Izintombi Ziyasishiya (Some girls desert us and take others lovers)
- Authors: Mkakwa Mugomezungu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152695 , vital:39332 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-10
- Description: This is an attractive little song accompanied by a very old and wheezy concertina most of whose original buttons were missing, some of which had been cleverly replaced by bits of reed. The burden of the song may have been more pointed because the singer was in fact a criminal serving a long sentence. The gaol where the recording was made was an open one with no walls or locked gates, and the prisoners they said made no attempt to escape. The song was said to have originated in the Gollel district in Southern Swaziland. Topical song with concertina.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ah la la Mama
- Authors: Mpunyuka Madonsela , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Bremersdorp District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152686 , vital:39331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-09
- Description: "No woman is any better than any other woman. The only difference is whether you love them or not." This piece of homely philosophy no doubt reflects far more than a merely personal opinion. Topical song with concertina.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyiti inkwekwezi (We are the star)
- Authors: Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Swazi (African people) , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine, N. Eswatini f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153187 , vital:39417 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR075-03
- Description: "We are the star when the sun sets and when sun rises." (i.e. "We shine by night and by day.") The words are in Swati, English and Xhosa. Many such Small groups of singers give themselves fanciful names mostly in English and not in their own vernacular. Topical song (Mbude style).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Muntu olapo (You there, you men, what are you saying?)
- Authors: Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152635 , vital:39325 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-04
- Description: The song continues, "My kness are shaking because my girl has left me." The 'MBUBE' type of singing is sometimes known as 'bombing' a word coined by Zulu and Swati men who originated such songs in Johannesburg. Mbuhe topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nabaya banjibya ekhhaya (There they are, and they are calling me)
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, five Swazi women and 5 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152282 , vital:39242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-13
- Description: The clapping of the hands at the end was done by the cupped hand. Two of the women were wearing special white beads and coiffure to show they were patients of the sangoma. The hair was done in many fine plaits and ochred. Divination song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Demelabantu ungangezwe (Attack, for you are as great as the world)
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152292 , vital:39243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-14
- Description: The sangoma wore a fur hat and feathers. The word, no doubt, in this case was contained by the hills and a few miles outside. Divination song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Inkonjana emnyama (Black swallow)
- Authors: Obed Mazia, Jameson Hlope and Wilton Macabo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Usutu Forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152769 , vital:39340 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-05
- Description: Dance with 2 penny whistles and guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
O Hlahla-gowam (Oh, Hlahla is mine)
- Authors: Obed Mazia, Jameson Hlope and Wilton Macabo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Usutu Forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152774 , vital:39341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-06
- Description: Dance with 2 penny whistles and guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Yemukela Nkosi
- Authors: Participants of the second Lumko music workshop , Zwane, Dumisani , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/392353 , vital:68747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC093a-07
- Description: Swati catholic mass choral hymn accompanied by drumming.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/405094 , vital:70139 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC104a-03
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Decorated shield
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini City not specified sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407490 , vital:70381 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107a-01
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the drum and whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/405186 , vital:70148 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC104b-01
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the whistle and the rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Group songs young men
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407702 , vital:70405 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107b-06
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Nnaphevu utsi Ayehlome
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407643 , vital:70398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107b-02
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Gamas = Immigrants
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini City not specified sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407536 , vital:70386 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107a-05
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the drum and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/405606 , vital:70187 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC104b-05
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by clapping and the whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Pigg's Peak sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407182 , vital:70344 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC106a-13
- Description: A divination song with cupped-hand clapping toward the end.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Sahlaseletiveni
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407679 , vital:70402 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107b-04
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini City not specified sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407598 , vital:70393 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107a-11
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Nomo ungangiloya
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini City not specified sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407571 , vital:70390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC107a-09
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980