Hela libenche (Hey, benches)
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162220 , vital:40821 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-05
- Description: "Hey, benches. Hey, lelingoana, benches are just enough for the Chiefs. I have no sister. I swearby stones. I swear by a rock of flint stone. Machache, Makotoko's place, Metolong. Machache is slippery because of the smoothness of the flat stones (slate). Remove your dress from the railway line, vagabond." Metolong, place near Machache. Lengae men's initiation song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kari muchipfuwa kanaziwa ne mwene wako (What is in your heart only yourself can tell)
- Authors: Murira, Madzikuminga, Muzengedza and Madera , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179105 , vital:39866 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-08
- Description: The great volume of sound mabe by the Matebe inside their resonators of large gourds gives a grand impression of what it is like to play in a band of this nature. Party song with three Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira and Murumbi drum).
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- Date Issued: 1959
Kgaka e tswher we ke mutloane Mamonope! (The guinea fowl has been caught by a small dog, Mamonope!)
- Authors: About 20 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Kwena (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Molepolole f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Kwena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162844 , vital:40989 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-12
- Description: Reference to the guinea fowl is common in Tswana songs often in connection with male initiation songs. Party dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Libajele (They have eaten them)
- Authors: Makhooa Mosese and Sotho men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161992 , vital:40745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-02
- Description: The use of the word 'Amen' is not to be taken as religious. Without knowing its meaning, they used it here to indicate the end of the song. "They have eaten them (people) and left nothing except their faces. Seeiso left his Chieftainship place and went to the outlaying villages. Amen!" Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Mokema (Name of a place near Maseru)
- Authors: Mamatela Raphuthing and large group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161908 , vital:40689 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-12
- Description: "Taung Moletsane's place, my home! If I speak, I shall cause sorrow, some would remember things. And I would be bringing back the dead. Women on the Rand are vagrants, they wear shoes without stockings. You can see our mountains in Basutoland. The hawk which dwells on the cliff at Ramalile catches the chickens when they go out to feed." Mokhibo women's knee dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kari muchipfuwa kanaziwa ne mwene wako
- Authors: Madzikaminga, Chigaipa , Muzengedza, Zhogi , Murira, Saini , Madero , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-21
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko f-rh
- Language: Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/251752 , vital:52163 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT588-M60 , Research no. M3E20
- Description: A party song accompanied by matebe dza mondoro mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-21
Handina mwana
- Authors: Hungwe, Pineas , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-12
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/251255 , vital:52107 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT581-M53 , Research no. M3C6
- Description: A personal lament accompanied by chizambi bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-12
Utapinda kau naro
- Authors: Pelembe, Dokodela , Jona, Filipi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Not specified f-mz
- Language: Tswa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250930 , vital:52071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT577-M29 , Research no. M2J1
- Description: Topical song accompanied by braced bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-24
Ungafambi undzisiya katanga
- Authors: Group of young Shangaan men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Nelspruit f-sa
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250210 , vital:51947 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT574-M26 , Research no. M2I4
- Description: A mutshongolo dance song for young men accompanied by a small double bass drum and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-02
Imali yami idliwa yingwababane
- Authors: Five young girls and group of women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-03-25
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Lobamba f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/247343 , vital:51571 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT552-M4 , Research no. M2A10
- Description: Women's dance song, Ukutsamba with clapping and Umsinsi ankle rattles accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-03-25
Handina mwana (I have no child)
- Authors: Pineas Hungwe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154355 , vital:39651 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR081-11
- Description: I have no child. But if you want to see a jackal go along the river bank and you will find a jackal there. Jackal, what killed my child? Jackal, will you be my child? The singer is blind and as with so many blind musicians he lets his fancy roam into poetry. Who and what the jackal might represent can only be conjecture. The lack of a child is a continual source of lamentation among many Africans. Lament with Chizambi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Imale yami idliwa yingwababane (My money has been eaten up by courtesans)
- Authors: Five young girls and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153019 , vital:39373 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-10
- Description: One of the young women performed a dance during this recording. She had rattles made from the dry cocoons of a kind of bag worm found on trees, strapped on her ankles ("Magano" Umsinsi). Ukutsamba, with clapping and ankle rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Atufundi uyanganje
- Authors: Kalemba and a large group of Lunda women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-18
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic Cite Indigene f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/243902 , vital:51201 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT521-L143 , Research no. L3C10
- Description: Indigenous folk song for divination, with singing, intermittent yodelling and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-18
Mukala bwanga
- Authors: Kabanga, Prospere , And friends , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-18
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic Cite Indigene f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/243974 , vital:51209 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT522-L144 , Research no. L3C14
- Description: Indigenous folk song of lament, with singing accompanied by a 10 note chisashi with soundholes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-18
Fulai sinali meya
- Authors: Group of Lozi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-11
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Nchanga mine compound f-za
- Language: Aushi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/196191 , vital:45736 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-485 , Research no. L2Q9
- Description: A topical song about aeroplanes accompanied by a silimba xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-11
Maloma diyi wadikenge leli kufwa
- Authors: Group of Lunda men and women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-11
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Chingola f-za
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240496 , vital:50841 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT486-L107 , Research no. L2Q14
- Description: A kahaku dance song for ceremonies accompanied by rattle and stuck bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-11
We mukashi Namulenga nshakupile kuwama
- Authors: Cileshe, Edmond , His wife , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237962 , vital:50573 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT474-L95 , Research no. L2N7
- Description: Nfukutu dance song with Mumamba mbira bell accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-07
Shandula ngombe
- Authors: Sitende, Moses , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-18
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
- Language: Gitonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/231621 , vital:49908 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT446-L67 , Research no. L2B9
- Description: Indigenous self-delectative folk song with singing, accompanied by a kalimba with a Spider's nest mirliton tin resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-06-18
Pikoko
- Authors: Group of Sotho women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228726 , vital:49593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT432-L53 , Research no. L1X3
- Description: A folk song, accompanied by clapping, about a peacock .
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-28
Kauvele ubona
- Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228552 , vital:49570 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT428-L49 , Research no. L1V7
- Description: A folk song, accompanied by clapping, asking one to appear and look.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-05-24