Chaminuka teera wamwe (Chaminuka follows others)
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180241 , vital:43341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-13
- Description: Chaminuka is the name given to a whole line of religious prophets who for many generations led the spiritual life and thoughts of the Karanga people. One of the Chaminuka prophets is said to have smitten the waters of the Zambezi so that the river parted. The Karanga people came over dry foot. His soul, they say, first flew across the river in the form of a dove. Towards the end of the song, the singer breaks into the local patois, representing a conversation between him and a 'Mujoni'. a policeman on a horse. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
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- Date Issued: 1949
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.
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- Date Issued: 1958
Du-du-du
- Authors: Mukomondera Moyo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Zaka f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181585 , vital:43749 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-17
- Description: Du-du-du is the sound of pounding. "At my home I did not do this work" says the young bride. Story song
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- Date Issued: 1951
Godo (Bones)
- Authors: Esteri Shumba and 4 Karanga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Takawarasha, Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154649 , vital:39758 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-18
- Description: The singer is married to a chief. She goes around asking her fellow wives what part of the animal they received the last time a beast was killed. One says "We're all in the same bag, whats the good of being married to a chief? When he gives all the best meat to his favourite wife and only gives us bone?"
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- Date Issued: 1958
Tambara ndikutumbure munzwa iwe (Stretch out your leg so that I can take out the thorn in your foot)
- Authors: Saimoni Mashoka and three women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Buhera f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180212 , vital:43333 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-10
- Description: "Chiremba abaie ngoma" "The diviner has done a good thing." (idiomatic expression). Dance song for Shangara dance for men and women with Njari (Mbira).
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- Date Issued: 1949
Murumi wakaenda ku Harari (The man who went to Harari (Salsibury))
- Authors: Tonga married women , 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 District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179134 , vital:39871 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-13
- Description: The story concerns a husband who went off to work at Harari (Salisbury) and spent three years there. But when he came back he only brought to his wife an empty sack or a hat or just paper only, or a mouse skin, or a mole. In factnothing of value at all! Story song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Dendera Jikwa
- Authors: Raimon Jaket , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Melsetter f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181558 , vital:43746 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-14
- Description: The otes were produced by the peerformer drawing his breath in past tha Ilala string of the bow, forming the notes at the same time with the fingers of his left hand. Self delectative song with Chizambi friction bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Rungano
- Authors: Wambai , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154545 , vital:39745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-07
- Description: Self delectative song with Chipendani bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Tiende Serukwe
- Authors: unknown , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Folk songs, Ndau , Ndau (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Chipunga f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181834 , vital:43773 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR176-16
- Description: Self delectative song, with Mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Munyepi
- Authors: Manyoni Zhou and Simoni Mashoko Shawa plus 2 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Chilimanzi f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181453 , vital:43735 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-05
- Description: A cheerful little melody for Shangara which is a popular step dance in the Southern part of Southern Rhodesia. "Follow after me, and if you can catch up with me you are a liar." The player refers to his skill as a muscian and challenges others to play as well as he. Song for the Shangara dance with two Njari Mbira, one with 33 notes, one with 31 notes.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Zuwa woye
- Authors: Manyika Highlanders (group of singers at St. Augustine's Mission, Penhalonga) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1951
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Mutasa f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180708 , vital:43605 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-13
- Description: "The sun, the sun! The drumming pleases the people." A threshing song of a style heard in most Shona villages in the late autumn. As it was raining at the time it was recorded inside one of the school rooms, the singers on the floor in imitation of the sound of threshing. Threshing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1951
Ai-ye! Nzara yakabora (Ai-ye! Famine has come)
- Authors: Young Tonga men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- 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/10962/179125 , vital:39861 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-05
- Description: The reed pipe players both sang and blowed their pipes alternately each having a distinct part in the complex whole. This recording omitted the usual drum accompaniment for clarity's sake only. Gororombe dance with 4 sets of end blown pipes, rattles and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ndozofa (I shall die)
- 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/10962/154346 , vital:39650 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR081-10
- Description: I shall die here in the wilds far from my father and mother, or any of my family. Lament with Chizambi musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Madzimure (Put out the fire)
- Authors: Mutuwenga Shawa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154611 , vital:39754 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-14
- Description: The Njari was made of Mukwarambiwa wood. Party song with Njari (Mbira) and a drum and leg rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Dududu, ndakaringo
- Authors: Duma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Zaka f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180511 , vital:43396 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-09
- Description: This song, taken from part of a story, is typical of the style among the Karanga. The story contains many references to animals and birds, but the full story is not known. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Zimbige II
- Authors: Tawagaza Sibanda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Shona, Karanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154503 , vital:39740 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-02
- Description: The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand. The Njari is the traditional instrument of the district having originated from the Buhera district further north over two centuries ago, when it began to displace an older variety called the Mbira-dza-Midgimu. This is an instrumental recording only. Self delecatative song with Njari (Mbira).
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- Date Issued: 1958
Shokora ndinozwa mumba muno (Pound the grain, I am listening inside here)
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande and his wife , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180231 , vital:43335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-12
- Description: The Shangara dance has enjoyed many years of popularity amongst the younger generation. Its pronunciation is unusual being Shangara and not as one might have expected Shangara. It is swiftly moving step dance performed by each of the dancers in turn. The singer remarks among other things on the expense involved if you visit a town. Dance song for Shangara dance for me and women with Njari (Mbira).
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- Date Issued: 1949
Chisisi zano rine godo
- Authors: M. Runesu Gumbo , 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/10962/154159 , vital:39615 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR080-06
- Description: This singer makes up all his accompaniments for his humorous songs and sketches which are in the true line of rombe minstrel material. "Little sister, your idea is a jealous one. I go fetch firewood, you brought back ants. I go to the stream, you brought back dirty water, I go pound, you grind very coarsely, I go to cook, you cook undercooked food, I go to cut, you cut off to much, I go to take relish, you make it all dirty, I go to work in the fields, you go for young men, I go to wash clothes, you remain dirty, Little sister, your idea is a jealous one. Chisisi is taken from the English word 'sister' with the Karanga dimunitive 'chi'. Story song with Mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ndoende Sinoia
- Authors: Simon Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181780 , vital:43767 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR176-10
- Description: Simon Sitole from Mt. Selinda was working in a native carpenter's shop in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The town of Sinoial is a hundred miles or so to the west of Salisbury and about 300 miles from the singer's home. "I go to Sinoia because my home is too far away." Topical song with Mbira dza WaNdau
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Chomusikana Mandega I (The Girl, Mandega)
- Authors: Boys of Domboshawa Government School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180275 , vital:43348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-01
- Description: Physical training at this school was done to the accompaniment of several well known folk songs. The team of boys was supplied with dumbells made of blue gum wood which they clap together. The drummer and song leader stand in front of the clas setting the pace. The whole is converted into a kind of dance routine. Physical training song, with Mutumba drums and dumbbells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949