Ilele dona rabavu
- Authors: Elias Silaule and group of 7 Shangaan men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica, (Near Lourenco Marques) f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153105 , vital:39394 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-05
- Description: "The people in Johannesburg must hear this song." This kind of recitative singing is typical of the whole Shangaan or Tsonga group of sub-tribes. It is cleverly performed and demands a good memory and plenty of reharsal. In the words, it must prove an effective recreation for the performers or else they would not expend so much creative energy and time upon perfecting their performances. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Tsuro Wa siye mwana (The rabbit has left its child)
- Authors: Young Tonga men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179177 , vital:39862 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-06
- Description: This item was recorded to demonstrate the way the drums fitted into the scheme of the Gororombe dance. The raising and lowering of the pitch of the Jenje drum with the heel of the player can be clearly heard. Gororombe dance with 4 sets of end blown pipes, rattles and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958