Wolala (Wolala, why! Wolala, I am leaving)
- Authors: Young Xhosa men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150770 , vital:39004 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-04
- Description: Wolala is a man's name. There are few if any words in the lyric. This was sung by a group of young people, the girls and boys rather younger than the first group and not so gaily dressed. The girls clap their hands and stamp one foot alternately swinging rhythmically forward and backward. Mtshotsho dance for young men and women with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndinga Ngonyoko (I am old as your mother and I know everything)
- Authors: Young Gcaleka men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151085 , vital:39028 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-03
- Description: Three young Amakwenkwe boys in most handsomely decorated and beaded clothes wound around them from the waist down-beads in profusion over the head, neck and shoulders, danced sedately around as the girls sang behind them. Mtshotsho song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Malayisha 1 (Hold the sun, so that it sets)
- Authors: Young Gcaleka men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151107 , vital:39030 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-05
- Description: Dancing song such as this one is the present fashion among Gcaleka young people. They are simple and easy to follow and each singer can add his own variations. The dancers add the gutteral roaring sound, which may reflect their distant relationship with the Arabs of the East African coast many generations ago. Mtshotsho song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Malayisha 1 (Hold the sun, so that it sets)
- Authors: Young Gcaleka men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151098 , vital:39029 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-04
- Description: Dancing song such as this one is the present fashion among Gcaleka young people. They are simple and easy to follow and each singer can add his own variations. The dancers add the gutteral roaring sound, which may reflect their distant relationship with the Arabs of the East African coast many generations ago. Mtshotsho song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Malayisha 2 (Hold the sun, so that it sets)
- Authors: Young Gcaleka men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151112 , vital:39031 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-05
- Description: Dancing song such as this one is the present fashion among Gcaleka young people. They are simple and easy to follow and each singer can add his own variations. The dancers add the gutteral roaring sound, which may reflect their distant relationship with the Arabs of the East African coast many generations ago. Mtshotsho song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Hayitsho Nongongobala
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151264 , vital:39045 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-14
- Description: The words of the dance are apparently meanigless except for the title. When the young herd boys returned with their cattle, sheep and goats to the village they joined in the party and sang these two songs which are typical of the present day type of dance songs used in the district. Young people's dance song and Umtshongolo dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nyakumtyela egageni (You will eat it out of doors)
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151278 , vital:39047 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nkonkonko
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151255 , vital:39044 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-13
- Description: The words of the dance are apparently meanigless except for the title. When the young herd boys returned with their cattle, sheep and goats to the village they joined in the party and sang these two songs which are typical of the present day type of dance songs used in the district. Young people's dance song and Umtshongolo dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nyakumtyela egageni (You will eat it out of doors)
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151273 , vital:39046 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-15
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. Although the music of the 'hadi' is regarded as a speciality of the women, there were men in this hut as well who began to dance to the music and were joined by one or two women. Mhala dance for young men with Hadi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mjinana
- Authors: Women of Kalana Location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa King Williams Town f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150799 , vital:39008 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-07
- Description: An elderly woman leads the singing while several others about their enthusiastic cries which help to keep the dance alive. Like so many other Xhosa dance songs the melody is very slight but enough for its simple purpose. Dance song for old people with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mjinana
- Authors: Women of Kalana Location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa King Williams Town f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150810 , vital:39007 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-07
- Description: An elderly woman leads the singing while several others about their enthusiastic cries which help to keep the dance alive. Like so many other Xhosa dance songs the melody is very slight but enough for its simple purpose. Dance song for old people with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Yawiyanga, ya kulumbata nyama
- Authors: Three Chokwe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Sandoa f-cg
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137060 , vital:37484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-04
- Description: The song is sung to celebrate the arrival of a hunter bringing back his booty. Song after hunting with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned, weighted, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ayaya wo- mami- yami- e
- Authors: Three Chokwe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Sandoa f-cg
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137047 , vital:37482 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-03
- Description: The drums are introduced one after the other, the third drum being heavily weighted and having a distinct buzzing tone, takes the main syncopation. The voices are introduced a full minute after the drums have set the rhythm. Chisira initiation dance with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned, weighted, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ngamibonge Amakentani (Please praise the Kentani people)
- Authors: Thombi Fegetwai and Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151126 , vital:39032 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-06
- Description: The girl who leads this song is a born singer of Gcaleka type songs for her contemporaries. The people of Idutywa are, in fact, the Gcaleka tribe whose centre is in the Kentani District above 50 miles away. Mtsotsho dance, with clapping and roaring.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kanakazi Kayaya mbebeweta pamulomo (The unfaithful wife talks too much)
- Authors: Smart Chigwamba and group of 5 Tumbuka men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140198 , vital:37847 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-04
- Description: The unfaithful wife deliberately annoys her husband by nagging him, until he leaves her. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Pano pano tabikana mutima (This village is full of jealousy)
- Authors: Smart Chigwamba and group of 5 Tumbuka men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140189 , vital:37846 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-03
- Description: If a man finds that people in the village are jeolous of him, he moves away and goes elesewhere to live. Then if someone says to him: "Why have you gone away?", he replies, "This village is full of jealousy. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndiza fera chuma (I never have enough money)
- Authors: Sitero Mbewe and Frank Mukweza , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160816 , vital:40548 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-07
- Description: "I left my mother in 1950 and came to work. I had no money for I spent it all on women." This song was performed by Chewa men who had come over from Nyasaland to Rhodesia where they were employed upon the constructio of the Kariba Dam on the Zambezi river. Topical song with two guitars.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Hlungulu upeteni (Crow, what are you carrying?)
- Authors: Siganeko Nonkonyana and group of Mpondo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150830 , vital:39010 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-09
- Description: This simple chant is no doubt effective for its purpose, that of creating in the minds if the villagers the right mood for the mysteries of divination - The actual practice the song would last for several minutes longer than the present recording. Diverner's song with clapping and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Nongangela (All the young men from Timgqimqi's location are alike)
- Authors: Sam Tyutwana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150779 , vital:39005 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR061-05
- Description: The old men Tyutwana asked specially to sing his own dance song with his friends. The song he said, was for a dance called Nongangela which they dance when they are all very happy. Dance song for Nongangela dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Chigwinini chikuko mana nawo (A man with 2 wives has no wife)
- Authors: Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140179 , vital:37844 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-02
- Description: If a man has 2 wives they are jealous of each other; when he goes to see the one, she says: "Go away to your other wife, he goes to see the one, she says: " I a, not your wife-go and see the other one." So in the end he has no wife and doesn't know where to go. This composition is not unlike a Russian folk song. Humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957