Kombela nganga
- Authors: Muntanga, Jim , Lunda women and men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/207767 , vital:47181 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT071-C76 , Research no. C3Z9
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-07
Yauluma ndege pa Mzimba
- Authors: Phiri, Lapukeni , Men of 2nd Battalion KAR , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-09-11
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Boma f-mw
- Language: Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/212809 , vital:47766 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT202-D115 , Research no. C5I3
- Description: Unaccompanied soldiers marching song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-09-11
Matye rupanga (Fear of the knife)
- Authors: Manyika Highlanders (group of singers at St. Augustine's Mission, Penhalonga) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Mutasa f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180718 , vital:43606 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-14
- Description: The 'diatonic progression' (the two similar phrases sung one after the other) is typical of a great number of Shona songs. Installation of a Chief, with rattle and clapping (-12.03-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Nusimba na sipeshia
- Authors: Ngoni Men and Women , Miti, Maselina , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Zulu , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia City f-za
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/196202 , vital:45737 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-069 , Research no. C3W10
- Description: Love song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Ndalamba milandu kumui kwangu
- Authors: Pilu, Chinai , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-09-19
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Tete f-mz
- Language: Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/210019 , vital:47451 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT115-C133 , Research no. C5Q12
- Description: Indigenous folk song for self entertainment, with singing accompanied by a 28 note njari.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-09-19
Awoli a legimenti
- Authors: Tumbuka 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/10962/185141 , vital:44332 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-11
- Description: "Soilders wives, take care of your clothes, you may have to dispose of some of them to buy yourselves food." A poignant little song which reflects the experience of war wives (1939-45). It has an attractive melody in the chorus. Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Lwimbo natampa mwe banandi
- Authors: Shikilanga, Abulamu , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/209154 , vital:47348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT086-C102 , Research no. C4Q6
- Description: Not specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-24
Unganyi gorosi
- Authors: Mandemba, Antonio Dande , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-06-12
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Maxixe, Inhambane Province f-rh
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/202123 , vital:46469 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-028 , Research no. CV9
- Description: Indigenous folk town dance song with singing and guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-06-12
Awe wedikoyoyo (No meaning)
- Authors: Pearson Kapeni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153788 , vital:39522 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-03
- Description: "The women of Dowa desire very much to drink beer. Their work indeed is to drink beer. The women of Dowa, their work is to sell flour and flat cakes. And when they get home their marriage is broken. The women of Msoci, their work is to love the market place. And they was on Saturday only." I, Pearson Kapeni have troubles in the country of Dowa. This country hates me, why does it hate me? The reference to washing on Saturday is appreciated when one remembers that Saturday is market day in Dowa when the women put on their best clothes. The song struck home as it was true. Topical song with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nje ndabule bulanda katiba shana
- Authors: Muleba, Yatamu , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Lala-Bisa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/207835 , vital:47190 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT072-C77 , Research no. C4A2
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-08
Misonzi
- Authors: Five Chewa women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252344 , vital:52228 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT594-M66 , Research no. M3H19
- Description: A chintala women dance song about the sorrow of a women who has no one to sing with her.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
Mwana nsongwalume
- Authors: Luunda men and women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-07-21
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kwawambua f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/204564 , vital:46798 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-046 , Research no. C3I3
- Description: Mutombok dance story for national occasions accompanied by drums and xylophones.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-07-21
Ruwe-ruwe
- Authors: Sithole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132073 , vital:36795 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-13 , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Field card no. L1B-7
- Description: "Flowers, flowers for a child to play with. My father died tragically at Makwiani, my mother stoops in the shade of the wood. This music is for worship at Marange." The sad death of his father meant nothing to the children only like a flower to play with. Now his mother walks in the shadow of death, (literally walks bowed down) in the shade of the trees. His music in this song would be used in the worship or devotion of the souls (Mashawi) were he at home, at Marange. Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Misonzi (Tears)
- Authors: Five 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/10962/156986 , vital:40075 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-18
- Description: It appears quite usual for the women to take a lament as a theme for their dance songs. The sorrow of a woman who has no one to sing with her is a case in point. "There is no friend of mine whom I can sing with. I can sing like a guitar. I have tucked my jacket into my skirt. I cry, having no friend of mine to sing wth." Chintala women dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Okanini mama
- Authors: Habanyana, Hezekiya , Tonga boys , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-20
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208712 , vital:47299 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT082-C98 , Research no. C4M2
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-20
Ngubani o'sibizela elamgeni
- Authors: Ngoni men , Ngoni women , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184502 , vital:44229 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-12
- Description: An old regimental song from the days of Zongendaba now used at parties or when the men have killed a lion or leopard, at the dance before the chief to celebrate the event. This song and many others like it demonstrate the Zulu or Ngoni strain in the northern Nyasaland culture since there has been no direct connection with Zukuland for well over 100 years. Mgubo dance song, after hunting leopard or lion
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Portuguise
- Authors: Musique Militaire du Premier Groupment, Force Publique , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Elizabethville, Lubumbashi f-cg
- Language: French
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/202876 , vital:46582 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-034 , Research no. C2U2
- Description: A song which soldiers marched to accompanied by trumpets and a brass band.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-07-07
Mungate Tamara
- Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239767 , vital:50764 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT479-L100 , Research no. L2O18
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Kuhanya nahanya
- Authors: Chopi men and boys , Zandamele, Fomeni , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-06-03
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chopi , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zandamela, Zavala District f-rh
- Language: Chpoi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/198323 , vital:45968 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-012 , Research no. CM1
- Description: Indigenous folk song for the Ngalanga young people's dance, with singing, three treble timbila and three drums; the mchinga, the nzoma and the chikhulu. Mdano: the third movement of the Ngalanga young people's dance
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-06-03
Iche nasalile
- Authors: Kachoka, Uladi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208151 , vital:47238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT075-C91 , Research no. C4G11
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14