Masesa I
- Authors: Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers) , F. Mabosso (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Hand-clapping music , Folk dance music , Drum--Performance , Whistles , Instrumental music , Africa Mozambique Bileni f-mz
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132676 , vital:36868 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR008-04
- Description: Dance song for Masesa dance with 2 cylindrical drums, whistles and clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Masesa II
- Authors: Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers) , F. Mabosso (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Hand-clapping music , Folk dance music , Drum--Performance , Whistles , Instrumental music , Africa Mozambique Bileni f-mz
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132688 , vital:36869 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR008-05
- Description: Dance song for Masesa dance with 2 cylindrical drums, whistles and clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Djanfa
- Authors: Koniba Traore (author, composer, interpreter, performer) , Straun Douglas
- Date: 1999
- Subjects: Popular music--Mali--1991-2000 , Guitar , Drum--Performance , Djembe music , Africa Mali Bamako f-ml
- Language: Bambara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/125469 , vital:35786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , SDCO1-01
- Description: Malian popular music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Umusambi (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136870 , vital:37437 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-10
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Zigezikaragwe (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136816 , vital:37430 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-03
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Urukina (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136855 , vital:37434 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-07
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Agasiga (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136829 , vital:37431 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-04
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Umuganura (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136865 , vital:37436 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-09
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Urukantege (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136860 , vital:37435 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-08
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Imilindi (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136893 , vital:37438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-11
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Akanimba (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136847 , vital:37433 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-06
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Agasiga k'i gaseke (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136834 , vital:37432 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-05
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Imilishyo y'ingoma - Umosuko (Rhythms of drums)
- Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136811 , vital:37429 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-02
- Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. The 11 tattos are;- 1. Ibiteyo, 2. Umosuko, 3. Zigezikaragwe, 4. Agasiga, 5. Agasiga k'i gaseke, 6. Akanimba, 7. Urukina, 8. Urukantege, 9. Umuganura, 10. Umusambi, 11. Imilindi. Ekeven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kalulu drum rhythms
- Authors: 3 Nyakyusa drummers with Nyakyusa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Arts, Malawi , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Ngonde (African people)--music , Drum--Performance , Africa Malawi Tukuyu f-mw
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151828 , vital:39177 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-02
- Description: The women's dance was slow and graceful, and consisted of advancing and retiring in pairs, raising and lowering their large horse-tail fly-whisks. "Kabulu" in Nyakyusa is derived, they say, from the word meaning to "ululate". During the dance they call out "we are proud of Tukuyu, we are proud we have come." All the drums were locally made on the mine, from oil drums. They were double-headed and laced. Mampenenga and Kalulu dance with 1 conical drum, laced, 2 cylindrical laced drums with wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mampenenga drum rhythms
- Authors: 3 Nyakyusa drummers with Nyakyusa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Arts, Malawi , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Ngonde (African people)--music , Drum--Performance , Africa Malawi Tukuyu f-mw
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151819 , vital:39176 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-01
- Description: The Mampenenga is danced in silence to the accompaniment of the drums. The dancers, all men wore long Swahili "Kikoye" or skirts. The bass drummer uses one of his sticks as a pressure stick occassionally to raise the note on the membrane. The dance is a form of slow graceful prancing with much bending of the kness and swinging, raising and lowering of fly-whisks in the right hand. Mampenenga and Kalulu dance with 1 conical drum, laced, 2 cylindrical laced drums with wooden beaters.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Indilimbo y' Ingeruzabahizi (The song of the 'Ingeruzabahizi)
- Authors: 3 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136902 , vital:37439 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-12
- Description: The song refers to the recruiting of the men of Ruanda-Urundi for work on the cooper mines of the Katanga Province in the south of the Congo Belge. The Union Miniere asked the Mwami of Ruanda for strong men for this work and when they arrived at the airfield they asked their leader which way they would travel. "It was not by land nor by water, he replied, but by air they would go." So they were taken from Usumbura to Elisabethville by air. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Impunguza matwi (Open your ears)
- Authors: 3 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136912 , vital:37440 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-13
- Description: "Cyo tya amatwi wumve abakuvuba, Balirimba akamaro ubafitiye, Si urulinu ruvuga ubasa, Ni umutima ushima ubikwiye, Turakakwanga Mubyeyi." Morality song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957