Sisi woere hai
- Authors: Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Chipinga f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132060 , vital:36793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-12
- Description: Three topical songs with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Sisi woeri hai
- Authors: Simon Mafiru Sitole , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe city not specified f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/354447 , vital:64377 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4272-1
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Sitimela ga puma e Rhodesia (The train comes from Rhodesia)
- Authors: Young men and boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150428 , vital:38975 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR060-05
- Description: These people belong to the Fingo group but speak Ngqika. Two boy's fighting songs, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Siya hamba
- Authors: Young Xhosa Men , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Soweto, Guateng Province sa
- Language: isiXhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/456629 , vital:75537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC212b-01
- Description: Town dance song with concertina and drum accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Siyahamba (We are going)
- Authors: Midnight stars , Alfred Tafeni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135979 , vital:37322 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR027-10
- Description: "Dudu, my love, we are going. Town dance with dance band.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Siyakulindila utinina? (What are you waiting for?)
- Authors: Group of 14 Ngoni men abd chorus of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs , Songs, Nyanja , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Africa Zambia Fort Jameson f-za
- Language: Nyanja , Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137547 , vital:37536 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR038-12
- Description: The song belongs to "umgubo" or, in Zulu "ihubo" type of regimental singing. They were sung by the Mpezeni regiment, in 1920. The last of the age groups to be called officially a regiment by the Ngoni tribe. Ngoma dance song with stamping and 1 pair of leg rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Siyemboka
- Authors: Balisa Ita Milopa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Mbunda (African people)--Zambia , Luvale (African people) , Luchazi (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk songs, Chokwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mongu f-za
- Language: Mbunda , Subiya , Luvale , Luchazi , Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184078 , vital:44167 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR184-05
- Description: This is a dance peformed at feasts of rejoicing such as the majority of a man on taking over from his dead father, or at the maturity of a girl. The recording was made at the Museum at Livingstone where the performers were engaged as full time musicians to play for the museum visitors. (See also TR67-10). The 'slit drum' was cracked and did not emit the usual clear tone of these gongs. The order of appearance od each instrument is as follows:- The tall conical drum starts: then at 10 seconds the slit drum or gong; at 23 seconds the xylophone; at 37 seconds the friction drum. At the end of the recording at 2m. 37 seconds, the friction drum plays alone. Siyemboka dance with Kajakiri conical drum, Singubu rectangular skit drum, Namalwa friction drum and Silimba xylophone
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Sole, maninga ndaba
- Authors: Group of 4 Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Dilolo f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183409 , vital:43986 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-10
- Description: The singer says he has been away from home for a long time and would like to see his mother again. The title of the song is in the mine patois. The song follows the usual Luvale pattern of long solo passages with the chorus singing in organum. Nostalgic song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Somagwaza (Father of the stabbing)
- Authors: Khotso and Group of Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Praise , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136443 , vital:37377 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-04
- Description: This song is sung in thanks to the Chief when he has killed a beast for them. Praise song with clapping and 5 drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Some aspects of the animal ecology of Rhenosterbos: Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less
- Authors: Shiff, Clive Julian
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Animal ecology -- South Africa , Rhenosterbos
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5880 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013200
- Description: Rhenosterbos, Elytropappus rhinocerotis (L.f.) Less belongs to a purely South African section ot the Compositae. It is restricted to an area of low rainfall which is evenly distributed over the year. The plant is a specialised xerophyte with minute leaves and white pubescent twiglets. Older stems become woody and dry and bear no leaves. The shrubs have a life span of about eight years; the plants are most succulent and luxurious during the third and fourth year, after which they tend to become woody and scraggly. For this investigation insect material was obtained by sweep-net collection and field observation. In the Grahamatown district 78 collections were made during the period March - November 1953, with data thus obtained being embodied in this work. In addition to this, collections were made in the Cradock-Hofmeyer, Uitenhage, Riversdale, Bot River, Swellendam and Stellenbosch districts. Twenty species of insects have been shown definitely to feed on the plant and there are another 13 which probably feed on it. Of the 20 species attached to the plant, 12 are sucking forms belonging to the Orders Homoptera and Hemipters. They include six Coccids, two Jassids a Cercopid, two Mirids and a Pentstomid. The Coleoptera are represented by one or perhaps two species which feed on the plant. The Lepidoptera are represented by two important species of moth, a Geometrid and a Pyralid. Four species of gall forming Diptera are associated with the plant. There are two species of Trypetidae which are responsible for piriform swellings of growth points and are distributed evenly throughout the bush. There are also two Cecidomyidae one of which develops in the growth points of the shoots and is responsible tor a minute tubular gall. The other develops in a fusiform stem gall. This latter gall has been shown to be more common on smaller bushes than on larger ones, implying that the adult female may show certain selective powers during oviposition. The size of the insect population is held in check by spiders mantids and other general predators. There are several Coccinellids which prey on the scale insects. Rhenosterbos supports a small, well regulated community of insects. The balance between plant and animal is very dellcate because of the high degree of specialisation of the plant. On occasions this balance has been known to break down, and the insects present in abundance have swamped and killed large patches of the plant.
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- Date Issued: 1957
Studies on the biology of ants associated with citrus trees
- Authors: Myers, N J
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Citrus -- Diseases and pests -- Biological control -- South Africa , Ants -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:5869 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012923
- Description: Several ant species may be associated with the same honeydew producing insect in citrus orchards. Recently antagonism and competition between two such ants were reported from Letaba. This report stimulated the present study, the purpose of which is to ascertain which ant species are most numerous in citrus orchards ln the Eastern Cape Province; the reasons for these ants being able to occupy orchards; and, finally, their relationships. A survey of the Sundays River Valley and the Fish River Valley revealed that three species - Anoplolepis custodiens Smith, Anoplolepis steingroeveri Forel, and Pheidole megacephala Fabricius - were commonly found in citrus orchards in association with Soft Brown Scale insects. The territorial relationships of these ants were determined by plotting their distribution at intervals for over a year. It was found that this distribution could be correlated with seasonal climatic conditions, the effects of farming practices, brood rearing requirements and behavioural differences between the three species. The ant, A.steingroeveri, had not been previously studied, and since foraging is an integral part of territorial behaviour, some aspects of its biology, and more especially its foraging activity, were investigated to compare it with the known biology of the other two species. Observations on the foraging activity of A. steingroeveri were made at monthly lntervals for almost a year, and correlated with climatic conditions prevailing at the time. Some seasonal and dally variations in foraging behaviour could not be readily explained in terms of the effects of temperature and humidity on the ants. Other factors, includ1ng trophallactic stimulation and overcast skies, were found to influence ant activity. Owing to the apparent lack of information in the literature and possibility of periodic honeydew production by Soft Brown Scale insects controlling ant activity was investigated in the laboratory. The results of this study showed that it was not likely that honeydew excretion restricted the activity of the ants. Several investigators have also found that many interrelated climatic factors correlated with ant foraging behaviour, but have expressed dissatisfaction at not being able to reach the crux of the matter. To clarify the issue a constant temperature chamber was constructed in which a colony of Crematogaster ants was housed and the ants were subjected to a series of temperatures at different humidities, all other factors were eliminated or kept constant. The effects of these two factors on the thermokinetics and foraging activity of the ants were registered. This thesis contains several sections and at the end of each the results are discussed in the light of the available literature and comparisons are drawn between the species under investigation. The main results are given in the summary. After the summary two appendices are included. One is an attempt to compare the effect on ant size of the honeydew diet of orchard colonies with the proteinaceoue diet of veld ants. The other appendix is an experiment to control citrus ants with an insecticide.
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- Date Issued: 1957
Subiya
- Authors: Muimui Nasirere , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Lozi (African people) , Africa Zambia Mongu district f-za
- Language: Lozi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152080 , vital:39211 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR067-12
- Description: The player has worked in a store in Livingstone for 5 years. He comes from Lyatolo village near Mongu in Barotseland. The mirliton would not stick onto the hole in the board, so he plugged it up with paper. The tuning of the instrument:- 276, 256, 224, 210, (188), 174, (154), 138. Self-delectative song with Kangombio mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Subiya
- Authors: Muimui Nasirere , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Lozi (African people) , Africa Zambia Mongu district f-za
- Language: Lozi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152084 , vital:39210 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR067-12
- Description: The player has worked in a store in Livingstone for 5 years. He comes from Lyatolo village near Mongu in Barotseland. The mirliton would not stick onto the hole in the board, so he plugged it up with paper. The tuning of the instrument:- 276, 256, 224, 210, (188), 174, (154), 138. Self-delectative song with Kangombio mbira.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Takundambi kumulumi wako (Never mention me to your husband)
- Authors: Blakufus Simukolo and "White" Korio , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138270 , vital:37618 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-15
- Description: "I cannot marry a Luvale girl, or a Shona, because they put on ties. Their only duty is to cut grass, therefore I cannot marry a woman like that." Both singers were full of good beer. Two notes. 416 and 228 vs. Instrument stopped by the left thumb pressed against the longer section of the string at approximately 3 inches from the straining wire. Party song with Kalumbo bow. One-stringed, gourd resonated, struck with reed.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Takundambi kumulumi wako (Never mention me to your husband)
- Authors: Blakufus Simukolo and "White" Korio , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138279 , vital:37617 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-15
- Description: "I cannot marry a Luvale girl, or a Shona, because they put on ties. Their only duty is to cut grass, therefore I cannot marry a woman like that." Both singers were full of good beer. Two notes. 416 and 228 vs. Instrument stopped by the left thumb pressed against the longer section of the string at approximately 3 inches from the straining wire. Party song with Kalumbo bow. One-stringed, gourd resonated, struck with reed.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tamanangu (Give me water)
- Authors: Edward Panisi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139059 , vital:37700 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-11
- Description: This was performed by a small boy of about 11 or 12 years old, who is clearly already cut out to be a musician and leader of dances. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tamba mutshakata
- Authors: Vho Musandiwa , Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/406027 , vital:70229 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT15-KV4-KV1H1C
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tamulela bantu baKuno
- Authors: Justine Mwamba , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kasamba f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183762 , vital:44066 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-12
- Description: "You people of this country do not come and share our mourning." Simple song, not unlike the preceeding childrens verses in style. This song is sung in the unmistakeable style of the Bemba people, in organum of thirds, which appear to be slightly sharp of tempered thirds. Drinking song, with 1 conical drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tandabala (Name of a man)
- Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
- Language: Lozi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139756 , vital:37779 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-05
- Description: This song, they said, is sung normally by women at the end of a girl's initiation period - a time when songs mentioning taboo subjects are not frequently found in African societies. It appears that the use of a guitar in a song of this nature is unusual. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tapali ataleya Ka mumbo (Is there anyone going to my home)
- Authors: Group of 11 Aushi men. , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Kalela (Dance) , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Aushi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134376 , vital:37136 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-11
- Description: This group came from the swamps near lake Bangwelu and belonged to the Lumbo section of the Aushi tribe. Kalela dance song with 3 bass drums, cylindrical, laced, 2 wooden beaters each, double-headed.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957