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- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa --(African people) , Folk songs, Xhosa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107561 , vital:32848 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC107a-04
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Ai-ye! Nzara yakabora
- Authors: Young Tonga men and girls (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Ngororombe dance song , Indigenous folk music , Shanga end-blown reed pipes , Rattles , Drums , Gorananyi camp , Mkota , Mtoko district , Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15416 , MOA30-04 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017722 , MOA30
- Description: English translation of title: 'Ai-ye! The famine has come' , Ngororombe dance song by young Tonga men and girls, with Shanga end-blown reed pipes, and accompanied by rattles, and drums (may be ommited for clarity) , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
- Full Text: false
Antoinette wa Kolwezi
- Authors: Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor and friends (Performer) , Ilunga Patrice (Composer)
- Subjects: Topical song , Guitars , Bottle , Indigenous folk music , Cite Indigene , Kolwezi Copper Mine , Katanga , Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15206 , MOA14-05 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017459 , MOA14
- Description: Topical song by Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor and friends, with 2 guitars, accompanied by a bottle , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Kanakazi Kayaya mbebeweta pamulomo (The unfaithful wife talks too much)
- Authors: Smart Chigwamba and group of 5 Tumbuka men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140198 , vital:37847 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-04
- Description: The unfaithful wife deliberately annoys her husband by nagging him, until he leaves her. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mtsitso 3
- Authors: Venancio Mbande , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1985
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/97087 , vital:31397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC052a-08
- Description: Venancio Mbande's solo timbila xylophone music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985
Mtsitso 6
- Authors: Venancio Mbande and his group of 25 men , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1985
- Subjects: Chopi (African people) -- South Africa , Folk music , Xylophone music , Rattle (Musical instrument) , Drum (Musical instrument) , Africa South Africa Wildebeesfontein f-sa
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , Sound recording material
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/96591 , vital:31299 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC050a-06
- Description: Traditional dance song accompanied by timbila xylophone rattles and one drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1985
Musengu
- Authors: Murira, Madzikununga, Muzengedza and Madero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155127 , vital:39857 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-01
- Description: The leader starts the tune the second part coming in at 15 seconds, and the third at 27 seconds. Yodelling of this nature is typical of many South Rhodesian folk tunes. The drum comes in at 1m. 27s. and the drummer hits the body of the drum as well as the membrane. Mondoro song for ancestral rites with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira) and a drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Mwadzi itira
- Authors: Joseph Ngonyama Shumba (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Self-delectative song , Indigenous folk music , Mbira dza waNdau , Complaint song , Chipungabera district , Mozambique
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15224 , MOA16-02 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017477 , MOA16
- Description: An indigenous self-delectative song played on mbira dza waNdau , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Nafwaya fauya cibamu candi (Looking for my girl))
- Authors: Dyson Simwinga and Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira Copper Mine f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151689 , vital:39160 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-02
- Description: "I went to look for my girl, but they told me she had gone to the beer-hall. So I put on my best suit and took my bicycle called "Hummer sports" and went to the beer-hall to look for her. But I found her drinking with her friends and when they saw me, they put on dark glasses. "She came up to me and said "give me a kiss", but I refused saying: "You have accepted beer from these other men." Love song with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndo lombela
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Malaudzi, Vele (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional song , Bow , Lugube , Solo
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15669 , JKC07a-09 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008858 , Tape number: JKC07 , Original tape number: 7 , Track number: 09
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the lugube musical bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 92
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Neyo
- Authors: Mongika and Mangbele men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Kusu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Gombari f-cg
- Language: Mangbetu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168964 , vital:41665 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0128-11
- Description: Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scarlet tail feathers of the Congo parrot, a mark of distinction in this area. In this region on the northern edge of the great tropical forest large trees enable the people to make slit drums of many different shapes and sizes. Membranes for the ordinary kind of African drums are rare as antelopes are not easily found in the forest. The slit drums are therefore the more popular instruments for accompanying dances. Topical song with two wooden pod shaped slit drums, two cylindrical wooden slit drums, two basket rattles, two metal bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Nyamudanga
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Phampha, Masindi (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Khubvi -- Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Thohoyandou -- Transvaal (Limpopo) -- South Africa , Transvaal (Limpopo) , South Africa , Indigenous music , Traditional music , Bow , Lugube , Domba song
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15693 , JKC07a-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008882 , Tape number: JKC07 , Original tape number: 7 , Track number: 13
- Description: Traditional Venda Domba song accompanied by the lugube musical bow , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 93
- Full Text: false
Nyamulosa chimbo cha Gotosa (The song Gotosa, the Mondoro)
- Authors: Murira, Madzikununga, Muzengedza and Madero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155136 , vital:39858 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-02
- Description: Gotosa is said to be the Mondoro spirit of Mkota. Watengera Shawa of Chief Mtize's village is the maker of the instruments. Mondoro song for ancestral rites with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira) and a drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Okwagala omulungi kwesengereza
- Authors: Tumusewo Mukasa (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Historical song , Indigenous folk music , Enanga eight stringed horizontal bow-harp (pentatonic) , Kasangati , Kampala , Uganda
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15356 , MOA27-02 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017661 , MOA27
- Description: Historical song by Tumusewo Mukasa, accompanied by enanga eight stringed horizontal bow-harp , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Piroena eo ke e bireng (The language I speak)
- Authors: Relechate Ntsolo and Jacquot Mokete , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161002 , vital:40579 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-04
- Description: "This language I speak, you speak without knowing it. In the battle of tongues, I should have been a lawyer. The language which is widely understood. You should have made holes in the mountains, so that I could go in and see the country between Natal and Aooeng. And the land between Winburg and Bloemfontein." "Aooeng" means 'the place where people say Aooeng'. i.e. the Eastern Free State, a reference to their mode of speech or dialect. Walking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Sakubona mtwan'ami (Good-day, my child)
- Authors: Timoti Dhlamini and "The Try Singers" , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Swazi (African people) , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Usutu Forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153178 , vital:39416 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR075-02
- Description: A lively song in the Mbude style, sung with gusto by a well-drilled troop. Song of greeting (Mbude style).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Shiya bantwana nosela ingavin
- Authors: Nomaswiti Citaumvano and Uvakutsiwo (Performer) , Nomaswiti Citaumvano (Composer)
- Subjects: Topical song , Indigenous folk music , Guitar , Lusikisiki , Eastern Cape Province , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15482 , MOA36-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017840 , MOA36
- Description: English translation of title: 'You leave the children alone - while you go and drink gavin' , Topical folk song by Nomaswiti Citaumvano and Uvakutsiwo, with guitar , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Siwengo
- Authors: Gciriku men and women at Nyangana Mission , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1988
- Subjects: Diriku (African people) -- Namibia , Folk music -- Namibia , Drum (musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa Namibia Okavango f-sx
- Language: Diu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/74227 , vital:30276 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC013-04
- Description: Traditional Mahamba dance song with drum accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1988
Siyekeni sihambe
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Love song , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/103631 , vital:32279 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC092a-02
- Description: Love song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1987
Song about a man who killed his wife and asks for forgiveness from God
- Authors: Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1982-10-27
- Subjects: Damara (African people) -- Music , Folk music -- Namibia , Bow song , Music – Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Namibia Okombahe f-sx
- Language: Khoe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73160 , vital:30161 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC010b-04
- Description: Traditional song with bow accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1982-10-27