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Tina gambe Biti Mwenye (Let us talk, Miss Mwenye)

- Egesi Londoni, Hugh Tracey

Kalilole

- Linilesi Sadiki with Yao girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Linilesi Sadiki with Yao girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music
  • Language: Yao
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154793 , vital:39776
  • Description: One day little boys went into the forest to play. There they found a big bird which asked them to sing a song the bird wanted to hear, so they went back to the village and consulted their parents about this. After hearing the song from the parents the little boys went back to the forest and sang the song which satisfied the big bird Kalilole. Story song.
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Mancawa we ndumo

- Gordoni Mwale and Tumbuka and Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Gordoni Mwale and Tumbuka and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Zulu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160916 , vital:40561
  • Description: A song of rejoicing after killing a lion. Note the way in which the pitch of the song continually rises. The solos in the song are normally accompanied by 'Nkugiya' pas seul, after the Zulu fashion. The words of the song appear to have lost their meaning and the singers could not enlighten us. The melody must be an old and authentic one, brought up with the Jiri people from Zululand in the early 1800's. Hunting song (after the hunt).
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Ngonile baba (I am mistaken father)

- Timeyo Muandila and his wife, Hugh Tracey

Nguluwe

- Irene Mukunga with Yao girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Irene Mukunga with Yao girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music
  • Language: Yao
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154802 , vital:39777
  • Description: A wild pig was eating fish, this was strange, so they decided to chase the pig. The girls in turn circle round each other. The higher and lower notes of the clapping are made by clapping both along and across the hands, Likwata dance song with clapping.
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Nkono Liyande

- Linilesi Sadiki with Yao girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Linilesi Sadiki with Yao girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music
  • Language: Yao
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154784 , vital:39775
  • Description: Once upon a time there lived a giant which had one leg, one arm and one of everything. The giant had a son who was born and grew in one day. The sons name was Apaka. One day Apaka went to play with his friends and came back singing so that the mother would let him in and here is the song, "Mbugulire mama, kaindeindei yate eja, Ndine Apaka, kaindeindei yate eja." A hyena learnt this song so that when he sang it to Apaka's mother she would open for him. Apaka's mother did not let the hyena in. She knew the voice was different from that of Apaka although it was the same song. Nkonoliyande was the giants name. Story song.
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Oyo oyo wanize

- The seven wives of the Chief, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: The seven wives of the Chief , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Zulu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160907 , vital:40560
  • Description: The women, the members of the brides party depart and they wish the bride 'goodbye'. The song long associated with the Zulu wedding custom in Natal but separated by over 100 years and a thousand miles, show how persistent and nostalgic old songs can be in a strange land inhabited by African 'colonials'. Wedding song.
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Sinibonani mtimba (Good morning bride)

- The seven wives of the Chief, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: The seven wives of the Chief , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Zulu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160898 , vital:40559
  • Description: The spokesman of the bridegroom presents his man, and the women sing their acceptance of him, sitting on the ground. The song ends with 'Bayete' (hail). The song long associated with the Zulu wedding custom in Natal but separated by over 100 years and a thousand miles, show how persistent and nostalgic old songs can be in a strange land inhabited by African 'colonials'. Wedding song.
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Uya muona Mbelwa (You will see my Chief Mbelwa)

- Timeyo Muandila, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Timeyo Muandila , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Zulu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160862 , vital:40555
  • Description: This Gubu bow seems to be related to the Zulu 'Ugubu' in name, but Natal would be called Makweyena. The bow was tuned to two fundamental notes 93 and 74 vs. with a stopped note of 98 vs. It was 5 ft. 7 inches long and the stopped note was produced by pressing the knuckle of the second finger of the right hand onto the string. "You have seen a young man waering feathers." Praise song with Gubu stressed musical bow.
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Uyalelano (What are you crying for?)

- Timeyo Muandila and his wife, Hugh Tracey

Yo baba ngonile

- TXkama, the head wife (Inozikasi) and the seven Ngoni wives of the Chief, Hugh Tracey

Amaliza

- Batwa women, Hugh Tracey

Bamurangahe

- Twa musicians of Chief Biniga, Hugh Tracey

Baryaningwe wa Ntwali

- Sekivura, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Sekivura , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people)
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148773 , vital:38772
  • Description: Baryaningwe, son of Ntwali. "I, professional thief, I went to a place called Ruagi and stole a cow, but the owner saw me just as I was driving it out. So I was caught. I was taken into a hut and tied up. In my misery, I was asked for an Inanga zither and began to sing. I sang so well that the women and children begged for my release. I was freed but I did not know that my fellow-thieves had gone to tell my family what had happened. So whilst I was singing to all these people my relatives came to my help and my enemies spell-bound by my singing were taken unawares and thus I escaped. Legend. Recitative to instrumental accompaniment with Inanga trough zither.
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Benimana

- Batwa women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148881 , vital:38782
  • Description: "May the Omwami go in peace, may he prosper and be with God." The Batwa are Pigmoids and the court singers were drawn from their ranks. In this instance the women were all wives of potters, pottery being one of the Twa crafts. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
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Hahirwa Nyiramibambwe

- Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people)
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148726 , vital:38767
  • Description: This song, used as a lullaby, is in praise of the present Omwami Mutara's grand mother, and recounts her life, her childhood and girlhood, through its various stages till her death. She was both good and beautiful, say the singers. The queen mother's influence at the courts of the Mwami used to be considerable and was only broken by the Beligian authorities when this lady was banished to Kainembe near lake Kivu in 1931, together with her son Musenga Yushi V who was deposed and banished with her. Praise song
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Igiterane

- Batwa women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148923 , vital:38786
  • Description: A song to praise chiefs and notables. The chiefs in this country are still all Hamitic Tutsi, whose height (generally between 6 and 7 foot tall) is in great contrast to the short pigmoid Twa whom they have ruled for over five centuries. The modality of this song and the complex pattern of the clapping are both notable. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
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Igiterane

- Batwa women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148903 , vital:38784
  • Description: A song to praise chiefs and notables. The chiefs in this country are still all Hamitic Tutsi, whose height (generally between 6 and 7 foot tall) is in great contrast to the short pigmoid Twa whom they have ruled for over five centuries. The modality of this song and the complex pattern of the clapping are both notable. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
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Ikizire

- Performer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Ikobe

- Nkeragutabara and Shyirambere, Hugh Tracey

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