." The tuning:- 280, 260, 232, 176, 156, 140 vs. The tuning of this Bango is of doubtful accuracy. Self delecatative song with Bango board zither, (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Eneku awato
- Authors: Alfred Nyirenda , Tonga young boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184893 , vital:44283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-10
- Description: "You, the owner of the canoe, do not be mean with the fish you bring home. Share them with everyone of the crew." Although this work song may be genuinely used by fishermen on the lake, this rendering of it is clearly far from being associated with the actual paddling. Paddling canoe song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Hamolo
- Authors: Salim Zeydan with Arab men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
- Language: Arabic
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180021 , vital:43294 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-15
- Description: A song which is sung when the bridegroom is having his head and beard shaved. "We have shaved him by force. Let us rejoice together." Wedding song, with 1 Hayir bass drum, 1 Maras bass drum, played with hands, 2 Tasa bowl drums, laced, played with sticks and clapping (-12.02-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kayuni ngwata
- Authors: Widisoni Mazuku , Tumbuka men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185548 , vital:44398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-19
- Description: This is an exhibition dance done by one or more dancers for the entertainment of the crowd. The drummers are men, friends of the solo dancer and the women of the village sing his dance song for him. His dance consists of a series of rhythmic shakes particularly from his waist down. He wears African made iron bells below the knee and above the ankle. Vimbuza dance song with 2 Goblet Mpanje drums and Mangwanda bells
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mwache aukareze mvuma
- Authors: Mwana Bibi with Swahili women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180030 , vital:43296 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-16
- Description: The double reed Arab aboe accompanies an essentially African style of song. These Zumali oboes are bought from the Arab sailors who come down the coast every year in their dhows, sailing before the monsoon winds in each direction between the African east coast ports and the Persian Gulf. Vugo dance song for women, with horn rattles, horns played with sticks, 2 cylindrical drums, double sided, laced, played with hands, 5 holed Zumali oboe.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Namfikilankhu
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana , Tumbuka girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185186 , vital:44337 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-16
- Description: "When I get there who will look after me, as they do not know me there." The girls were clearly out of breath with the effort of both pounding and singing. Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Paja mundikonda mundilembele kalata
- Authors: Ganizani Nyirenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186594 , vital:44515 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-17
- Description: This song has heavy mirliton buzzing, but the fourth is clearer as he tightened up the membrane of the mirliton to make it less pronounced. Self delectative song with 10 note Kalimba (Mbira)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ilonge flute tunes
- Authors: Kayala, Balekebosa , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-06-09
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kiwira f-tz
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/210324 , vital:47486 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT150-D5 , Research no. D2R15
- Description: Traditional folk song accompanied by flutes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-06-09
Hee! Lawelugano hiaa
- Authors: Semuyala, Maria , Hehe women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-06-13
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/212710 , vital:47756 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT183-D46 , Research no. D2U1
- Description: Initiation song for girls with clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-06-13
Munandi
- Authors: Dudzai Sigauke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Melsetter f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180749 , vital:43610 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-16
- Description: "Dance gently so that your breasts do not drop. You, from heaven, what do they talk about there? They talk about the punishment for theft." It appears that the player had recently been in gaol for theft. The mouth resonated harmonics can be clearly heard in this recording. Self delectative tune with friction bow, mouth resonated, and rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Baryaningwe wa Ntwali
- Authors: Sekivura , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Rugerero f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148773 , vital:38772 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-12
- Description: Baryaningwe, son of Ntwali. "I, professional thief, I went to a place called Ruagi and stole a cow, but the owner saw me just as I was driving it out. So I was caught. I was taken into a hut and tied up. In my misery, I was asked for an Inanga zither and began to sing. I sang so well that the women and children begged for my release. I was freed but I did not know that my fellow-thieves had gone to tell my family what had happened. So whilst I was singing to all these people my relatives came to my help and my enemies spell-bound by my singing were taken unawares and thus I escaped. Legend. Recitative to instrumental accompaniment with Inanga trough zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952