Arap chemonget
- Authors: Kipkemo Arap Sitonik and Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176994 , vital:42779 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-13
- Description: This lyre is strummed and fingered like the Bangwe zither of Nyasaland. The right hand strums the strings and the left mutes or opens the siz strings making it possible to play two or three chords on the open unmuted strings. The singer mentions by name his home village, places of common interest to his friends. The player flips the body of his lyre on the 2nd and 4th beats. In common with several African verse makers the singer sings in complets, repeating the second phrase and making it the first line of the next. Praise song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Arimau
- Authors: Njenje and Medje tipoyi carriers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
- Language: Mangbetu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166797 , vital:41405 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0120-06
- Description: "We are the Tipoyi carriers of the Chief." This song was performed by the tipoyi carriers of Chief Ebandrombi. In this heavily wooded country of central and north eastern Congo most of the Chiefs, notables and officials use the sedanchair as their principal means of transport along the narrow forest paths. This is an attractive melody reminiscent of melodies composed by the Bemba of Northern Rhodesia which are also characterized by singing in parallel thirds. Work song with basket rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Chitengi
- Authors: Andre Boniface Wahamba and group of Chokwe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Villa Luzu f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183309 , vital:43954 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-02
- Description: "Black cloth may not be worn by a woman who is about to have a child, she may use any other coloured cloth but not black." Such simple sentences revealing local etiquette are quite enough to inspire a local dance song. The Chokwe are more renowned for their beautiful chip carving than for their music, much of it sung in organum. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
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- Date Issued: 1952
Dale wanga ghamunyenga maSotho
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184626 , vital:44242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-07
- Description: "My darling boy has married a Sotho girl on account of her money. When we go to Johannesburg by the W.N.L.A. (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association - a large recruiting concern form mine labourers). We all talk "aha-aha!" all the time (exclamation of surprise). No less than 8,000 men from this district have left permanently in the past few years, and married foreign women in South Africa of the Rhodesias, according to the local authorities. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
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- Date Issued: 1950
Embrukoi
- Authors: Ndasimi Sarubare with Arusha men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Maasai (African people) , Songs, Maasai , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Arusha f-tz
- Language: Masai
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174081 , vital:42438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-03
- Description: The Embrukoi dance is characterised by high leaps into the air with a rigid body. The dancers will leap as much as 18 inches clear into the air, at the same time giving a characteristic lift to the chin. The song praises his friends who kill lions. He sings also that he himself found a lion beside the path and killed it with his spear, a not uncommon feat among these people. He also sings of a faction fight in his district between neighbouring villages. This is a well known song in the Arusha district. The use of a thin falsetto by the solo singer quite belies the look of the man, which is far from being effeminate and typical of the young Masai moran. Embrukoi dance song for men and women.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Gombahari murume (Gombahari, the jealous husband)
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180250 , vital:43344 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-14
- Description: The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players would tour the country singing at parties as wandering minstrels, receiving gifts in food and kind and then going on to the next village. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
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- Date Issued: 1949
Ibore aari papa, ng’es kaari eong’da
- Authors: Iganitiyo Ekacholi and Teso men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Chopi , Jopadhola (African people) , Teso (African people) , Music--Uganda , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Lukiko f-ug
- Language: Adhola
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169283 , vital:41711 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0130-11
- Description: "It matters not how dirty or even feble minded a person may be, he should live and perform his duty in keeping with his station in life." Morality songs with five string Adedeu horizontal harp, clapping and leg rattles, 1 side blown Aluti horn.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Iwe mwana alikushwerwe
- Authors: Mwendera Kaijape with Haya women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukoba f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171713 , vital:42115 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR143-03
- Description: "You, the girl who is being married." Sung by the people when taking the bride and bridegroom to their new home. Wedding song.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Katela III
- Authors: Kasai men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kasai f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181964 , vital:43785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-06
- Description: This song and the accompanying dance is performed when there is a death in the village. Katela is the generic name of this type of dance song. A number of clapping rhythms occur in these songs including:- //1, 2, 3, ; 5, ; 7, ,//. Katela funeral dance with 2 drums, conical, pegged, single, open
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- Date Issued: 1952
Kudandaule (Don't worry)
- Authors: Mujodi Havuliwa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mkanda f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160701 , vital:40502 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-16
- Description: The player is a well-known local entertainer. His Chakwana flute has two finger holes, closed at both ends and is side blown. "Do not worry. Ho-you have cried! Ho-Mother." Party song with Chakwana flute.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Kumenda Sanabwere (He has not come to the garden)
- Authors: Eight elderly women and two drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mpatsa, Port Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155793 , vital:39917 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR087-14
- Description: Kwakwala stayed out in his garded an did not come back into the village as they went off to see what he was doing. He was dressed only in leaves and even ate leaves. When they got to his garden he was not there but at a place where an elephant had died and he was eating it. "He has not come to the garden, I thought I might go and see. He has not come. The elephant died at Magala, I wanted to see it, Kwakwala." The gourd rattles themselves give their name Chitsukulumwe to the dance which they accompany. Chitsukulumwe dance with gourd rattles, drums and clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Kyaa
- Authors: Mutabi with Kamba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175898 , vital:42637 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-08
- Description: Since recording these two items in 1950, I have been told that these stamping tubes almost if not all together absolete and no longer to be found in Kamba country. The Kyaa is a traditional instrument among the Kamba. It consists of a hollowed tube of euphorbia wood about 3-4 feet long, slightly bulging, with a hide cap on the lower end. A wire is attached to this membrane and passed up the length of the tube and is fixed at the top. If properly tuned it would help the column of air to vibrate when the tube is struck vertically on the ground. A handle is provided at the top of the tube by which the player grips the Kyaa and beats it on the ground. A circlet of metal rattles is also attached to the tube. Love song with Kyaa stamping tubes and Iamba Malebe tin rattles.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Kyaa
- Authors: Mutabi with Kamba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175903 , vital:42638 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-08
- Description: Since recording these two items in 1950, I have been told that these stamping tubes almost if not all together absolete and no longer to be found in Kamba country. The Kyaa is a traditional instrument among the Kamba. It consists of a hollowed tube of euphorbia wood about 3-4 feet long, slightly bulging, with a hide cap on the lower end. A wire is attached to this membrane and passed up the length of the tube and is fixed at the top. If properly tuned it would help the column of air to vibrate when the tube is struck vertically on the ground. A handle is provided at the top of the tube by which the player grips the Kyaa and beats it on the ground. A circlet of metal rattles is also attached to the tube. Love song with Kyaa stamping tubes and Iamba Malebe tin rattles.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Kyebambi
- Authors: Yohana Nyakayonga, and Ntimbo Royal drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kikali f-ug
- Language: Nyoro
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169706 , vital:41790 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0132-11
- Description: The little drums, with membranes of iguana, water lizard, skin are most musical and respond to every finesse of fingering. The are traditionally associated with the royal songs of Bunyoro. This song refers to a previous Mukama of Bunyoro, Kyebambi, who, they say, was much loved by his people. Rukidi wa Mukama about 20 years ago, (1930) and he was followed by Kyebambi, they said. Ntimbo praise song with four Ntimbo Goblet drums, pinned, open, ling stem and small foot. For holding under the arm (not for standing).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Leka nzunule
- Authors: Andurosi Banda , Tumbuka boys and girls , 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/10962/185086 , vital:44326 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-05
- Description: A new young people's dance. The boys dance in a group and the girls in another within the circle, the two drummers standing on one side. It consists of a number of simple rhythmic steps. The sound of the drums and whistle overshadows the voices in the recording, which in fact is the impression gained by spectators outside the circle of dancers. Saca dance song for boys and girls with two Maanje goblet drums, clapping (-12.03-) and whistles (-11.515-)
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- Date Issued: 1950
Lengae
- Authors: Composer not specified , Group of Sotho men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134010 , vital:37059 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR016-08
- Description: Post-circumcision song
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- Date Issued: 1957
Luimbo lwa chlia
- Authors: Performer not specified , Edward Kalunga (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lala (African people) , Africa South Africa Serenje f-za
- Language: Lala
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133669 , vital:37002 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR014-01
- Description: Self-delectative song with Kankowele mbira fan-shaped, with external resonator and mirliton
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- Date Issued: 1957
Lwangema Ingulo wamtengesanga
- Authors: S. Mondo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171525 , vital:42087 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR142-04
- Description: A song touching upon a number of subjects. "When on the point of death you have no strength left to talk. If you dream about a person dying it may mean your own death is near." "The English wanted to fly up to heaven to see God by means of aeroplanes. But they failed. God sent them a limited height of tweleve miles." A the time when this was recorded this height was, in fact, approximately the altitude record for an aeroplane. (Thanks are due, it would appear, to the information Bureau). "A certain man was sick in the evening and when he was given medicine he cried out with pain." The tuning of the instrument was, 248, 220, 202, 174, 144, 130, 110, 101 but the order of the notes themselves on the instrument does not follow the sequence of the scale. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Magonde
- Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180132 , vital:43317 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-02
- Description: One of the best known tunes in all the Shona area of Southern Rhodesia. It has been associated with the older generation of forefathers and consquently played at all tribal or royal functions. The cock is above the Chief, because he wakes up still earler. Girls, let me make a magic. Grandmothers food! there is something suspicious under the plate. Which makes my heart turn over, (makes me want to be sick). My relative, my girl, dance well to delight my heart. Leave your husband and let us dance. Whatever happens we will pay for it, mu mother. What I have said is very little, and not enough to stop you cooking food. Girls just let me walk all over it. You girls, you refuse anyone until you feel you are about to die. I am also a man like other men. I am a cock, I am a ... (word not clear) and my spurs are worn out with strutting, (the ruffling of the wing feathers against the leg). The fowls have no holes in the village. Outside the village thay are afraid of cutting the trees. The older men with beards interfere. It is only their beards which make them sorry people. The Ndebele want administration all the time, and to pick and chose what they like from the cattle kraal. I am ugly but I am not a cannibal! I may be ugly but I am not a killer! I am ugly but still I do my ploughing! Song for the entertainment of chiefs, with Njari.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Mathereza
- Authors: Luhanga Magezi with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Rurongo f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171815 , vital:42128 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR143-12
- Description: The lute is made of a 4 and a half inch section of the lower part of an Ankole ox horn. These cattle have very large horns. The oval shaped membrane is python skin pegged into the horn and the bridge is reed. The string is of raffia palm. "My love, Thereza you come from a good family. I love you so much." Love song, with Ndingidi one string lute.
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- Date Issued: 1950