Traditional Songs
- Authors: Group Performance , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Nambia Gobabis sx
- Language: Rukwángali
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/327985 , vital:61177 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC301b-08
- Description: Music Workshop
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981
Kwebembera Omukama
- Authors: The Ntimbo Royal drummers (Performer) , Yohana Nyakayonga (Composer)
- Subjects: Indigenous music , Drum rhythms , Ntimbo , Drums , Flute , Nsegu , Kikali , Hoima , Bunyoro district , Uganda
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15406 , MOA29-10 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017712 , MOA29
- Description: Drum rhythm tune accompanied by 3 Ntimbo drums , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
- Full Text: false
Ha rere Amen re go rorisa
- Authors: Composer Not Specified , Epukiro Folk , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1981-05-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Nambia Epukiro f-sx
- Language: Tswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/262272 , vital:53500 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DD031-21
- Description: Indigenous music, Church Songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1981-05-02
Helele nani nzovela
- Authors: Mwanahasha with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kalenga f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174990 , vital:42528 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-05
- Description: "Even if you divorce me and leave me alone, I will still be able to look after myself." Women songs, injuctions to young women upon getting married. In Africa the women must be increasingly independent of her fickle and self indulgent man. Kuduo dance song for wedding ceremonies with clapping..
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Awe, iee, sankha wekha (Choose, yourself)
- Authors: Petros Samalaboma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mzuzu, Northern Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154009 , vital:39553 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-06
- Description: The meaning of the song is not clear. The Kubu bow is a simple tall bow (56 inches) held vertically and strained near the lower end, the main segment of the string being 40 inches long. It has a gourd resonator. The player struck the long segment only, stopping it with the point of his first finger and with his thumb. Self delectative song with musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Musingasinga yakora egali
- Authors: Misaki Muswankuli , Ruli men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda city not specified f-ug
- Language: Nyoro
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/296519 , vital:57462 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP1948-XYZ5358b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1947
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: language not specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/348231 , vital:63618 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4102-4
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1947
Title not specified
- Authors: Lumko church choir for Silver Jubilee of father Oswald and father Fritz , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Lumko sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/412624 , vital:70951 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC128b-09
- Description: Unaccompanied Catholic hymn in celebration of a Silver Jubilee.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Pygmees manbuti
- Authors: performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa The Democratic Republic of Congo City not specified f-cg
- Language: language not specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/257615 , vital:52865 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR3776 , 5a
- Description: A folk song accompanied by shaker
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000-00-00
Nyankabila, mama we
- Authors: Peter Manyanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shanga f-tz
- Language: Rundi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172793 , vital:42283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-12
- Description: "Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the instrument, they say has been introduced from Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda) to the west. The shape of its resonating box is distinctive, the lower end being arched and concave, in place of the more usual plan rectangle. The scale was:- 600, 528, 464, 396, 368, 300. Self delectative song, with Ikembe Likembe, 10 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Marhaban sheikhlwa dhifa
- Authors: Sheik Mohammed Bin Isa with Arab/Swahili boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
- Language: Arabic
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179999 , vital:43290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-13
- Description: Chant in praise of Allah. It is commonly believed by Mohammedans that by constantly repeating the name of the a dead Sheik you could see him in a vision. The capacity for "seeing" eidetic images is found all over the world. This kind of 'grunting' is found in many African tribes who have experienced the influence of Mohammedanism. It is also used among the Xhosa of the transkei although they are said to have left East Africa about 400 years ago and have no trace of that religion today. Praise of Allah.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Langa lashona
- Authors: Son of Chief Mhlolutini, Nganzakwenye Shandu (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Music--South Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Zulu , Africa South Africa Mahlabatini f-sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133112 , vital:36936 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR010-12
- Description: self-delectative song with Makhweyana musical bow
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Odhanga igulogulo
- Authors: Kyotalye Wakabi , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kampala f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/328195 , vital:61199 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP3125-XYZ7351a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Alleluia from the Zimbabwe Mass
- Authors: New African Church Choir , Composer Not Specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1978
- Subjects: Folk music , Church music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ciskei f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/288608 , vital:56515 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC002b-05
- Description: New African Church Hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1978
Iyo mbira haina nemuswe
- Authors: Kenneth Mataka , Bantu Actors , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe city not specified f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/395104 , vital:69048 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0894-C6G5
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Sauti za Malimba II
- Authors: Ngayamiso Kitunga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172933 , vital:42298 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-04
- Description: Tunes played at weddings. The instrument was new and the notes not well hammered so the tone of the instrument was not as good as it might have been. Nevertheless the music is attractive. The tuning from left to right was:- 448, 372, 320, 244, 208, 168, 122, 244, 284, 336, 372, 416, 488 giving a heptatonic scale of:- 488, 448, 416, 372, 336, 320, 284, 244 vs. These items were recorded at Itetemia, the village of Chief N. S. Fundikira. Wedding tune, with Malimba Likembe.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Lolo mtwanami
- Authors: Shabangu, Justina , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Mbabane sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/406498 , vital:70279 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC106a-06
- Description: Traditional Siswati lullaby, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Sitelele izinja
- Authors: Dick Ncube , Samson Ncube and Enoch Chuma , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Bulawayo f-rh
- Language: Ndebele
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/346546 , vital:63403 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4015-1015a
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Country not specified city not specified f-
- Language: Langauge not specified
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/354026 , vital:64318 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4335-2b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Nanga nigiye (If I can dance)
- Authors: Timeyo Muandila and his wife , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mbelwa f-mw
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160853 , vital:40554 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-11
- Description: The Ngoni fighting traditions still linger on in this district although all the organisation has vanished. The Chief is still called 'Inkosi' and they greet hum with 'Bayete'. The Gubu bow in Natal is a large unstressed bow held vertically with the left hand near the lower end and beaten with a light stick. The string is stopped with the backs of the first and second fingers of the left hand. It is still foumd in the Zululand played by elderly people only and undoubtedly came up to Nyasaland with the Ngoni invasion of Jiri and Gomani clans in the early part of the 19th century. The solo dance 'ukugiya' performed by Zulu or Ngoni men in front of the line of dancers, is usually acompanied by the recitation of declamation of the dancers personal praises, on important personal right. Fighting sonf with Gubu musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958