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Ahee ahee Thusula ndo vhuya nayo Mapani
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Takalani's homestead , Mukula , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Ngoma , Mirumba , Rattles , Clapping , Whistles , Drums , Tshigombela dance , Dance song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16110 , JKC02a-08 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009299 , Tape number: JKC02 , Original tape number: 2 , Track number: 08
- Description: English translation of title: 'Ahee ahee, I came back from Mapani with syphilis' , Traditional Venda dance song accompanied by the mirumba, ngoma, whistling, phala-phala horn, ankle rattles and handclapping , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 30
- Full Text: false
Akayazi into ayithethayo
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- Music , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-za
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/100832 , vital:31890 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC083a-04
- Description: Instrumental music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Chakacha pamutengeni we mbira
- Authors: Jeke Shoko with Duma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181423 , vital:43732 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-02
- Description: "Walk, walk under the rock rabbit's fruit tree." Three story for a story
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Johannesburg
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Steel drum (Musical instrument) , Drum , Double bass , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/102611 , vital:32153 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC089a-04
- Description: Topical song with guitar, steel drum, drums, and bass accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Kulene mamama ndaimbirira, nikawa kapongo ndaimbirira (From far, mama, I sing. Give me a goat)
- Authors: Tenesi Mutanga and Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138288 , vital:37619 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-16
- Description: In many African tribes the travelling entertainer or mendicant is a familiar figure, playing an instrument and dancing. He is usually rewarded with food and small presents and makes no bones about asking for them. Mendicant's song with sound of feet and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Luimbo
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Mphaphuli, John (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Bow , Tshihwana , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15550 , JKC13a-16 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008739 , Tape number: JKC13 , Original tape number: 13 , Track number: 16
- Description: Solo performance of traditional Venda tune with tshihwana musical bow accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 141
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Magoda
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Lambani family (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Halambani , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Xylophone , Instrumental
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15558 , JKC14a-10 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008747 , Tape number: JKC14 , Original tape number: 14 , Track number: 10
- Description: Traditional Venda tune with 21 key xylophone accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 146
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Marabi move
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- Music , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-za
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/100150 , vital:31795 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC081a-06
- Description: Instrumental music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Move and dance
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Piano , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/101180 , vital:31933 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC084a-07
- Description: Topical song with piano accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Muvuvha
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Mabuba, William (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Luheni , Mutale , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Xylophone , Instrumental , Solo , Standard tune
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15648 , JKC11b-02 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008837 , Tape number: JKC11 , Original tape number: 11 , Track number: 02
- Description: Solo performance of traditional Venda standard tune with 21 key xylophone accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 125
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Nadina (Bring them back)
- Authors: Zande elephant drivers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Dungu f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168011 , vital:41531 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-03
- Description: The song was learnt from the original Indian trainers who came across to Africa from India with Indian elephants when the experimental training of African elephants was begun in North Eastern Congo in 1910. The songs taught to the local Zande mahouts or trainers (locally called Cornacs) have survived though local words have partly replaced the original words of the Indians. The original Indian mahouts impressed upon the Zande the need for singing to their elephants, an instruction they have never neglected. Work song for riding and driving tamed elphants.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Ngcono bathule
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/101953 , vital:32053 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC086b-11
- Description: Topical Xhosa urban song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Nguwe ludali inyakanyaka
- Authors: Nofinishi Dywili , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1990
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Stringed instrument , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Lady Frere f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/93849 , vital:30960 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC030-04
- Description: Traditional Thembu song accompanied by uhadi bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1990
Para vilipo (If there is anything left)
- Authors: 8 Tumbuka boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Henga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tumbuka/Henga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156309 , vital:39975 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-12
- Description: "If there is any left at all, give to a stranger." A drinking song with a genuine ring. What hope had the stranger, an outsider of getting a share. Drinking son with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Title not specified
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Performer not specified , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Tshaulu , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Tin guitar , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15827 , JKC10a-01 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009016 , Tape number: JKC10 , Original tape number: 10 , Track number: 01
- Description: Traditional song accompanied by the tin guitar , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 113
- Full Text: false
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Music--European influences , Dance music , Bass guitar , Drum , Piano , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107203 , vital:32774 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC104a-06
- Description: Small dance band song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Tshidudu
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Shonisani, Selina (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Bow , Tshihwana , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15899 , JKC13a-18 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009088 , Tape number: JKC13 , Original tape number: 13 , Track number: 18
- Description: English translation of title: 'The small claypot' , Traditional Venda tune with tshihwana musical bow accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 142
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Tukandikwa mazina
- Authors: Kabadiko Lugembe with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Ilemera f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173388 , vital:42364 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-13
- Description: "Our names have been written down by the English and sent all over the country, we do not know why." From time to time investigations of the activities of the many secret socities among the Sukuma have been made. Any such action is looked upon with suspicion by those investigates. Buchwezi protective spell, with gourd rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tukandikwa mazina
- Authors: Kabadiko Lugembe with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Ilemera f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173378 , vital:42365 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-13
- Description: "Our names have been written down by the English and sent all over the country, we do not know why." From time to time investigations of the activities of the many secret socities among the Sukuma have been made. Any such action is looked upon with suspicion by those investigates. Buchwezi protective spell, with gourd rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Vhambedzi a si vhathu Parts I and II
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Shonisani, Mboi and group (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Xylophone , Mbila
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:16017 , JKC14b-15 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009206 , Tape number: JKC14 , Original tape number: 14 , Track number: 15
- Description: English translation of title: 'The Mbedzi clan are no good' , Parts I and II of traditional Venda song accompanied by the 21 key xylophone , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 153
- Full Text: false