The Sound of Africa: The best recordings of 1953 - Osborn Awards
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Osborn Awards , Dr. Tom Osborn Memorial Foundation , French West Africa , Dance , Xylophone , Malinke , Kankan , French Guinea , Chopi Timbila , Musique de Fete , Baoule , Matriachy , Atiegoakro , Flute , Flute Tunes , Nigeria , Drum , Hour glass drum , Kokoro , Congo , Ekonda , Iboko , Singing , Yo-yo-yele yo-yo-le , Friction stick , Likembe , Hand piano , Guitar , Violin , Double bass , Mwana aboyi mama , Lingala , Moslem , Swahili , Khartoum , Violins , Lutes , Flutes , Drums , Love song , The meetong of the Niles , Uganda , Kenya , Dar es Salaam , Northern Rhodesia , Zambia , Ndebele , Zither , Uthando Kwabanye , Lobola , Bride-price , Tonga , Mikonkobelo , Sticks , Drinking song , Muka Nakayongo , Musical bow , Gourd resonator , Mupanza , Nalowa , South Africa , Sotho , Basutoland , Lesotho , Sculpture , International Library of African Music , Anthropology , Giriyama Dance
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15068 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008496 , Reel numbers: BC045, BC046, BC047, BC048
- Description: 13th programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series A of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey on his travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , Broadcast script and original reel recording have different dates, hence the two different dates provided in the date field , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Africa‘s Heritage No. 4: Bantu humour
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Humour , Nuance , Laughter , Tragedy , Nyasaland , Valley of Surprises , A place where you have to pray quickly , Christian , Heathen , Writing , Marimba , The Talkative Woman , Tumbuka , Drum , The Drum is Broken , Onomatopaeia , Bird sounds , Aural observation , Clowning , Miming , Sticks , Train , Engine whistle , Mbira , Hand piano , Church of Sinners , Translations , Fooding , Drinking , Tonga , Cunning , Indignation , Bravado , Story telling , Characterization , Bicycles , Horses , Taxes , Policemen , Magistrate , Courts , Drums , Jonathan Swift , Mukazi Wamulomo , Chinooma Chakubaruka , Shangaan , Kwaya , Ndau , Sitima , Music for the Horse , Music for the Bicycle , Conversation between Politician and Small Girl , Dialogue Whistle and Dogs
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15100 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008528 , Reel number: BC129
- Description: 4th programme in the ‘Africa‘s Heritage‘ Series, about Bantu humour, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Sound of Africa: Divining songs of the Xhosa
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Divining song , Spiritual song , Xhosa women , Xhosa Mpondo men , Traditional music , Kalana , Clapping , Singing , Chief Sigcau, Botha , The Great Place , Mpondo people , Yombela , Psychiatrist , Herbalist , Healers , Diviner song , Mamilambo , Water sprite , Transkei , Blue water lilly , Poetic charm , Sanusi , Isangoma , Witch , Psychic , African diviner , Spirit mediums , Willovale District , Magical beliefs , Nontshinga , Dark cloth , Siyavuma , Amakwenkwe , Icamagu livumile , Gcaleka , Lusikisiki , Grahamstown , Ochre , Beads , Qaukeni Great Place , Bayeza kusasa , Goat skin , Impromptu sketch , King Williams Town , Sanusi Annual Convention , Drum , Diviner's dress , Neophytes , Mthatha , Nonyanya , Recording , Playback
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio Broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15117 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011627 , Reel numbers: BC082, BC083, BC084
- Description: 3rd programme in ‘The Sound of Africa‘ Series III of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Kyarutema
- Authors: Twa musicians of Chief Biniga (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Tutsi dance song , Indigenous folk music , Makondere horns , Drum , Chief Binigas home , Shangugu district , Rwanda
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15427 , MOA30-15 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017733 , MOA30
- Description: Tutsi dance song by Twa musicians of Chief Biniga, with Makondere horns, accompanied by a drum , 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
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Bamurangahe
- Authors: Twa musicians of Chief Biniga (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Imihamilizo Tutsi dance song , Makondera composite horns , Drum , Indigenous folk music , Chief Biniga's home , Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15520 , MOA07-10 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017391 , MOA7
- Description: Imihamilizo Tutsi dance song by Twa musicians of Chief Biniga, with makondera (composite) horns and a drum , 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
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