Nemejolia
- Authors: Oboto Sukuma , 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/10962/166917 , vital:41418 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0121-04
- Description: The singer who appears to be over the age of 60 is a renowned performer in this district. The audience thoroughly enjoyed his wit, though without an interpreter available its substance was not disclosed. The singer appears to use a few Swhaili words in the earlier verses of 'Nemegye'. Topical song with Nenjenje lute, two strings.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Ungumpriste
- Authors: Performer not specified , Group Composition , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho St Augustines' Seminary f-lo
- Language: Sesotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/291640 , vital:56894 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD084-07
- Description: Compositions performed at workshop at St Augustines semetary with Marimba and clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Gloria
- Authors: Church choir , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Loius Trichardt sa
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/383041 , vital:67738 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC085a-11
- Description: Missa Zimbabwe hymn performed in Tsonga, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Rukidi
- 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/10962/169693 , vital:41789 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0132-10
- Description: The greater African chiefs would, in the old days, always have their court musicians to perform special functions, one of which was to play early in the morning to waken the chief's household. This duty was performed in the past by the Ntimbo drummers of the Mukama of Bunyoro. "Our Mukama who speaks with the clouds the most learned and wise Mukama, who has been to England." Ntimbo praise song with four Ntimbo Goblet drums, pinned, open, ling stem and small foot. For holding under the arm (not for standing).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemelildo
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , 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/10962/177817 , vital:42877 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-06
- Description: A dance song after the familiar Kipsigis pattern of praising people, places and other familiar things held in affection by the local community. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nigwa milango jayu hilima
- Authors: Ernest Pole 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/10962/173513 , vital:42379 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-10
- Description: "I have heard the chief's dance, Milango! Let's go and join the dance." The Puba dance is done in teams. The girls in two lines and the boys in two lines behind them. They move to and fro in file and leap into the air in time with the rhythm of the dance music. Puba dance song for men and women with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Cheptim
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls , 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/10962/177795 , vital:42875 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-04
- Description: 'Cheptim' is a term of endearment for any girl, and the song is largely a repetition of the words 'Merire Cheptim" "Weep not pretty maid." Dance song for men and women with whistles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ntisikana's Great Hymn
- Authors: St Patrick's Church Congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Umtata sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:71159 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC138b-03
- Description: Unaccompanied Catholic mass hymn.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Inkole reb (Everything matches)
- Authors: Chelule Arap Chimo and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177721 , vital:42851 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-17
- Description: The burden of this song is that everything in the world has its mate after Shelly's lines "Nothing in the world is single." Topical song, with Chepkongo 6 stling bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Umhala
- Authors: Dyiwili, Nofinishi , Nqoko Ladies , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Music--Religious aspects , 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/10962/319159 , vital:60151 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD147-09
- Description: Traditional Xhosa song, accompanied by the Uhadi solo.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Hompa gokakurukuru
- Authors: Rundu Folk , Haupindi, Laurens , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1982-11-10
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Namibia Rundu f-sx
- Language: Rukwángali
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/280732 , vital:55650 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD062-10
- Description: Indigenous music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982-11-10
Gitare na Congo
- Authors: Bakia Pierre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167395 , vital:41475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-08
- Description: The 'guitar' alluded to in the song is the Kundi. The song is about a blacksmith who beat on his anvil and sang as he did so saying: "My anvil is the real 'guitar' of the Congo. I play it to show how I love my work." It is in this Northern district of the Congo that the art of blacksmithing is unsurpassed. The decorative spears and knives are the pride of the people and feature largely in the list of social and marriage gifts between familes. The singer was given a highly commended prize for this item in the 1952 Osborn Awards for the best African musician of the year. Topical song with Kundi vertical angular harp, 5 strings.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Katuiyo I
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis me and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177772 , vital:42871 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-01
- Description: A song sung on the same day and at the same place but with different leaders. The first version is unaccompanied by a Chepkongo lyre. Katuiyo was the name of the man who introduced this kind of dancing. His name also means a 'meeting place' and the lyric includes the names of various boys and girls who have met each other at the dance. This happy coincidence is made use of friends greeting each other at the dance. Dance song for men unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tich mabere
- Authors: Zedekia Ochow , 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/10962/169264 , vital:41707 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0130-08
- Description: "There is nothing better than work. If you do not work you cannot live." Morality song with Tongoli eight string horizontal harp, with Tethe inverted bowl.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Owangye n’omunyoro omu Kongo
- Authors: Razaro Begumiza and Nkole men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Nyankole (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbarara f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Nyankole
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170020 , vital:41849 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0134-07
- Description: The song is about the girl as beautiful as a Congo girl. Entogoro dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Alleluia
- Authors: Guguletu St Gabriel's Church Congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1985
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Cape Town sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/416669 , vital:71372 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC148b-03
- Description: Catholic mass hymn, accompanied by clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985
Abarinda nibarwana
- Authors: Eria Rubanda and Nkole men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Nyankole (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbarara f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Nyankole
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170029 , vital:41850 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0134-08
- Description: "The people who protect this country are away fighting." This refers to old tribal fighting before the Europeans came and stopped it all, i.e. before 1890. Ekitagururo dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Namibia Doornveld sx
- Language: Khoekhoe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/339970 , vital:62584 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC335b-11
- Description: Indigenous Ovambo music unaccompanied
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
Wiyo walipulapula uganga
- Authors: Sergent Shabani Mutalise with Nyamwezi men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173237 , vital:42348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-14
- Description: "Your friends are punding charms. I left my wife at Tanga. Come and sleep with me. I love you so much. Come and sleep with me." The Manyanga dance is performed either by troupes of trained men or by both men and women together. When performed by a troupe it is an acrobatic dance and the dancers tie bells below the knee to enhance the rhythm of their steps. The tune itself is said to be a traditional melody. Manyanga dance for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wathi uYesu = The Lord said
- Authors: Lumko church congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- 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/10962/413100 , vital:71000 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC131a-19
- Description: Easter Mass hymn, accompanied by marimba.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981