Yo baba ngonile
- Authors: TXkama, the head wife (Inozikasi) and the seven Ngoni wives of the Chief , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mbelwa f-mw
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160889 , vital:40558 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-15
- Description: An old Ngoni wedding song sung by seven old women with a man giving the 'Ndicindici' (praises). The women start by bending down. One singing the words, the others humming and singing together as they stand in line with typical Zulu type actions of body and hands. Wedding song, together with praises.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title not specified
- Authors: Manisi, Mparholo Johannes , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352868 , vital:64172 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC072-08
- Description: Traditional song with uhadi bow accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1983
Title Not Specified
- Authors: Xhosa Choir Group , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/322810 , vital:60603 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD163B-03
- Description: Traditional song, accompanied by clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Title Not Specified
- Authors: Dyiwili, Nofinishi , Nqoko Ladies , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/323921 , vital:60725 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD166B-17
- Description: Traditional Xhosa Song with Uhadi bow accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Title Not Specified
- Authors: Mpanga, B , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Maphophoma sa
- Language: isiZulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/320922 , vital:60391 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD152-20
- Description: Traditional Zulu Ugubhu Bow Music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Title not specified
- Authors: St Scholastica congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/380249 , vital:67435 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC077b-08
- Description: Catholic hymn accompanied by the drum and rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982
Title not specified
- Authors: Manisi, Mparholo Johannes , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1983
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352861 , vital:64173 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC072-08
- Description: Traditional song with uhadi bow accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1983
Timba (Timba, the Wren)
- Authors: 'Limited' Mfundo Phiri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Namira, Chikwawa f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155930 , vital:39932 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-13
- Description: "You mother, Ti-ti-ti- Timba stays in the bushes." The small bird Timba possibly one of the smallest in the district is either a Wren or one of the Tit family from the description given. Appears to be a favourite hero of local stories. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Thuso ya me etswa kwa go wena
- Authors: Sacred Music Festival Participants , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Setswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/316257 , vital:59806 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD137-39
- Description: Unaccompanied Music Festival Performance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1989
Thixo uluthando
- Authors: St Patrick's Congregation , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Bloemfontein sa
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/410560 , vital:70724 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC117a-07
- Description: Catholic mass hymn in Sesotho with Marimba accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982
Tambalalu (Stretch your legs)
- Authors: M. Masowo and 3 Chewa lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kota Kota, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153721 , vital:39503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-20
- Description: A song set in a small sketch reflecting a local scene of the fields and the feeding of the workers. "Stretch out your legs (so that a child can sit on your lap). Daughter-in-law, cook food for those in the garden to eat. It makes you feel hungry out in the field. Fold yours legs again and take your ease (as you haave eaten)." Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Singiswe
- Authors: Jouberton Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1985
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Jouberton f-sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/296542 , vital:57465 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD093-25
- Description: Sunday Mass Hymn with Marimba accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985
Our Father
- Authors: Ga-Rankuwa Workshop Participants , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Setswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299911 , vital:57867 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD104-13
- Description: Unaccompanied Workshop Mass hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Ongulhe madongo
- Authors: Choto Nyasis and Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178093 , vital:42907 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-08
- Description: "Those who refuse to wear beads in their ears like all good Luo become short tempered with their wives. They are like rivers which come down in flood." The sound of a bird can be heard at the begining of this song and between verses. There was a brief pause in the song half way through (at Im. 32s). Wend Tigo topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Obundiba ntaizire
- Authors: Aloni Kiiza and Nyoro men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Hoima f-ug
- Language: Nyoro
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169602 , vital:41775 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0132-02
- Description: "If I do not come in time, you will know there is something wrong with me.". "We were pleased with your words" they reply in chorus. The answer to an invitation to a drinking party. This song bears a remarkable similarity to the songs of the Karanga of Southern Rhodesia. It is also interesting to note that two Chopi men of Southern Mozambique when hearing this song, separately and several years apart, both claimed that the song was an old song of their own people. One man Gilbert Mahlatini stated it was a curative and other, Calisto Zavala, an initiation song. Drinking song, with Ebinyege leg rattles and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nyilamba wa tala yakwe (If a Nyilimba comes)
- Authors: Mwanaluchiwa Makanyela with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173549 , vital:42383 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-14
- Description: The Nyilamba clan has a reputation for telling lies. So they say "When a Nyilimba comes to your house, give him food by himself where he cannot take part in the conversation or he will go awayand distort what was said, and so make trouble for you. The Nyilimba come from the Singida District to the eastwards. The recording was made at the Williamson Diamond Mine. Puba dance song for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ntsikana
- Authors: Mafika, N , Ndzelani, M , Magqirha, N , Tukani, N , Tukani, M , Pintshana, T , Mukwena, E , Thukani, M. J. , Ndzelani, N , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1999
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Hogsback sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/344553 , vital:63144 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC347a-06
- Description: Xhosa Singers at the Hogsback mini festival
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999
Nkosi way izipho zethu
- Authors: St Peter's Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ga-Rankuwa f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/310127 , vital:59117 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD119-22
- Description: Music Festival Performance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
Nkosi sikelela
- Authors: Gugulethu church choir , Tyamzashe , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/385183 , vital:67984 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC003a-02
- Description: An unaccompanied church hymn, asking God to bless the Bishop and his people.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
Nkosi Sikelea
- Authors: Performer Not Specified , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/292435 , vital:56979 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC003a-02
- Description: New African Church Hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979