List of Titles

Malira

Authors: Zingili men (Performer) , Composer not specified
Subjects: Ndhlamu dance , Drums , Clappers , Indigenous folk music , Northern Zululand (KwaZulu-Natal Province) , South Africa
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15191 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017312 , MOA13-03 , MOA13
Description: Ndhlamu dance song by Zingili men, with drums and clappers , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Ai-ye! Nzara yakabora

Authors: Young Tonga men and girls (Performer) , Composer not specified
Subjects: Ngororombe dance song , Indigenous folk music , Shanga end-blown reed pipes , Rattles , Drums , Gorananyi camp , Mkota , Mtoko district , Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15416 , MOA30-04 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017722 , MOA30
Description: English translation of title: 'Ai-ye! The famine has come' , Ngororombe dance song by young Tonga men and girls, with Shanga end-blown reed pipes, and accompanied by rattles, and drums (may be ommited for clarity) , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The Inzumba Step Dance

Authors: Tswa men (Performer) , Composer not specified
Subjects: The Inzumba step dance of the southern Tswa people , Timbila (xylophone) , Rattles , Drums , Indigenous folk music , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15181 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017302 , MOA12-04 , MOA12
Description: The Inzumba step dance of the southern Tswa people, by tswa men, with timbila xylophone, accompanied by rattles and drums , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Rhythm and Story-telling

Authors: Tracey, Hugh (Talk show guest) , Terkel, Studs 1912- (Talk show host)
Subjects: Complex , Rhythms , Districts , Uniqueness , Instruments , Strings , Guitar , Westernisation , Scales , Tune , Mode , Topical song , Luba , Southern Congo , Harps , Indigenous , Language , Linguist , Tone , Intonation , Melody , Emphasis , Syllable , Drums , Slit drums , Trees , Forest , Round , Rondo , Canon , Bolero , Bells , Rattles , Gourds , Lift , Upbeat , Lightness , Story tellers , Stories , Widow , Music of Africa Series , Cars , Communicate , Musicology , Collective on conscience , Chopi , Zitherphone , Rhodesia , Mozambique , Limpopo , Xylophone , Marimba , Pitches , Tremble , Double bass , Dynamic , Leader , Dancers , Call-and-response , Lining hymn , Pygmy , Congo , Pygmies , Little Sisters of Jesus , French missionaries , Lullaby , Crude song , Poetry , Mbira , Thumb piano , Musical box , Buzzing sound , Kalimba , Northwestern University , Portuguese , 16th century , Dorset song , Humourous song , Malawi , The Drum is Broken , Onomatopaeia , Humour , Encylopaedia , Codification , Chant , Swazi men , Regimental song , Goodbye , Karanga , Goodbye stay well , Interview , Western England , Portugese , Workshop , Wait a minim!
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio Broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15111 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008539 , Reel number: BC180
Description: Introduction to African music by Hugh Tracey in the Studs Terkel Radio Program aired on WFMT , Home dub of Dr. Tracey , For further details refer to the ILAM document collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcast Collection
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The Sound of Africa: A documentary broadcast for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Drum , Silence , Birds , Frogs , Lioness , Lion , Wild animals , Languages , Bemba , Zambia , Karanga , Zimbabwe , Northern Rhodesia , Southern Rhodesia , Mpondo , Eastern Cape , South Africa , Tonga , Zambezi , Quill , Cattle calling , Malimba , Hand piano , Tanganyika , Chief , Banana , Lake Victoria , Pipes , Flutes , Lakes , Choral singing , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Guitars , Jazz , Penny whistles , Town , Hymn , Carol , Royal flautist , Soga , Mountains of the Moon , Grass plains , Choruses , Men , Ululation , Mafikeng , Tswana , Bush , Trees , Bows , Plucking , Twanging , Mouth-bow , Stick-bow , Zulu , Love song , Board Zither , Bangwe , Nyasaland , Harp , Uganda , Kenya , Kipsigi , Guitar , Luba , Congo River , Message drum , Portuguese , Seagulls , Chopi , Chepkong , Jimmy Rodgers
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15092 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008520 , Reel number: BC106, BC107, BC108, BC109
Description: Documentary Broadcast for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Music of the Copperbelt, Northern Rhodesia

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Luunda , Chengola , Copper mine , Zambia , Chianda dance song , Wood carving , Chokwe , Drums , Sticks , Ululation , Women , Men , Tonga , Guitar , Aushi , Fishermen , Fort Rosebury , Party song , Festivities , Mocking song , Kitwe , Mumamba , Mbira , Hand piano , Kasama , Court songs , Chitimkhulu , Old Bemba , Obsolete language , Lozi , Manyanga dance song , Friction sticks , Nyasa , Bangwe , Board zither , Luchazi , Chisansi Mbira , Nyakasanga dance song , Kachacha dance song , Luvale , Long notes , Glass bottles , Niyakusa , Tanganyika , Roan Antelope Mine , Fort Jameson , Nsenga , Zulu , Nguni , Flying ants , Mbanda dance , Leg rattles , Ngoma dance , Ndebel , Boers , Voortrekkers , Miner‘s song , Safwa , Wenela , WNLA , Bemba , Blind musician , Court musician , Court language
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15090 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008518 , Reel number: BC095, BC096 , BC096 is a continuation of BC095
Description: 8th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series III of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Zulu music for TV film: Christian Dances

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Shembe music , Religious music , Christian dance , Hymn , Zulu , Drums , Voices , Whistling , Work song
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15129 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012095 , Reel number: BC152
Description: Shembe music entitled 'Zulu music for TV film: Christian Dances', broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The lost valley (Revised Copy for the BBC)

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Valley , River Zambezi , Tonga , Valley Tonga , Victoria Falls , Kariba , The trap , Hills , Cliffs , African , Wilderness , Trees , Bees , Chief Chipepo , Thatched huts , Lions , Hippopotamus , Grinding stones , Pounding , Millet , Singing , Housewife , Livingstone, David , Drums , Clapping , Dance tune , Love song , Siakuteka, Jerevani , Kaniamba, Anrosi , Deza mbira , Kalumbo bow , Aeroplanes , Aerial survey , Summer , Drought , Rain shrine , Mulende , Mwami , Pangazana , Baobab , Sinefwala , Drummers , Gogogo , Kingaridi , Chamutanda , Muntundu , Mujunja , Pininga , Pati , Antelope horns , Nyele , Drinking , Animals , Chikorekore , Floods , Italian contractors , Kalangati , Mwisampisia , Calabash , Clay pots , Carved stools , Ngoma for a dead person , Inching up , Great serpent , Goodbye , Ngoma for a dead valley , Dam , Complete , Trap closed , Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15128 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012060 , Reel numbers: BC150, BC151
Description: A feature programme for broadcasting on the Batonga people of the Zambesi Valley which was submerged beneath the waters of the Kariba Dam, being new and revised copy for the broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Zanzibar and the Swahili Coast

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Flute , Violin , Arab , Swahili , Music , Religion , Humour , Persians , Shirazi , Dhows , Sailing ships , Trade , Sword dances , Portuguese , Zanzibar , Germans , Indians , Up , Tanga lenu funya Kae , Suratin Noor , Wanya uKutina , Drums , Rattles , Clarinet , Ukulele , Banjo , Guitar , Sticks , Motor car horns , Nemipata mpenzi , Nubian , Islam , Moslem , Allah Allah , Egyptian Club , Oudh , Mandoline , Arab guitar , Udi , Nahawand , Mahaba Jamani , Love song , Chanting , Mashhiri , Poetry , Nashaini , Giriyama , Malindi , Upaya , Namba dance , Zanzibar National Anthem
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15064 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008492 , Reel numbers: BC029, BC030, BC031, BC032
Description: 9th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Water and Life: The Fountain

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Water , Life , Fountain , Music , Folk music , Prayer for rain , Singing , Pula , Choral , Orchestra , Stringed instruments , Harps , Trumpets , Whistling , Flutes , Dancing , Drums , Horns , Rattles , Claves , Sticks , Yodelling , Clapping , Ululation , Violin , Musical elements , Israel , Hawaii , Greece , Bulgaria , Togoland , United States of America , South Africa , Yugoslavia , Japan , India , Rhodesia , Pakistan , Australia , The International Folk Music Council , Folklore societies , Broadcasting organizations
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15141 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012600 , Reel number: BC174
Description: Description: 1st and 2nd programme of six radio folk music series entitled 'Water and Life: The Stream', produced in association with International Folk Music Councils and 24 folklore societies or broadcasting organizations , Description: For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcast Collection
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Chopi Xylophones and Zulu Christian Dances

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Narration , Music , Chopi , Mozambique , Southern Africa , Xylophones , Making of xylophones , Musical instrument , Play , Trees , Greenwood tree , Mukusu tree , Sounding notes , Hard shelled fruits , Wild rubber , Resonator , Beeswax , Slow fire , Ngodo dance , Timbila , Antelope horn , Trumpets , Rattles , Whistling , Drums , Singing , African Christian community , Zulu Church of Shembe , Pilgrimage , Shembe , Nhlangakazi , Religious dancing , Sacred places , Barefoot , Shembe, Amos , Shembe, Galilie , Zulu hymn , Church service , Solemn vow stones , Altar , Shrine flowers , Beads , Dancing kilt , Zulu feather head dress , Traditional costumes , Umbrellas , Decorative sticks , Reverend Ngoma, Fred , Prayer , Izibongo , Praises of God , Apron , Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy , Spring water , Kiln , Zulu summer
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15130 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012109 , Reel numbers: BC153, BC154
Description: Broadcast copy of the original entitled 'Chopi Xylophones and Zulu Christian Dances', for the television film programme broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The lost valley (New Edition)

Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Valley , River Zambezi , Tonga , Valley Tonga , Victoria Falls , Kariba , The trap , Hills , Cliffs , African , Wilderness , Trees , Bees , Chief Chipepo , Thatched huts , Lions , Elephants , Hippopotamus , Grinding stones , Pounding , Millet , Singing , Pestle and Mortar , Housewife , Livingstone, David , Drums , Clapping , Dance tune , Love song , Siakuteka, Jerevani , Kaniamba, Anrosi , Deza mbira , Kalumbo bow , Aeroplanes , Aerial survey , Summer , Drought , Rain shrine , Mulende , Mwami , Pangazana , Mwisampisia , Baobab , Sinefwala , Drummers , Gogogo , Kingaridi , Chamutanda , Muntundu , Mujinji , Pininga , Pati , Antelope horns , Drinking , Animals , Chikorekore , Floods , Italian contractors , Calabash , Clay pots , Carved stools , Ngoma for a dead person , Inching up , Great serpent , Goodbye , Ngoma for a dead valley , Dam , Complete , Trap closed , Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15125 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012051 , Reel numbers: BC142, BC143
Description: A feature programme for broadcasting on the Batonga people of the Zambesi Valley which was submerged beneath the waters of the Kariba Dam, being edited version for the broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Kenya

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Tropical coral , Lake Victoria Nyanza , Mount Kenya , Great Rift Valley , Masai , Kikuyu , Kamba , Dancing , Cries , Drums , Whistles , Kyaa , Stamping tube , Carving , Curio , Patriotism , Nandi , Kipsigis , Lyre , Himatic tribes , Nilo-Himatic , Nilotic , Luo , Dho Luo , Drinking , ‘Fooding‘ , Love songs , Poetry , Chemlelilit Dance , Humming , Kip ukandet , Cattle , Tea , Chepkong lyre , Kipsigis askari , Soldier , Mau Mau , Bantu , Loving songs , Edward Opwako , Six stringed wishbone-shaped lyre , Mau Mau-ism
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15063 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008491 , Reel numbers: BC025, BC026, BC027, BC028
Description: 8th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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BBC Schools

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: African musicians , Simple , Extraordinary , Conventional , Instrument , Reeds , Bamboo , Brick , Log , Wood , Content , Strict tempo , Rhythm , Tapping , Pulse , Word , Absolute , Regular , Irregular , Clap , Beat , Even , Drums , Distinctive , Tone , Voices , Sticks , Membrane , Play , Nigeria , Yoruba drummers , Pitch , Hourglass , African , Music , Songs , Languages , Common , Story songs , Rhodesia , Chorus , Opera , The Bird of the Valley , Tracey, Hugh version
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15137 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012493 , Reel numbers: BC163, BC164
Description: Narration on African musicians and African music by Hugh Tracey covering item numbers one to three for schools broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Eastern Congo and Ruanda-Urundi

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Lake Tanganyika , Mount Ruwenzori , Ituri forest , Pygmies , Tusti , Gold fields , Kilo Moto , Likembe , Hand piano , Guitar , Popular , Soldiers , Askaris , Lip platters , Trade , Honey , Honey Harvesting , Yodelling , Whistling , Hunting , Buck , Iddi , Clapping , Salt , Fishing , Elephant , Elephant hunting , Tembo , Lullaby , Manatoba kukwo , Rift Valley , Cattle , Herdsmen , Flute , Hills , Batwa , Half-pygmies , Pygmoids , Praise song , Chiefs , Mpundu , Mendicant , Begger , Bow , Ugubu bow , Hutu , Tutsi , Zither , Moral story song , Inanga zither , Umwimbo , Usumbura , Ntore dance , Horns , Drums , Royalty , Hima kings , Kimula , Alu Mbira , Boyoka nalinga , The Elephant Hunt
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15067 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008495 , Reel numbers: BC041, BC042, BC043, BC044
Description: 12th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The evolution of African music and its function in the present day

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: African Music Society , International Library of African Music , Evolution , African music , Styles , Beauty , Instruments , Perishable material , Lithophones , Nigeria , Stones , Bushman paintings , Chopi , Limpopo , Birds , Imitation , Onomatopaeia , Zimbabwe , Bird calls , Long eared owl , Temple , Nile , Egyptian civilization , Sub-Suharan Africa , Stringed instrument , Indonesian theory , Langauge , Mission , Catholic music , Arabs , Swahili , Portuguese , Brazilian , Guitar , Father Andre Fernandes , Missionary , Dove , Nile Basin Theory , Egypt , Slaves , Musicians , Harps , Lyres , Loots , North East , Sub-Saharan Africa , String , Tanganyika , Sea farers , Xylophone , Congo , Participation , Dance music , Repetitive , Rhythmic , Tradition , Relocation , Intergration , Continuity , English music , Afrikaans music , Sarie Marie , Change , Static , Classics , Popular music , Greensleeves , A Bicycle made for Two , Latin singing , Latin chant , Chant , British Empire , Negro Spiritual , Folk songs , Anti-slavery movements , David Livingstone , Musical migrtatiatioh , Hand piano , Zambezi Valley , Nyasaland , Nguni , Kampala , Bands , Chitimkhulu , Bemba , Blindness , Court band , Blinded musician , South Africa , Choral , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Fighting song , Agriculture , Semi-nomadic , Politicians , Hastings Banda , Fooding and drinking party , European hymns , Ghana , Degree , Complexity , Simplicity , Poly-rhythms , Rural areas , Churches , Competitions , Eisteddfodd , Inferiority , Johannesburg , Drama , King Kong , Jazz importations , Voice , Skill , Instrument makers , Commercialisation , Gramophone , Radio , Creolisation , Modern Jazz , Louisiana , French , Spanish , Genius , Town songs , Country songs , Social climbers , Patriotism , Kwela , Penny-whistle , America , Politics , Pitch , Archive , BP Southern Africa , Evangelists , Indoor music , Mine , Continuation , Notation , Migration , Study of Man in Africa , Mr. Michael Lane
Language: English
Type: Sound , Lecture , Music
Identifier: vital:15104 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008532 , Reel number: BC160
Description: Lecture by Hugh Tracey given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Tanganyika

Authors: Tracey, Hugh
Subjects: Sauti ya Malimba , Zither , Trough zither , Hehe , Pancras , Haya , Legend narrative , Lukiza , Gourd horn , Raiding parties , Nkete , Hunting party , Drums , Enkoito drums , Enkoito dance , Drinking , David Livingstone , Orumbugu , Greeting Song , Divining song , Divination Song , Sukuma , Singing competitions , Ngawadila , Uhimila , Masai , Falsetto , E , Meru , Embrukoi Dance , Gogo , Poems , Awu Mungoya , Santa ya Malimba , Beer drinking
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15061 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008489 , Reel numbers: BC017, BC018, BC019, BC020
Description: 6th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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