A Mdoka (Mdoka and the bee sting)
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156225 , vital:39964 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-03
- Description: Some young men came to see the chief who asked each in turn how their homes were. They said they were all alright except for Mdoka who had been stung by a bee on his lips. This gave rise to a song about his misfortune. The others also told the chief their stories including one about the fish they were catching and he sang a canoe song "Kanye Kanye madoda, Kanye kanye haiye." 'A' before a name is the local honorific equivalent of Mister. Story song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Koepe kumowa uwepe (Cassava, sweet cassava)
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156207 , vital:39961 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-01
- Description: The song reflects a party of boys who are camping out beside the lake, sleeping out in the open air. They sing about their cassava which they are cooking and the lake fish which they have caught and prepared and handing it around, in fact a typical boy's party. Phuinu-uwepe is cassava which has been soaked in water for a long time. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Tengulisha (We care for the cattle of others)
- Authors: R. Mzandu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kongwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153542 , vital:39475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-02
- Description: Herd boys are one of Africa's sources of original songs. The life of thee youngsters is full of the intimate knowledge of creatures and their ways. The discomforts of nature and the constant search for food or sweet things. A herd boy's education is second to none at that tender age and the pleasures are never forgotten. They use a well known proverb concerning their food, referring to their work for other people's cattle. "The one who cooks does not eat the food." "We just take care of the cattle, but they belong to other people. The one who cooks does not eat the food. Snakes glide through the meadows, and go into the forests." Herd boy song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Kapeza atauma gaga (We will get home when the food is dry)
- Authors: R. Mzandu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kongwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153533 , vital:39474 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-01
- Description: Herd boys are one of Africa's sources of original songs. The life of thee youngsters is full of the intimate knowledge of creatures and their ways. The discomforts of nature and the constant search for food or sweet things. A herd boy's education is second to none at that tender age and the pleasures are never forgotten. They use a well known proverb concerning their food, referring to their work for other people's cattle. "The one who cooks does not eat the food." "We'll get home when the food is dry. Leave some for me, I will eat it when I come." Herd boy song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Libela (We are going to dance)
- Authors: R. Chimengwa and 5 Kaonde men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Northern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Solwezi f-za
- Language: Kaonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139221 , vital:37716 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-04
- Description: "We are going to dance a great deal today. When I die I will stop dancing. I am proud of my country because I was born there. Now good-bye to you. SHONONGO dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kyabula wa in kande Mpuya (You paddler of the canoe, save me)
- Authors: R. Chimengwa and 5 Kaonde men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Kaonde (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Solwezi f-za
- Language: Kaonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139241 , vital:37718 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-05
- Description: The gist of the song is about a man who was drowning in the river, and he called on all his friends to come and save him. His canoe was drifiting away and he could not swim. This song, they said, was used when going to raid the Lozi tribe manay years ago, before Europeans came to the country in the nineteenth century. Fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ungumpriste ngonaphakade
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352606 , vital:64134 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-19
- Description: Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba and clapping accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Nkosi Nkosi yiba nenceba kuthi
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Singiswa, J. M , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352457 , vital:64117 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-05
- Description: Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Ungumpriste ngonaphakade
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352583 , vital:64131 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-16
- Description: Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Ntsikana's Great Hymn
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352728 , vital:64157 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-11
- Description: Ntsikana's Great Hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof accompanied by the uhadi bow
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Holy God we praise thy name
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352448 , vital:64116 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-04
- Description: Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Title not specified
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352733 , vital:64158 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-12
- Description: Organ solo performed for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Alleluia
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352490 , vital:64121 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-09
- Description: Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Intsimbi kaNtsikana
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352430 , vital:64114 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-02
- Description: Church hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba accompaniment at the beginning and end of the song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Sithandazeleni sithandazeleni
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Manci. P. T., Father , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352535 , vital:64126 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362a-13
- Description: Unaccompanied Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Ungcwele Nkosi
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Singiswa, J. M. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352778 , vital:64163 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-17
- Description: Marimba solo performed for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Sisondela kwiNkosi yethu, siyeza nezipho zethu
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352628 , vital:64136 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-01
- Description: Catholic Mass offertory hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Prayer
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352641 , vital:64140 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-02
- Description: Unaccompanied Catholic Mass sung prayer for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Sibulela kuThixo Halelu haleluya
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352746 , vital:64159 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-13
- Description: Catholic Mass hymn sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba and clapping accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984
Mystery of Faith
- Authors: Queenstown Roman Catholic Cathedral ordination choir of 1984 , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1984
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Queenstown sa
- Language: IsiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/352672 , vital:64151 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC362b-05
- Description: Proclamation of the Mystery of Faith sung for the ordination of Bishop Herbert Lenhof with marimba accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1984