Ugone Ngala Maganga (Sleep Ngala Maganga)
- Authors: Alima Binti Femusi with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kalenga f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174979 , vital:42527 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-04
- Description: The woman form a circle of singers and clappers and one at a time they come into the centre of the ring and prance clumsily to and fro, mostly leaping on both feet together and learning to one side or the other. A very simple dance.Wedding dance with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Gitalimale
- Authors: Ibrahim Rajabu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174938 , vital:42523 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-14
- Description: "Gitamale is a greedy girl." The Kipango, Bango or Bangwe is a popular instrument from here southwards into Nyasaland. The instrument is partly by the construction on its back of an open box which gives the board both extra strength and a little more resonance. The string is made of tendon and is continous, being tuned from the high note to the low on order, the tension on the lower note in each case holding the higher segment in tune. In contrast to the Ligombo, the Kipango is a more simple instrument, the player thrumming two chords produced by stopping alternate strings with the fingers of the left hand. Self delectative song with Kipango 6 string board Zither.
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- Date Issued: 1950
O cheye
- Authors: Lengare Skarani with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174550 , vital:42487 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-01
- Description: "The Mangi (Chief) is visiting his people. The one who has passed through your garden is the chief of this country." Praise song for Chief, with Shicheyere leg bells.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Kicha ulekia
- Authors: Lengare Skarani with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174569 , vital:42489 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-03
- Description: "We wish you well in your work chief. You are the only one who knows what is good for us to eat, like fruits or bananas. Mangi, you are like a lion. Praise song for Chief, with Shicheyere leg bells.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Utawala mha
- Authors: Lengare Skarani with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174583 , vital:42491 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-04
- Description: "Witori" is the name given to the new (1950) administrative organisation of the Chaga people. Certain chiefdoms have been amalgamated and a senior chief appointed under the title of "Mwitori". This new authority urge the people to work hard and has assumed the responsibility for contour ridging the land and terracing the mountain slopes. It also encourages the building of better houses. Praise song for the local Government with Shicheyere.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Msuri chamecha
- Authors: Lengare Skarani with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174556 , vital:42488 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-02
- Description: "Welcome milord! Do not be silent. We have brought all your people to you, son of Lion." A song of greeting to an important person or a chief, who is invited to make known his wishes. Praise song for Chief, with Shicheyere leg bells.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Walalemela mugundu (Lazy people have no fields)
- Authors: Lupembe Changa with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Ilole f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175076 , vital:42537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-15
- Description: The Mangala dance is usually performed with bell rattles tied onto the ankles, the performers standing around the drums and occasionally dancing round in a circle with short shuffling steps. The bells are of two pitches, high and low, a pair being strapped to left and right ankles of each dancer. Mangala dance song for men and women with hour-glass drums.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Mganga mgogope
- Authors: Maria Semuyala with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175049 , vital:42534 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-12
- Description: "We fear the earth, for when we die we are buried in earth." Hans Cory, the famous anthropologist who was with us at the recording, suggested that this song had a hidden meaning as well as the literal one. Initiation song for girls, with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Hee! Lawelungano hiaa
- Authors: Maria Semuyala with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175040 , vital:42533 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-11
- Description: "My husband, we quarrel everyday, so much so that people are talking about us." A morality song teaching young girls to be careful of the reputation of their house. Initiation song for girls, with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Kuriye
- Authors: Mireiye Sanganga with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Gogo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174354 , vital:42470 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-13
- Description: "Gather for defence." In the early days about 100-150 years ago, when the various tribes were pushing up onto the fertile slopes of the Kilimanjaro faction fighting was a daily occurance. At Marango the chief lived inside stout stone walls. Fighting song with sticks.
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- Date Issued: 1950
O Horombo
- Authors: Mireiye Sanganga with Chaga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Gogo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174345 , vital:42469 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-12
- Description: Chief Horombo was the head chief of this section of the Chaga people. The Chaga living on the Southern slopes of Kilimanjaro were so divided amongst themselves that they developed five or six district dialects through isolation. The various streams cascading down the mountain from the snow caps acted as boundaries between the warring clans, each occupying a separate ridgr from top to bottom. Loyality song with sticks.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Kuulaya mtwayungi
- Authors: Mlongahilo with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175058 , vital:42535 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-13
- Description: "England send us another District Commissioner in place of the one who is leaving." The two sets of bells worn on either leg are called:- Mangala yi mulalula which are the high noted bells and Mangala ingahola which are the low noted bells. Dance songs are composed from the simplest factual material, in this case from the fact that the local District Commissioner of Iringa had been transferred. Viwunga dance song for men, with Nduntsi and Ndamula single headed, open pegged hourglass drums, and Mangala bells (-12.55-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Mganga gwilyawawina
- Authors: Mlongahilo with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175067 , vital:42536 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-14
- Description: "Dead bodies become earth." This song reflects the European, Christian 'earth to earth' conception. The two sets of bells worn on either leg are called:- Mangala yi mulalula which are the high noted bells and Mangala ingahola which are the low noted bells. Dance songs are composed from the simplest factual material, in this case from the fact that the local District Commissioner of Iringa had been transferred. Viwunga dance song for men, with Nduntsi and Ndamula single headed, open pegged hourglass drums, and Mangala bells (-12.55-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Lipwami lyaliswangawantu
- Authors: Mugabe with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175031 , vital:42532 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-10
- Description: "Hunger makes you feel week." Song for hoeing in the fields. This part of Tanganyika is up on the Southern highlands away from the heat of the valleys. The ground is poor and the rainfall only moderate, the last two seasons 1948-50 were both affected by drought. Work song (agricultural).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Ndembo ya kumilanzi
- Authors: Mugabe with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175008 , vital:42530 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-07
- Description: "I am glad to have had the chance of looking at a dead elephant." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunting) with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Wasambula lipalo
- Authors: Mugabe with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175021 , vital:42531 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-08
- Description: "I am a good hunter, look at the elephant I have killed." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunting) with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Mgongole molimoli
- Authors: Mwanahasha with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kalenga f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174999 , vital:42529 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-06
- Description: "Be polite to everyone."Women song, injunctions to young women upon getting married. In Africa the women must be increasingly independent of her fickle and self indulgent man. Kuduo dance song for wedding ceremonies with clapping..
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- Date Issued: 1950
Helele nani nzovela
- Authors: Mwanahasha with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kalenga f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174990 , vital:42528 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-05
- Description: "Even if you divorce me and leave me alone, I will still be able to look after myself." Women songs, injuctions to young women upon getting married. In Africa the women must be increasingly independent of her fickle and self indulgent man. Kuduo dance song for wedding ceremonies with clapping..
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- Date Issued: 1950
Nani mu khali
- Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174877 , vital:42517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-10
- Description: "Who is the boldest man in the country? First the chief, and after him the elders. We must obey them all." The Hehe, like the Zulu in the south are given to heroic praises and laudatory songs. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sengere Part I
- Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174886 , vital:42518 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-11
- Description: The singer calls the fighting men Zebras in this old heroic song of the violent past. He says "Zebras, you must run fast, the leopard is after you." Songs of the sort were sung at parties to encourage men to deeds of bravery. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
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- Date Issued: 1950