The Ngodo of Regulo Zandamela. Msitso woRaru (3rd Movement)
- Authors: Fomeni Faduko (Leader) , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zandamela's f-mz
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194446 , vital:45450 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR206-03
- Description: The ochestra was not in very good tune that year, several instruments being off pitch in one or two notes. The scale was: 496, 488, 448, 404, 368, 332, 300, 248 vs. This is a nine bar ground. Orchestral dance with 23 Timbila xylophones.
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- Date Issued: 1949
Waloyi
- Authors: Chopi women , Machatini, Sefane , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-06-02
- 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/10962/198269 , vital:45962 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-011 , Research no. CL4
- Description: Indigenous folk song of personal lament, with singing, clapping, brief yodelling and intermittent background whistling.
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- Date Issued: 1949-06-02
Khaula mbango wa vakoma
- 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/10962/198336 , vital:45969 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-012 , Research no. CM2
- 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. Mdindo (or Mzeno): the fourth movement of the Ngalanga young people's dance.
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- Date Issued: 1949-06-03
Naftali Ouko
- Authors: Daudi Otuoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya South Nyanza Province f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178810 , vital:42988 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-08
- Description: Naftali Ouko is a postive wizard at mending bicycles. Everyone goes to him for repairs. Even the chief himself and the clerk send their bicycles to Naftali. Praise song (for a bicycle mender) with Thum 8 string lyre and Gara leg bells (-10.55-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Ramadhani imekuja Islam tutubie
- Authors: Three Wamusha Daku criers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179553 , vital:43084 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-01
- Description: Note the way in which the three performers sing in organum. They are the 'town criers' who go around during the fast of Ramadhan calling the people to wake up for their midnight meal. The singers themselves, while singing Swahili belong to the Liba/Songe tribe. The chants were sung to the same tune. The size of the cylindrical drum wa 13" x 8". The size of the shallow drum was 11 1/4" x 3 1/2". Moslem chants (Wamusha Daku), with 1 metal cylindrical drum, laced, 1 metal frame drum, pegged (-14.91-), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Atu
- 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/10962/183301 , vital:43953 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-01
- Description: "So many people have been born, so many people have died. Now all my folk are finished. So who will keep me company when I die?" This song with its antiphonal call and answer is typical of the style of the majority of folk songs of the Chokwe heard on the mines. This kind of performance is most difficult to record effectively for several reasons. Chianda dance song woth Sangu rattles, leg rattles held in the hand and gourds on sticks
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- Date Issued: 1952
Bamurangahe
- Authors: Twa musicians of Chief Biniga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148704 , vital:38765 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-06
- Description: Songs for the Intore dancers and their Imihamilizo dance, the traditional Tutsi dance. The opening cadenza by the leading horn player well demonstrates the technique of horn playing. Imihamilizo Tutsi dance songs with Makondera horns (composite) and drum
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- Date Issued: 1952
Eyi nambela yakwalwena
- Authors: French Chikunyi and group of Lunda men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183017 , vital:43903 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-17
- Description: Chief Nambela's councillor was calling his children to go along home with him to the next district of Baluvale at the head of the Zambesi river. The rhythm struck on the bottle is the same familiar pattern // 1,2,3,1-2,1,2,1-2 // found all through the southern Congo. Sikinta dance with bootle struck with 6" nail
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- Date Issued: 1952
Malemba
- Authors: Mukoko Michel , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kabinda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181977 , vital:43786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-07
- Description: The mirliton of this instrument was broken. The scale may be Hexatonic. The Kalebwe clan are reported to have aggressive tendencies. A complex interplay of several rhythms with the Chisazhi acting as a gourd, although once the singers get going the sound of the instrument is lost. The clapping appears to follow the same basic rhythm found all over Southern Congo, in which a measure of sixteen pulses is accented as follows:- //1, 3, 5, 7, /, 10, 12, 14, , // or more usually // 1, 3, 5, 78, 10, 12, 14, 15, //. In this part of Africa the leader often starts and stops his men by the cry "A,,,r,r,r,r." Malemba song after funeral with Chisazhi Likembe
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- Date Issued: 1952
Mbanda wa Sirinta
- Authors: Zenzi, Gibsoni , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-01-10
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Not specified f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/214693 , vital:47976 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT270-F2 , Research no. F1B3
- Description: Sikinta dance song with struck bottles.
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- Date Issued: 1952-01-10
Ayilongo lokele
- Authors: Kikongo, Saidi , Wagenya fishermen , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-01-29
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kisangani f-cg
- Language: Swhahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/215122 , vital:48023 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT275-F27 , Research no. MOA NO.7 SIDE1 NO.1
- Description: Paddling song with large slit drum accompaniment.
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- Date Issued: 1952-01-29
Saida
- Authors: Humplik, Francis , Frank and sisters , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Moshi f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/216991 , vital:48234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT294-F60 , Research no. F3E18
- Description: Love song accompanied by guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-05-28
Kyarutema
- Authors: Twa musicians of Chief Biniga , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-07-15
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Chief Bininga's home f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/214830 , vital:47991 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT270-F2 , Research no. MOA7 SIDE B NO.4
- Description: Imihamilizo Tutsi dance song with Makondera horns and drum accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-07-15
Nekenye
- Authors: Mangbele men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-08-01
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Gombari f-cg
- Language: Efe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/218835 , vital:48441 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT314-F93 , Research no. F4E3
- Description: Indigenous folk song of praise for the chief, with singing accompanied by 2 wooden pod-shaped drums and two wooden cylindrincal slitdrums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-08-01
Nekenye
- Authors: Mangbele men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-08-01
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Gombari f-cg
- Language: Efe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/218822 , vital:48442 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT314-F93 , Research no. F4E3
- Description: Indigenous folk song of praise for the chief, with singing accompanied by 2 wooden pod-shaped drums and two wooden cylindrincal slitdrums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-08-01
Makomere
- Authors: Omwami, Joshua , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Bunyore f-ke
- Language: Luyia, Oluluyia
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222893 , vital:48925 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT328-F128 , Research no. F5B3
- Description: A song about a brother-soldier and friend who died accompanied by a litungu lyre and rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1952-09-28
Anawela Kokakola
- Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez , Gomez, F , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132173 , vital:36807 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR004-05 , Field card no. H1P-15
- Description: A certain girl liked coca-cola very much, but her brother who was looking after her was too fond of drinking beer to worry about giving her coca-cola. One of four topical songs with guitar.
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- Date Issued: 1955
Awu ngali wanchumo
- Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano, Gomez , Gomez, F , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132105 , vital:36800 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR004-02 , Field card no. H1P-6
- Description: "I am getting old and the young girls are no longer interested in me. I now compete with the older men and my old friends like me best. My wife gets no child, why? Cant the doctor help you get a child? My second wife has a child, so why not you, my first wife?" Lament with guitar.
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- Date Issued: 1955
Sim'thi wakla
- Authors: Chief Buthelezi and his tribesmen and women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955-01-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Buthelezi f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/224392 , vital:49099 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT343-H9 , Research no. H1D18A
- Description: Isigekle wedding song with clapping and stamping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955-01-27
Sim'thi wakla
- Authors: Chief Buthelezi and his tribesmen and women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955-01-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Buthelezi f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/224475 , vital:49108 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT343-H9 , Research no. H1D18B
- Description: Isigekle wedding song with clapping and stamping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955-01-27