Yarira ngosa (Ngosa declares Adolescent verses)
- Authors: B. Makariki and 3 boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Kaonde (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kasempa f-za
- Language: Kaonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139292 , vital:37723 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-07
- Description: Ngosa declares that he has just come from Ndola where he has seen a fine caterpillar tractor. Ngosa tells his friend about this tractor and goes back himself to Ndola. "On your way back, replies his friend, convey our greetings to Teresa who lives in the Lamba country." The pre occupation of small boys with the shape of new motoe cars and other pieces of machinery such as tractors, appears to be shared by African boys as well. Adolescent verses.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Damara Indiginous Song
- Authors: Composer Not Specified , Gawiseb, Paul , Damara Folk , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981-11-21
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Nambia Gobabis f-sx
- Language: Khoekhoe, Nama (Namibia)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/263954 , vital:53681 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD033-04
- Description: Indigenous music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981-11-21
Milisi
- Authors: Dance with nine tuned drums , 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/10962/157924 , vital:40114 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-04
- Description: The drums are weighted with castor oil bean paste. It is removed from the drum head immediately after playing, or, they say, it would rot the membrane. The tuning of the drums has to be done afresh each time. "Misili killed a buck, so the people were pleased to have the meat." Likhuba dance with eight tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
A Nkundazuwa
- Authors: Four elderly 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 Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160556 , vital:40474 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-03
- Description: The Konsolo dance is said to have been performed in the 1930's. It is suggested that Nkundazuwa was very fond of playing with the baby and used to wake it up for this purpose. Nkundazuwa is a village headman, living about 10 miles from the village of Kachere. A pleasant little sidelight on family life. "A Nkundazuwa pinches his baby and wakes it up so that it does not go to sleep." Konsolo women's dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Emu alunda kuwaha kwenu (You, Lunda, are a handsome people)
- Authors: Group of 14 Lunda men and 4 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139451 , vital:37739 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR048-06
- Description: The Kahaku dance is generally performed on ceremonial occassions. Kahaku dance song with struck bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Sole, maninga ndaba
- Authors: Group of 4 Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Dilolo f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183409 , vital:43986 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-10
- Description: The singer says he has been away from home for a long time and would like to see his mother again. The title of the song is in the mine patois. The song follows the usual Luvale pattern of long solo passages with the chorus singing in organum. Nostalgic song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Adya moreyana
- Authors: Group of 8 Pedi women and 2 men , Four Pedi women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Pedi (African people) , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Bushbuck Ridge f-sa
- Language: Pedi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/189213 , vital:44827 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR195-10
- Description: They could not explain the significance of this statement and whether the drink or the song might have killed a weaker man! "A piglet lives on mud. Sing that I may dance. Thabakgolo is a great chief. He lived through this song." Drinking song with 2 drums and a rattle
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963
Title not specified
- Authors: Group of Bisa men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Lala-Bisa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239040 , vital:50686 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O14b
- Description: Unaccompanied political strife song to do with advancement in status of more efficient workers.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Sole maninga ndaba
- Authors: Group of Lovale men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-12
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Rosberry f-za
- Language: Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240643 , vital:50857 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT488-L109 , Research no. L2R2
- Description: A nostalgic song about being away from home for too long.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-12
Emu alunda kuwaha kwenu
- Authors: Group of Lunda men and women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-11
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Nchanga mine compound f-za
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/196124 , vital:45728 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-485 , Research no. L2Q11
- Description: A kahaku dance song normally danced on ceremonial occasions accompanied by a struck bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-11
Tiana pa makulu
- Authors: Group of Lunda women and Albertina Kashiala , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Democratic Republic Katanga f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139528 , vital:37747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR048-12
- Description: The antiphonal form of this item is interesting, the chorus changing their response to match the lead by the soloist, often repeating the final word of the solo as the first word of the chorus. Sikinta dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tuwamba kayobwa
- Authors: Group of Tonga women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-29
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
- Language: Tonga (Zambia)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/235686 , vital:50331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT464-L85 , Research no. L2J7
- Description: A song that is sung when asking for rain accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-06-29
Nisiri pa Wankie
- Authors: Kanada, America , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-18
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/231690 , vital:49917 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT447-L68 , Research no. L2B15a
- Description: Indigenous self-delectative folk song with singing accompanied by a bango board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-06-18
A) Lululu, B) Leza wa mwana
- Authors: Lusiya Nabanda (a grandmother) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chadza, Liliongwe, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153329 , vital:39436 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-03
- Description: Old traditional lullabies, by Chewa women of this district. In them the continually harassed mother mentions her many and endless duties which demand her attention as well as the child which needs her constant care. b) "Luluya, sleeping child, do not cry. See your motehr is at work. See the porridge pot is boiling. Don't go on crying, go to sleep. A child's god is a scrap of food. Its mother is the stirring stick. Should I nurse a child on account of the stirring stick? Its father is its first finger. I get only a share from the kitchen spoon." Two lullabies.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Yarira ngosa
- Authors: Makariki, B , 3 boys , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-17
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
- Language: Kaonde , Luba-Lulua
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/241889 , vital:50980 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT500-L121 , Research no. L2W1b
- Description: Traditional music unaccompanied, about traditional lifestyles and their day to day activities.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-17
Hichi- O!
- Authors: Ngodo of Mindu , Ngazele wa Palechi , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-06-10
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chopi , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zavala District f-rh
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/201163 , vital:46332 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-026 , Research no. CT2
- Description: Indigenous folk song with timbila xylophones, singing and rattles, accompanied by whistling. Orchestral dance song for the Mdano movement of the Ngodo of Mindu of 1949.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-06-10
Ngiyalobola litye ziyawela
- Authors: Shongwe, Ndhlaze , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Nelspruit f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250274 , vital:51955 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT575-M27 , Research no. M2I9
- Description: A topical song accompanied by drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-02
Nandi ubeya kumikoti
- Authors: shoni, Edward , Group of Aushi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-11
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Chingola f-cg
- Language: Aushi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240236 , vital:50813 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT483-L104 , Research no. L2Q5
- Description: A song to celebrate the departure of a boy to the Copper Belt.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-11
Tsuro woye
- Authors: Teacher Training College , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1951-06-21
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Penhalonga f-rh
- Language: Manyika
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/214348 , vital:47940 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT265-E37 , Research no. E2R8
- Description: Indigenous folk story song with an unaccompanied interchange of singing and chanting.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951-06-21
Tsuro woye
- Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Goromonze f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180690 , vital:43602 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-11
- Description: A woman gave her child to a rabbit to look after, but the rabbit ran away with it. She put a pumpkin in her cloth on her back in order to decieve her husband. He was not decieved. So she sang a song to the rabbit. "Rabbit, rabbit! the sun is setting fast like a river in flood." The rabbit eventually brought the child back, when it was tired of playing with the child. Story song, with 2 rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951