Yai lero (Not today)
- Authors: Adija Nyankhomo and G. Coffee , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota District, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153913 , vital:39537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-12
- Description: There was once a husband and wife and the and the man went out to drink beer and come back late at night. He left his young child at home, sleeping in bed. Now a wife with a very young child must not ne touched. But when he came back he started to touch her until the child woke up. So in the morning the wife went and told her friends about the shocking behaviour of her husband. Then they all came over to her home, stood outside and sang this song, mocking the husband for forgetting his good manners. "Natikhorowa n'ndiwo Yai yai yai, lelo, Yai lero ai mwanileka ndikale, Mwana akadagona, tsopano wanka ndipu m kuti taleka, Yai lero Yai lero ai." "Sweet potatoe leaves! Forbidden fruit at some of the time. You left me a long time a ago when the Child was still asleep and now he is awake and you say, "let me" No, no, no, not today." Story song.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Tanganyika Part II
- Authors: Yobwa Chapi with Gogo men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Gogo (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mvumi f-tz
- Language: Gogo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174278 , vital:42462 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-05
- Description: "Let us play the Zeze lute so that we can remember our old songs. Do not sing in a hurry. Take your time. We, the Gogo are singing in Tanganyika the land of our birth. Why do people sing all my tunes?" A lovely slow chant in which all the people joined, men, women and chidldren. It is clear that the Gogo are a poetic people with great lyrical ability. The local composer comes forward and starts each line for the people to follow. The song was recorded out in the open in the village of Mvumi without reharsal of any kind. It seems likely that it could have continued almost indefinitely, but the exigencies of the recording apparatus and the fact that it was taken before the advent of long playing records made abbreviation necessary. The unexpected loud passages were unfortunately slightly over modulated but, with the technical faults except this recording gives a fair idea of the artistic ca[abilities of these remarkable performers. The recording is in two parts, the second pitched lower than the first and accompanied by a flute obligato which has little if any direct bearing on the melody itself. Nindo praise song with Mulanzi flute in Part II.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sathana na mantombaza mbili (Satan and the 2 girls
- Authors: Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Storytelling , Africa South Africa Engcobo f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134927 , vital:37218 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0022-03
- Description: The story was told by a woman sitting in a hut with several others including children, many of whom continued their conversations while she spoke.- Dogs, cattle and sheep were all around the hut at the time. Story.
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- Date Issued: 1957
Magumbo Mano Mhlaba (The four points of the compass)
- Authors: Tinote Dlamini and the try singers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Usutu Forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152608 , vital:39322 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-01
- Description: These singers came from the motor and transport section of the Usutu Forest Force, and singing mith great favour and action are most entertaining to watch. Mbube song.
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- Date Issued: 1958