Che Mwalimu
- Authors: Kachoka, Uladi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208127 , vital:47234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT075-C91 , Research no. C4G10
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14
Abiti Mpoya
- Authors: Kalungwe, Elifanti , 3 Yao men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Not specified f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/207001 , vital:47085 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT062-C63 , Research no. C3R21
- Description: Town funk with singing reed.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Napolo
- Authors: Kalino and friends , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-10
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Chingola f-cg
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240058 , vital:50794 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT482-L103 , Research no. L2P6
- Description: Topical song with 1 accordion and 1 drum accompaniment about a big snake which bit a number of people in Malawi.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-10
Juchapikule Katuli
- Authors: Tawatali, Laisoni , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-09-13
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Zomba f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/209823 , vital:47427 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT104-C122 , Research no. C5K5b
- Description: Dance tunes for Kuvina dance for boys and girls with Bangwe wa mkulu accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-09-13
Tingatole khoswe auziwe kanganda
- Authors: Tawatali, Laisoni , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-09-13
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Zomba f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/209805 , vital:47425 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT104-C122 , Research no. C5K5a
- Description: Boy's initiation song with clapping accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-09-13
Koipa ndiku lozana
- Authors: Kamwathendo, Telachi , Yao Men of a Coy , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208191 , vital:47242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT075-C91 , Research no. C4G9a
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14
Ata pikure katenge (You will turn the mortar)
- Authors: Chimwala Ganiziechi and Mwamadi Lokote , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Ngonde (African people)--Music , Africa Zimbabwe Kariba f-rh
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151920 , vital:39187 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-12
- Description: "I am working here now. When I go home rich, some wizard may envy me (turn the mortar over), for my money." It is said that turning a mortar upside down, is one of the practices which are used in casting a spell. Topical song with Bangwe board zither, with resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kudandaula kwakunala ulombala
- Authors: Egesi Londoni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Africa Malawi Boma Liwonde f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151947 , vital:39190 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-15
- Description: This song was accompanied on an improved bangwe with rather more reasonance than the locally made board zither. Tuning of the instrument:- 388, 364, 324, 288, 276, 236, 212 vs. Topical song with Bangwe m'kulu zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Iche nasalile
- Authors: Kachoka, Uladi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208151 , vital:47238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT075-C91 , Research no. C4G11
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14
Napolo (The snake)
- Authors: Kalino and friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Africa Zambia Nchanga mine compound) f-za
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151938 , vital:39189 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-14
- Description: The song is about a big snake in Nyasaland which bit a number of people. "Napolo" was the name of the snake. Topical song with 1 accordion and 1 drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Che mwali china salile
- Authors: Kachoka, Uladi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208156 , vital:47239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT075-C91 , Research no. C4G12
- Description: Not Specified.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14
Nsafu (Part of the Khoran)
- Authors: Wodwala Selemani , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154748 , vital:39771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-09
- Description: The man introduced himself in his local language before reciting. When it was over he said he did not know the meaning of what he recited. He always recited it in the Mosque with the others. For the meaning we would have to as the great teacher. The sound of chatting in the market can be heard in the background. Recitation introduced in Yao.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Tina gambe Biti Mwenye (Let us talk, Miss Mwenye)
- Authors: Egesi Londoni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Africa Malawi K.A.R. Zomba f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151956 , vital:39191 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-16
- Description: Biti or Binti is the Yao/Swahili equivalent to the English "Miss". Topical song with Bangwe m'kulu zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Lupanda
- Authors: Sergent Deza and his wife , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154712 , vital:39767 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-05
- Description: A husband and wife happily sing a strange antiphonal duct together which would, upon first aquaintance, appear to be a lively quarrel but is in fact the very opposite. Bark cloth once so frequently used in this region now seems to be used only occassionaly for funerals and other ceremonies according to our informant. "That woman dresses herself in bark-cloth thinking she will die alone." Song for initiation of boys, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Kazela kambelemba (Set the trapstone so that we can catch five and two mice)
- Authors: Chimwala Ganiziechi and Mwamadi Lokote , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Ngonde (African people)--Music , Africa Zimbabwe Kariba f-rh
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151902 , vital:39185 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-10
- Description: This bangwe had a rough plank resonator beneath its whole length. Counting in several African languages goes up to five, then five and one, five and two etc. to ten. Topical song with Bangwe board zither, with resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Malilo kulilona cedali
- Authors: Maonga, Loidi , Maduya, Abisalomu , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Zomba f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/209886 , vital:47435 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT104-C122 , Research no. C5K6
- Description: Popular concert song with guitar, banjo and bass drum accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Webo we kabanda
- Authors: Shonongo, Jailosi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Not specified f-cg
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/207099 , vital:47095 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT062-C63 , Research no. C3S1a
- Description: Hunting song, accompanied by kalimba.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Ukandenda-ka-sagaiyo (I have done a lot of work)
- Authors: Chimwala Ganiziechi and Mwamadi Lokote , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music , Ngonde (African people)--Music , Africa Zimbabwe Kariba f-rh
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151911 , vital:39186 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-11
- Description: "I have built a house, I have made a garden, I have bought a plough - So you, my wife will be quite safe and well provided for." Topical song with Bangwe board zither, with resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Wa Ciyawo mkujaliani (The Yao despise me)
- Authors: Men and women of Pemba Village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba. Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154694 , vital:39765 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-03
- Description: The player of the second drum was blind and had been so since childhood. The Yao despise me when I put on short trousers as if it is for the Mochomanga dance. Tell him to take them off they say. Bari dance with 2 Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ambikanire une (Listen to me)
- Authors: Wodwala Seleman and 5 Yao men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154676 , vital:39763 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-01
- Description: The song started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcission to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic). Initiation of Boys.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958