Akazi aku Dowa (The women of Dowa)
- Authors: Pearson Kapeni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153779 , vital:39521 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-02
- Description: "The women of Dowa desire very much to drink beer. Their work indeed is to drink beer. The women of Dowa, their work is to sell flour and flat cakes. And when they get home their marriage is broken. The women of Msoci, their work is to love the market place. And they was on Saturday only. I, Pearson Kapeni have troubles in the country of Dowa. This country hates me, why does it hate me? The reference to washing on Saturday is appreciated when one remembers that Saturday is market day in Dowa when the women put on their best clothes. The song struck home as it was true. Topical song with guitar.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Akazi amachenjera (Women are clever)
- Authors: Five Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160233 , vital:40423 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR097-08
- Description: An old song, now only sung by the older men and danced by the men at drinking parties. This wicked old song was much enjoyed by the singers and by their contemporaries and all the older people around. "Women are very clever, they have their own ways of having fun (with other men). M'kwenda dance with 5 Umkwenda friction sticks.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Akweni (Sister I am tired)
- Authors: Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chadza, Lilongwe District, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153509 , vital:39460 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-22
- Description: The woman reports to her sister-in-law that her husband is not good as he beats her every day. Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Alaina n'kuphika nkhwani (Alaina cooked vegetables)
- Authors: Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160170 , vital:40415 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR097-01
- Description: This kind of dance they say was first introduced into the district by Yao people about 15 years ago in 1940 when it was originally sung in the Yao language from the Fort Johnstone district. But the Chewa girls liked the dance and made up their own words for it. They reflect a young girls growing sense of responsibility towards her domestic duties. "Alaina cooked vegetables, what shall I do for vegetables myself? My mother cooked vegetables, what shall I do for vegetables myself?" Mjiri dance song. Girls evening dances with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Aliyale (Aliyale, the worthless wife)
- Authors: Gatoma with two Chewa lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160134 , vital:40389 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-18
- Description: The story concerns a husband who was complaining about his wife that she was running about with other men. He questions his son about the matter and blames his unfaithful wife for several misfortunes which befell,him, such as a pot of paint falling on him and his children dying. " She has shaved off her hair to make herself beautiful." The Nkacece was at one time a dance at which everybody came well-dressed for the party. He infers that although his wife 'dolled' herself up to look nice, she was still worthless. Sketch with song and clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Alulu kalele mwana
- Authors: Mani Kuenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chadza, Liliongwe, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153338 , vital:39438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-04
- Description: "Alulu, go and nurse the child. When I go to draw water my child is on my back. When I go to fetch firewood, the child is on my back, When I cook, the child is just beside me and may get burnt. I don't want to keep on telling you the same thing. So, Alulu, go and nurse the child. Lullaby.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Amai, Amai, ndikunene eleli (Mother, mother, I will say much to you)
- Authors: Daliya Kafaniza and Manganja women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155802 , vital:39918 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR087-15
- Description: "My mother, mother, I will say much to you. You have taken my child. I myself am only small. You have taken my child. No, you have taken my child, as I say." Chitsukulumwe dance with gourd rattles and clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Amalume (Uncle)
- Authors: Boys of Dedza Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155948 , vital:39934 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-15
- Description: "Uncle, uncle, uncle, drink your beer carefully. They who hate me, Eyae! They would put poison in my beer. Uncle drink your beer carefully." Drinking song.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Amandi phikila kholowa (He cooked me sweet potatoe leaves)
- Authors: Young boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160098 , vital:40383 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-14
- Description: Sweet potatoe leaves are frequently used with monkey nuts as a dish in this region, it is said. There was once a man who went to visit a friend who had many fowls. Now expecting that his friend would kill a fowl and cook it for him, he was very disappointed as his friend only cooked sweet potatoe leaves. When he went back home he began to complain saying he would never forget the meanness of his friend in refusing him a fowl. Nthano story for clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Ameta mpala wamaliro (Shaving the head after a funeral)
- Authors: Gezani Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154056 , vital:39558 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-11
- Description: "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, shave their hair off their heads after the funeral of a relative, although this CHEWA custom is not now observed by younger people. Self delectative song with Sansi.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Amtheka cingondo (They have put the clay hat on)
- Authors: Thawani Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mulvi, Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153365 , vital:39442 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-07
- Description: At the initiation of girls after the girls have been clothed and are taken to the place of initiation the woman officiating puts a heavy clay hat on the girls' head. The girls sing "They have put on the clay hats. Yours, my friend, suits you very well." Initiation song with Bangwe board.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Amuna ali kwanga (The husband I have)
- Authors: Small girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160066 , vital:40378 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-11
- Description: African men are still reluctant to share in the agricultural work of the village. "The husband I have is good at eating, but when I ask him to work in the garden he is always sick." Girls song with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Ana amuna (Young men ought to put on grey trousers)
- Authors: Three young girls of Masula , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158508 , vital:40199 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-05
- Description: Song sung in the late evening after supper just before they go to sleep are a feature of the musical life of the Chewa it would appear. Young women are becoming more dress conscious and demand that their young men dress better. Evening song.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Anagondo tilowe (Anagondo let me in)
- Authors: Livinia Jese and 2 Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156941 , vital:40070 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-15
- Description: This song was sung very quietly. The names are girls names and the singer is outside the door asking to be let in. "Aye, aye, Anangondo let me in, Anangondo aye, aye, aye. Anajere le me in.". Dance song for Chintala women dance.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Anali kudambo Chingodola (Chingodola went to draw water at the marsh)
- Authors: Mavuto Mlanzi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158490 , vital:40197 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-03
- Description: Chingodola went to the marsh to fetch water, then to fetch firewood and after that to look for relish. Her husband was annoyed that she did not come back sooner and began to swear at her and said "Dammit, you are like a 'galo', a dog. Self delectative song with Kalimba.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Ananga kwa amai ndikanenaiyi (My children, what shall I say to my mother)
- Authors: Six elderly women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Tengani, Port Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155757 , vital:39913 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR087-10
- Description: There were certain children of this village who were killed by a lion on their way home and the event was perpetuated in song by the girl who had to break the news to their mother. The players shake their rattles in unison until one gives the sign for the routine to begin. When they complete it and return to the beginning of the verse again. One woman was clapping. Chitsukulumwe dance with gourd rattles and clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Angelo
- Authors: 7 small boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kachere, Dedza, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153560 , vital:39478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-04
- 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." "Oh, Angelo, just smell he relish!" (A vivid picture of small boys with mouths watering). Herd boy song. The setting of this song is familiar to most African villages. Small boys are herding their goats, whistling and calling to them while they sing
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- Date Issued: 1958
Angozo
- Authors: Small girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160124 , vital:40388 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-17
- Description: Who Angoso might have been and what he had done could not be explained, but the song was no doubt founded on fact, and the singing of this song would ensure publicity. "Amgozo (man's name) you are indiscreet. You have not kept out affair private.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Anyilongo (A mere quarrel)
- Authors: Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Vidzumo, Kasungu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153419 , vital:39449 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-12
- Description: "That is a mere quarrel. Let us die now. Those are the troubles of Nyilongo. A Nyilongo, you are angry. What have you to be angry about? I had saved some money. It is in the grain bin." Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Apa mkuti
- Authors: Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Vidzumo, Kasungu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153428 , vital:39450 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-13
- Description: "When you say it is a dog, it is a dog, Mama. My childis a dog, Mama. Bugs! Bugs! Yaya-hole! They bite my child in the hut, Mama. Dori I am tired." Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
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- Date Issued: 1958