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Wanijalila kuwaya (He has pushed out to a bad place)

  • Authors: D. Phiri , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Henga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa, Mzimba District f-rh
  • Language: Tumbuka/Henga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156291 , vital:39972 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-10
  • Description: "A bad place, he had trapped me in a bad place. Men have given me disease. Men deceive, they have deceived me with money. They gave me a venereal disease. It has finished the children in my home. I sit down and dream of Miliam." This lament is perhaps a strange basis for a dance except as an extension of the thought in dance drama, the equivalent of religious dancin, the extension of the music into movement. Dance song.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Gulu wangu (My dog)

  • Authors: Chikaku and friend , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota District, Nyasaland f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153942 , vital:39539 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-14
  • Description: There was once a man who went hunting and caught a buck. He gave the liver and innards to his mother-in-law to cook. She not only cooked them but ate them all herself and tried to hide the fact from her son-in-law who sang to his dog. "Galu wanga, galu wanga n'kamanga. Wanimana matumbo apatsa mkomweni wa lero kamangeni galu." "My dog, my dog, I am going to tie my dog to a tree so that he never goes again to hunt in the bush." "They have not given me the innards, they have given the meat to another. Son-in-law " Go and tie your dog to a tree." Story and song with clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Angozo

Pinda Zimshaya (Hit him again)

Sukumuphendula. Part I (Stand up and reply)

  • Authors: Large group of Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152938 , vital:39364 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-01
  • Description: It is customary to perform this in a wheeling movement before dismisal. It used to be an old regimental custom but is now done when a piece of work is finished as an indication they are now dispersing. "Sukumuphendule we mntaka mahlokohla kudumi nganeno kuking u sebuza abephumanga phesheya. Uligabazi lenjobo kabephumesi godlwe ni vuma kushwi nkhuyanje nkondho tindhwuna taka gwa ne tiphacumu tsethoo." "Stand up and reply (Sebuza) you, son of Mahlokohla. Cannons are firing for King Sebuza, when coming from overseas. You (Sebuza) know how to dance when you come from the palace. We say, Agree! The indunas of Swaziland disagree with these laws." This chant refers to Subuza's visit to England for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and was composed to greet him on his return. Ukuhlehla walking and running song.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Opela utumiza (Though you give me cloth)

Manja ndi kapolo (Hands are slaves)

Kacaso wabotolo (Spirits from the bottle)

  • Authors: 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 Kotakota f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja/Chewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160043 , vital:40374 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-08
  • Description: The simple facts of life like the 'hotness' of chillies or the strength of liquor is quite enough to establish a dance melody. The women of this region appear to have a distinctive and separate musical life. "Brandy from the bottle I do not drink because I find it too hot for me." Chillies are sometimes added to the drink as flavouring. Kacaso, it was explained, meant any strong drink and from the women's point of view this also included bottled beer. Chintala dance.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Nkamuona nkadamphwetheka (If I see him I will hurt him)

Cinan'gomba (The Eagle)

  • Authors: Jason Kafunda and Chewa 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 Mwadzama, Kotakota, Central Nyasaland f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153971 , vital:39549 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-02
  • Description: A child hunting mice dug a hole and found an eagle inside. The bird told him not to tell his mother that he had found him. As the boy was on his way home the bird sang his song. When he met his mother she asked him why the bird was singing. The boy answered "Because I dug it out". The singing chased the bird until it was tired, so she caught it and killed it. S. "Cinang'omba cinang'omba coyaya ine, CH. Siico cinang'omba. S. Mwanawe, usakanene kwa amako kuti yaye Cimbalame ca banga pa msana ye. CH. Siico cinang'omba." "There is the eagle, there is the eagle. You, child, do not tell your mother that you have seen the eagle with spots on his back." Story and song (Nthanu)
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  • Date Issued: 1958

A) Kazima (Wait for me) B) I-e-e Gumbwa Gumbwa (How alike things are) C) Mee Mbuzi Mee (My Shephard) D) Amanu (Temper, temper)

  • Authors: Young boys and 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, Central Nyasaland f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153320 , vital:39435 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-02
  • Description: Sung by boys and girls in their separate sleeping huts before falling asleep. Verses such as these are the heritage of most African tribes. a) "Kazima, wait for me, please wait for me. There is some meat on the roof. (I have something to tell you). There is something on the path. There is meat on the roof. b) "I-i-i! How alike things are!. The people here are clever. They visit secretly, so... The meat has gone away. With whom shall I walk? The story is told, so... To whom shall I walk?" c) "My shephard is dead, he striped and fell. Oh dear, oh dear. The goat cries 'me-e-e!" d) "Where has the mother gone? Where is she? She has gone to Malambo. What has she gone for? She has gone to buy millet. What will she do with it? She will make beer. (etc.) Verses are made up as they go along. 4 Children's verses.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Najele (The beads around your neck, Najele)

Misonzi (Tears)

  • Authors: Five 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/10962/156986 , vital:40075 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-18
  • Description: It appears quite usual for the women to take a lament as a theme for their dance songs. The sorrow of a woman who has no one to sing with her is a case in point. "There is no friend of mine whom I can sing with. I can sing like a guitar. I have tucked my jacket into my skirt. I cry, having no friend of mine to sing wth." Chintala women dance song.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Nasi indoda ingishaya (My husband beats me)

  • Authors: Five young women and group of men , 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/10962/153010 , vital:39372 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-09
  • Description: The women perform this dance after work or after bringing back the reeds to repair the village palings. These palings are well made with four horizontal strips tied with a woven grass cord (Lutinzi). Ukutsamba, with clapping and ankle rattles.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Amalume (Uncle)

Zanse na Tengani afuna mapass (Everything at Tengani needs a pass)

  • Authors: George Zongoloti and small girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mpatsa, Port Herald f-rh
  • Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:39905 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR087-02
  • Description: The song is sung partly in Sena and partly in Mangyanja. The drummer sitting on the ground with his drum on his thighs moves the drum on and off his chest by raising and lowering the tips of his feet with heels on the ground. This has the necessary tonal effect when moving the drum half an inch or so only. The singer, George Zongoloti is singing about his troubles. If he wants to go to Southern Rhodesia he has to come Chief Tingami for a pass. If he wants to fish, another pass. Even to make a canoe, he needs a pass. Now he is going back to Portuguese territory over the border because there you can do what you like without a single pass, just what you like! Topical song with Nthikwi drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Tiye Mlongo (Let us go sister)

Ah la la Mama

  • Authors: Mpunyuka Madonsela , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Bremersdorp District f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152686 , vital:39331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-09
  • Description: "No woman is any better than any other woman. The only difference is whether you love them or not." This piece of homely philosophy no doubt reflects far more than a merely personal opinion. Topical song with concertina.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958

Pita uko (Together)

O Jele

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