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Mabulo andeke (The wings of the aeroplane)

  • Authors: Samuel Musange , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138599 , vital:37654 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-01
  • Description: For this dance all the drums are played with sticks and not with hands. The Masabe is danced when a diviner is consulted or called in for a sick person. Msabe dance song with 3 drums. (Mgogo: open, pegged and played with sticks. Masunta and Mpati, open, pegged and played with hands.)
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Madanga ende kujero

  • Authors: Shengwe Mashowa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Maceques f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181750 , vital:43764 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR176-07
  • Description: The player was about 300 miles from his home district working on the construction of the Kariba dam on the Zambezi river. "Scoop up water for your mother for she is very thirsty. It is your mother who asks." The Ndau Mbira has three manuals but this example has only two, tuned from right to left in descending order. Self delectative song with Mbira dza WaNdau, tin resonator and 26 notes
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Maelele Mapengo

Maga kumaziyanziya

Mahobahobo (The weaver-bird)

Mahobahobo (The weaver-bird)

  • Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Willowvale f-sa
  • Language: Xhosa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136082 , vital:37335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR028-05
  • Description: The women listened very intently to the playback of their song and laughed when the baby's voice was heard in the recording. Self-delectative song with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Maikele pafuamu (I once settled on a farm)

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Drinking songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135281 , vital:37254 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-04
  • Description: He sings he once wanted to settle on a new farm, but there were so many people who came to advise him, that in the end he was confused and did not do the right thing and his efforts to farm were a failure. Every morning a wagtial sat on the roof of his house and asked him when would he have a child? He considers this most unfortunate because not only had his farm failed, but a bird spoke to him in his own language. The singer became blind just when he began to walk as a child. Tuning of he instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mailo nkaya (Tomorrow I'll be going)

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe and 4 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Drinking songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135315 , vital:37257 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-05
  • Description: A certain man was divorcing his wife because she was too talkative. "Before I go away, he sings, I will beat you because you are as stupid as your father." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Maitumbe (Rapture)

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe and his wife , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135247 , vital:37251 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-03
  • Description: "we are musicians and although some of our words sound a little romantic, our purpose is not to seduce women but to entertain everyone." Most of what he sings is in an old-fashioned Bemba and not readily translatable. The performer is blind, and has been since he was a child, going blind shortly after he learnt to walk, he said. Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Ndelema dance song-Greeting song with Mumamba mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

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

Maiyongwe (The owl's eggs)

  • Authors: Joseph Munyeme and friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138261 , vital:37616 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-14
  • Description: "The owl's eggs have flown up. Now has anyone else ever seen such a thing? Ho, ho, ho! I am the only person who has ever seen owl's eggs flying." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Humorous song with Kankowela mbira, with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Makonzo wakafa munguwa muno

Makwarela na Petrus

Malala (The powerful back)

  • Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138143 , vital:37598 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-03
  • Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Malala wabila (Malala is crying)

  • Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138535 , vital:37647 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-05
  • Description: "Malala is crying because she wants a baby. The wife of the headman has run away from her husband, because she has never had a child." Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). The 1st was open, pegged and played with a stick. The 2nd and 3rd, open and pegged, and played by hands.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mali yoi -yoi-ile

  • Authors: S. Kaseya and A. Kabamba and group of Kanyoka men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kandakanda f-cg
  • Language: Kanyoka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134458 , vital:37157 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-03
  • Description: "When those people (Kasai or Luba) on the other side of the river hear us singing so well, they want to come and cut our throats." The river appears to be either the Bushimaie or the Lubilashi, which are said to separate the Kanyoka tribe from the Luba and other tribes. Masamba dance with 2 guitars, 3 goblet drums, 2 basket rattles and 1 piece of metal.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Malilela imango ingasiyo yako

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