Nkamuona nkadamphwetheka (If I see him I will hurt him)
- Authors: E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karongs, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153597 , vital:39484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-08
- Description: These drinking songs are ideal for singing between friends as reality recedes into oblivion. Half way through the song they call for more beer. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Waselo waselo (Jumping, jumping)
- Authors: 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/10962/156954 , vital:40072 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-16
- Description: A husband complained that his wife was unfaithful to him and worried about his son by this woman, as she would have to leave him if she did not mend her ways. The translation given for Waselo as 'jumping' may indeed be literally incorrect, but it is intended to convey promiscuity in going about with several men. Dance song for Chintala women dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958