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Ruyo (II)

Kunukizembe pheshakwenciba (The smell of a battle axe across the Kei)

  • Authors: Group of young Xhosa men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
  • Language: Xhosa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150687 , vital:38997 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-15
  • Description: We were told that this group of Xhosa lads were from Christian homes. The tune is connected to the same dance for young boys and girls between the ages of about 12-17 years. It is a dance song the group of young people use on their way to the home where the party is to take place. The dance itself takes place in a hut. Mbayizelo dance song, with harmonica.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Ezimaqiya (A woman's headdress)

Intlnganiso ya magqiha ye Isangoma (Proceedings at Herbalist's meeting)

Khawuxheliso wakalo haha (Will you say what is wrong, ha ha)

  • Authors: Group of Qwathi women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Tembu (African people) , Field recordings , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Engcobo f-sa
  • Language: Xhosa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139583 , vital:37753 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR049-04
  • Description: In the middle of this song the headman and the owner of the hut got up, delievered a rousing speech and stepped back to his place on the left of the door, very pleased with himself. After that the woman resumed singing with renewed vigour, stood up and accompanied themselves by a double stamp instead of the single stamp usually heard further south. Topical song sung in the evening with clapping.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Intlnganiso ya magqiha ye Isangoma (Proceddings at Herbalist's meeting)

Ukugwiya

Eco bale mukanina bamayo (This is why you are being divorced, mama)

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwani and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ruund (African people) , Ushi (African people) , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140038 , vital:37826 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-02
  • Description: "This is why you are divorced, mama, it is because you go out and greet others familiarly, such as 'Good morning, Isaac.' Far away along the Ndola road is where I saw a Lamba man, who addressed me saying: "Isaac, you will not have any more children. This is your last child." The general burden of this song, like many others performed in industrial compounds, is both topical and critical of the morality of the present day mine worker in this environment. Topical song with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Kabula nina kamushalila (I have no mother)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Aushi , Lamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140076 , vital:37830 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-05
  • Description: 'I have no mother. No matter what I do, whether I pray or whatever I do, I am alone." The singer is a wandering performer who earns his living by singing popular songs of his own composition which give him plenty of scope to introduce local gossip between verses. He is assisted by 2 or 3 friends who share his bohemian life wandering from compound to compound along the Copperbelt. His songs, though often rhythmic, are frequently based upon the slightest of melodies as in this case. This song is sung partly in the local Lamba language - Although Tsotsi Kasumali himself is an Aushi. Lament with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Ukuteka imbwa mano (To keep a dog)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140058 , vital:37828 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-03
  • Description: This song is based on an old traditional song teaching good behaviour. "To keep a dog one must be wise-if you take a stick it will run away. In the same way we must be tactful with our wives. If we use force, we shall fail to control them. A bad wife is not neccessarily the one who talks too much, and a good wife is not neccessarily one who talks less. By all means, let us see what we see, but we should not give our ears to everything we hear." The singer adds: "I heard this song from the Lala." The whole song is performed in a kind of recitative with call and answer. Morality song with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Nalinamayo nshale chula (When I had a mother, I did not starve)

Nalina mayo (I had a mother)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ruund (African people) , Ushi (African people) , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140003 , vital:37823 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-13
  • Description: 'I had a mother and she died. She was killed by people who envied me. Women are no good. They leave their own husbands to go and flirt with the loafers in the street. When I have no cash on me everyone laughs at me. One day I went out into the bush hunting and I fired at some guinea fowls but I missed. So people laughed at me because I had nothing to eat at home." "This song comes from the Chief of the Aushi who sent me to come and sing it to you, and I am Steve Tsotsi singing. Topical song with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Maiyo ewandaile kufwalu chikwembe (My mother taught me the proper way to dress)

Ematambo waifwe bantu (The bones of the people)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140067 , vital:37829 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-04
  • Description: "When you go on duty, someone else comes and makes love to your wife-that means a fine of much money. A the beer hall you go to drink eleven quarts of wine and then afterwards, go to make love to someone else's wife. And then-caught-you have to pay, and be despised by your own son and daughter. Morality song with guitar and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Kontae iya konta (Kontae)

BaNakatekwe

Ndevinepo ndamwana mdiki (Let me dance myself the small child)

Munkwele

Wena Bawondi Wela

  • Authors: Villagers from Dabi's location near Peddie , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
  • Language: Xhosa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149199 , vital:38814 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-06
  • Description: The words of this song make no sense. The woman leading this song was pleased at the long final note of the song being recorded and said "This thing (i.e. the loud speaker) kept up with me the whole way. The people of this district are actually Fingo or Mfengu but speak Ngqika. Their ancestors were refugees from Shaka and came here from Swaziland over 120 years ago. The song is sung before initiation, when the young man is old enough to undergo his ordeal. Circumcision song with clapping.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Deborah mntaka mama ngendi tshata nawe (Deborah, my dear, I would marry you had I the cattle)

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