He! MaRahia (Hey! Russians)
- Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161499 , vital:40630 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-09
- Description: "Mantsebo(the Paramount Chief Regent) is a jealous woman. She has taken children away from their parents and given them to the 'Russians'." The AmaRussia is one of the notorious gangs in the Johannesburg native townships. The children, they suggest, may have been girls intended for immoral purposes. Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161499 , vital:40630 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-09
- Description: "Mantsebo(the Paramount Chief Regent) is a jealous woman. She has taken children away from their parents and given them to the 'Russians'." The AmaRussia is one of the notorious gangs in the Johannesburg native townships. The children, they suggest, may have been girls intended for immoral purposes. Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
He! MaRahia (Hey! Russians)
- Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161476 , vital:40632 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-09
- Description: "Mantsebo(the Paramount Chief Regent) is a jealous woman. She has taken children away from their parents and given them to the 'Russians'." The AmaRussia is one of the notorious gangs in the Johannesburg native townships. The children, they suggest, may have been girls intended for immoral purposes. Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161476 , vital:40632 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-09
- Description: "Mantsebo(the Paramount Chief Regent) is a jealous woman. She has taken children away from their parents and given them to the 'Russians'." The AmaRussia is one of the notorious gangs in the Johannesburg native townships. The children, they suggest, may have been girls intended for immoral purposes. Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tamulela bantu baKuno
- Justine Mwamba, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey
- 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
- 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
Banga
- Zaka Francois and Benge wommen, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Zaka Francois and Benge wommen , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Kusu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Benge-Baati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168935 , vital:41662 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0128-09
- Description: The notes of this instrument had holes pierced at one end to enable them to be fixed to the banana stalk by slips of bamboo. The beaters are made of a light fibrous wood (Dukwa) and are called Yokobu. The wood used to make the notes is called Ngula, and is also used to make slit drums. It is red when cut. It is sometimes used, they say, to make furniture for Europeans. Topical song with Kpingbi, six note xylophone, loose notes, one peg each, on banana stalks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Zaka Francois and Benge wommen , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Kusu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Benge-Baati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168935 , vital:41662 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0128-09
- Description: The notes of this instrument had holes pierced at one end to enable them to be fixed to the banana stalk by slips of bamboo. The beaters are made of a light fibrous wood (Dukwa) and are called Yokobu. The wood used to make the notes is called Ngula, and is also used to make slit drums. It is red when cut. It is sometimes used, they say, to make furniture for Europeans. Topical song with Kpingbi, six note xylophone, loose notes, one peg each, on banana stalks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Enkoito drum rhythms I
- Authors: Five Haya men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172501 , vital:42211 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR146-03
- Description: A set of Enkoito drums consists of the following:- 1. Mpero, the smallest, c. 8" membrane. 2. Ntimbo. the starter, the drum on which the basic rhythm is kept. c. 10" - 12" membrane. 5. Nyaminyeko, the bass drum upon which the syncopations are played. c. 12" - 18" membrane. Five conical laced drums, played with sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Five Haya men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172501 , vital:42211 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR146-03
- Description: A set of Enkoito drums consists of the following:- 1. Mpero, the smallest, c. 8" membrane. 2. Ntimbo. the starter, the drum on which the basic rhythm is kept. c. 10" - 12" membrane. 5. Nyaminyeko, the bass drum upon which the syncopations are played. c. 12" - 18" membrane. Five conical laced drums, played with sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kawamyita wagenda baligira nkaituoha
- Evanise Kanengere and Toro men and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Evanise Kanengere and Toro men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Nyankole (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukuku f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Nyankole
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170326 , vital:41886 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0135-13
- Description: This wedding song is remarkably like a tune without words used by the Tonga of Nyasaland with their Malipenga horn bands. It was used by the Tonga for the Malipenga as it had no known words. What direct connection this may indicate is unknown. Enanga wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Evanise Kanengere and Toro men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Nyankole (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukuku f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Nyankole
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170326 , vital:41886 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0135-13
- Description: This wedding song is remarkably like a tune without words used by the Tonga of Nyasaland with their Malipenga horn bands. It was used by the Tonga for the Malipenga as it had no known words. What direct connection this may indicate is unknown. Enanga wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
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