He mmalo khaka tshotsome (We have encircled the guinea-fowl)
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162401 , vital:40927 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-04
- Description: "We have encircled the guinea-fowl. We men have encircled the guinea-fowl." Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Oa mona Letsie (You see Letsie) Chief of Leribe.
- Authors: Seforo Mosese , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162012 , vital:40749 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-04
- Description: "You see Letsie, Leribe where there is a beautiful small mountain. Brakpan with its small pretty hill. My mother's Mosinoa, mother's child. You see Seforo, you see Tefolo. Mosinoa, Moea's child, is crying. He cries although nobody has hit him." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Sebata (The clawed lion)
- Authors: Group of Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165520 , vital:41252 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-01
- Description: This song is introduced by an old woman. The word "Sebata" used for the lion, is a generic name for all clawed carnivorous animals. "Mariwi" - the "manned one". "Sebata" - the "clawed one" (with special reference to the lion). "The clawed one, the manned one. Lion! It ate the cattle of my in-laws when I was looking after them. Alas! It did not run away." Men's initiation song, sung on returning from the hills.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959