Nalongoma maani
- Authors: Anatole, Kasabe , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Katanga f-cg
- Language: Luba-Katanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/242618 , vital:51061 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT510-L132 , Research no. L2Z12
- Description: Personal lament song with guitar accompaniment about a poor boy who says he has no father nor mother.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-24
Themb'sie
- Authors: Cape inkspots of Grahamstown , Mpelho, Jury , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/227864 , vital:49495 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT388-L9 , Research no. L1D8a
- Description: A topical song about a girl named Themb'sie accompanied by saxophone, double bass, drum and guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-02
Mangai
- Authors: Chibanda, Kasenga and 7 Kanyoka men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-18
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic Cite Indigene f-cg
- Language: Kanyok
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/244036 , vital:51215 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT522-L144 , Research no. L3C18
- Description: Indigenous topical folk song with singing accompanied by 2 guitars, 3 basket rattles and the sound of a struck bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-18
Usegugil' ubaba
- Authors: Chief Buthelezi and his Tribesmen and Women (Performers) , N. Mpungose (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Zulu , Africa South Africa Mahlabatini f-za
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133398 , vital:36972 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR012-01
- Description: Isigekle wedding songs with stamping, clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Hayo ni maradhi (Chaupela mpenzi)
- Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179613 , vital:43124 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-07
- Description: A typical local band from the African quarter of any Tanganyika townships of the early 1950's. Nobody plays quite in tune but that does not worry the audiences or more especially the players themselves. They pick up their melodies from each other and from gramphone records and a dozen or more variations of the same song can be found throughout the country. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Shiya bantwana nosela ingavin
- Authors: Citaumvano, Nomaswiti , Uvakutsiwo , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-21
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228257 , vital:49538 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT420-L41 , Research no. L1S13
- Description: A topical song instructing someone to leave the children alone and to go and drink "gavin", played on guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-21
Chitima wajumbo
- Authors: Composer not specified , Elmas Nachilwa and group of Tumbuka women (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134090 , vital:37071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-09
- Description: It appears from what the singers explained, that this Chief Jumbo took the train one day in Nyasaland and the occasion being so unusal for the Chief in whose district no railway lines exist, that it merited a song in his honour.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Se ngisolala no Pende' m'na
- Authors: Dube, Moses , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1951-06-04
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Not specified f-rh
- Language: Ndebele
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/223180 , vital:48957 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT330-G2 , Research no. E2A6
- Description: A topical song about paying for lobola accompanied by guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951-06-04
Anare mangede udu-we
- Authors: Eungane , Mbuti people , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-07-31
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Amasu f-cg
- Language: Efe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/218765 , vital:48434 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT314-F93 , Research no. F4D11
- Description: Indigenous melancholy folk song with singing accompanied by three lisanzo likembes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-07-31
Our Father
- Authors: Group Composition , Damara Folk , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981-11-21
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Nambia Gobabis f-sx
- Language: Khoekhoe, Nama (Namibia)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/264083 , vital:53696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD033-15
- Description: Indigenous music.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981-11-21
Mapewu wose wanalumuka mahando
- Authors: Group of 14 Luvale men and 1 woman , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Bulusako f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183400 , vital:43985 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-09
- Description: Four or five different men took turns to take the lead in this song but as they gave no indication as to who would lead next it proved a little difficult to catch their first words. Topical song with 1 Chisanzhi bamboo tongued mbira, 2 struck sticks, bottle and small bell
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Zawula mutenda
- Authors: Group of 14 Lwena men and 1 woman , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-08-03
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic Cite Indigene f-cg
- Language: Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245390 , vital:51363 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT533-L155 , Research no. L3I1
- Description: Indigenous folk song for carrying wood, with singing accompanied by 1 chisanzhi, a bamboo-tongued board, two struck sticks and a small bell.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-08-03
Mapewu wose wana lumuka mahando
- Authors: Group of 14 Lwena men and 1 woman , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-08-03
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Bulusako f-ao
- Language: Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245426 , vital:51367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT533-L155 , Research no. L3I3
- Description: Indigenous topical folk song, with singing accompanied by 1 chisanzhi, a bamboo-tongued board with an external resonator, two struck sticks and a small bell.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-08-03
Imbai tudi benaLulua
- Authors: Group of Lulua men and women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-17
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/230689 , vital:49806 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT443-L64 , Research no. L2A20
- Description: Indigenous folk song for the inauguration of a chief, with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-06-17
Anatami (Mid-season)
- Authors: Group of Tonga men led by Siamungomo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138353 , vital:37625 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-01
- Description: Towards the end of the song the voice of the Chief Chepepo can be heard. "Listen boys, I have been to Gwanda, Mersima, Plumtree in Salisbury. Also I was in India." Midseason is the time between sowing and reaping the winter crops, between May and July. Drinking song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Pamukadzi wo munu, takataka
- Authors: Hungwe, Pineas , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-12
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/251341 , vital:52117 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT583-M55 , Research no. M3C13
- Description: A topical song about men who spend their time with other men's wives accompanied by guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-12
Kamuteketi, Kamuteketi, chalu chinu cha ulendo (I came here as a stranger)
- Authors: Iron Khoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137312 , vital:37509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0037-03
- Description: "At our place at home, you will find Beti Kamanga, the son of Balidi. I will stay here till night and sleep until morning. My head is coming through my hair. My father and mother are both dead and I am very poor. Jesus called Moses to leave his fishing and come to Him, on Lake Nyasa." Self-delectative nostalgic song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings, lowest not used.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mai wa Aruna (Mother of Aruna)
- Authors: James Gwezhe Soko , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Goromonze f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180610 , vital:43592 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-03
- Description: A traditional song, sung after a party. No one knows who the mother of Aruna might have been. The song has been sung for over 30 years to my certain knowledge and is likely to be much older. Traditional song with "Mbira Huru".
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Ngqika (A Xhosa Chief)
- Authors: Jury Mpelho , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135900 , vital:37310 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR027-03
- Description: The song is about the cattle of Ngqika, a famous Xhosa chief, and how beautiful they were. "We, the Africans of Ngqika, we pay our lobola in cattle. Our cattle are beautiful with well-shaped spreading horns, and we drive them like this, like this. (senjenje, senjenje) to the kraal of the girl's father." Town dance with small band including a piano, saxaphone, trumpet, guitar and drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mukala bwanga
- Authors: Kabango Prospere and friends , Kabango Prospere , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ensemble playing , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135627 , vital:37283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR025-04
- Description: The song is a lament for a young man who fell to his death from a palm tree, when cutting the fruit for palm-oil. Note: the Belande are a sub-group of the Songe people, who form a part of the Luba tribe. Lament with Chisanshi box, with sound holes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957