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We mama wanga

Abayashi bonse bati bwela

Pano pano tabikana mutima

Kanakazi kayaya mbebeweta pamu-lomo

We mukashi Namulenga nshakupile kuwama

Tondwe kasobele ku bulaya (Honey-bird, go tell the people in Europe that I and my family are on our way back)

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe and his wife , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135201 , vital:37247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-01
  • Description: "You with your large paunches you sit about at the court, but you do nothing.-You, you Chiefs, you do not dare to say anything, for fear of being deposed. (These words are addressed to certain Chiefs at the Court of the Chitimakulu, Paramount chief of teh Bemba tribe). "And you Mr. Tom, why do you not tell the honey-bird to fly before you to England, to tell them you are on your way, with your wife and children." This allusion is to a certain trader, Thom or Tom, whose business was said to have been ruined by the activities of the African National Congress, a local political body. The player was blind, and sang with his wife. Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Song concerning affairs of tribe, with 'Mumamba' mbira bell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

We mukashi Namulenga, nshakupile kuwama (My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for beauty)

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe and his wife , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135210 , vital:37249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-02
  • Description: "My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for your beauty. Cook some food now, the cock has already crowed." The player was blind and his wife sat beside him tapping the back of his instrument with a stick and singing. He himself held his Mumamba on the ground and beat the base of it with his right knee as he played. Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Nfunkutu dance song with Mumamba mbira bell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Title not specified

  • Authors: Group of Bisa men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Lala-Bisa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239031 , vital:50685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O14a
  • Description: Unaccompanied political strife song to do with advancement in status of more efficient workers.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08

Title not specified

  • Authors: Group of Bisa men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Lala-Bisa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239040 , vital:50686 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O14b
  • Description: Unaccompanied political strife song to do with advancement in status of more efficient workers.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08

Katikalepuke, katikatobeke (About to snap, about to break)

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135125 , vital:37239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-07
  • Description: The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. Leave me by myself, so that I can enjoy the pleasure of it. Let the others indulge in their eartly pleasures. Don't worry about them. I like my girl because she dresses well." Topical song with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Mwana akula akulilo kutwa (The child grows up but to die)

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135134 , vital:37240 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-08
  • Description: Here the words are in a mixture of Bemba and Lamba. "The child grows up but to die. Kazembe, the present chief, has now died; Kabumbo, the chief is also dead." Kazembe XV who recently became paramount chief of the Luunda died recently after only a short period as head of his tribe. The singer cogitates upon the responsibilities of a tribal chief which seem to drive him to a premature grave. Wistful song with guitar and Bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Banakashi tabalila (Women's tears do not mean a thing)

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135152 , vital:37242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-10
  • Description: "Women's tears do not mean a thing! Their eyes shed tears while they sing with their lips." The form of this song is typically folk in its continued refrain. The situation to which the singer appears to refer, is the funeral dance in which the women sing lustily for the dance, while artificially inducing tears to fall in respect for the dead. Topical song with guitar and bottle
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Kakonko (The small rough "knot" that spoils good work)

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135143 , vital:37241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-09
  • Description: He goes on to say: "If your mother has no wisdom, how can you have wisdom?" " I married a beautiful woman, but I left her for she was diseased."If a small imperfection spoils an otherwise good work, they call the obstruction a "knot", as in a string. Topical song with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Wen mama wanga (My mother)

Abayashi bonse bati bwela (Both parents say 'Come back')

  • Authors: Jackson Cabala and 3 Bemba boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:37245 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-12
  • Description: All the singers were born in the Mine Compound and were brought up here. Thier chief and almost exclusive musical inspiration therfore, comes from the cinema and African town dance records from Johannesburg
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Nafika mwa Tilika mucipango

  • Authors: Kabamba, Adamsoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Lala-Bisa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238984 , vital:50680 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT477-L98 , Research no. L2O11
  • Description: Self delectative song with Kankowele mbira, fan shaped, with external resonator acompaniment.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08

Bantamba fituka

  • Authors: Kabamba, Adamsoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Lala-Bisa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239004 , vital:50682 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT477-L98 , Research no. L2O8
  • Description: Self delactative song with Kankowele fan-shaped mbira with external resonator accompaniment.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08

Ba Serenje balokulila bawishibo

  • Authors: Kabamba, Adamsoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238921 , vital:50674 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT476-L97 , Research no. L2O7
  • Description: Self delactative song with Kankowele fan-shaped mbira with external resonator accompaniment.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08

Ba Mari tukasambe

  • Authors: Kabamba, Adamsoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Lala-Bisa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239013 , vital:50683 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT477-L98 , Research no. L2O9
  • Description: Self delactative song with Kankowele fan-shaped mbira with external resonator accompaniment.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08

Ukutema nakubalile kubwaice

  • Authors: Kabamba, Adamsoni , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-07-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: Lala-Bisa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238957 , vital:50677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT477-L98 , Research no. L2O10
  • Description: Self delectative song with Kankowele mbira, fan shaped, with external resonator acompaniment.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-07-08
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