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Tshidudu
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Phophi, George (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Phophi, George (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Indigenous music , Traditional music , Bow , Tshihwana , Solo , Fingers
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15902 , JKC04b-01 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009091
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the tshihwana bow played with fingers , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 69
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Phophi, George (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Indigenous music , Traditional music , Bow , Tshihwana , Solo , Fingers
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15902 , JKC04b-01 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009091
- Description: Traditional Venda song accompanied by the tshihwana bow played with fingers , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 69
- Full Text: false
I'm praying for the world
- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Music--Religious aspects , Bass guitar , Drum , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107050 , vital:32755
- Description: Religious dance song accompanied by bass guitar and drum
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Music--Religious aspects , Bass guitar , Drum , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/107050 , vital:32755
- Description: Religious dance song accompanied by bass guitar and drum
- Full Text: false
Tina gambe Biti Mwenye (Let us talk, Miss Mwenye)
- Authors: Egesi Londoni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151956 , vital:39191
- Description: Biti or Binti is the Yao/Swahili equivalent to the English "Miss". Topical song with Bangwe m'kulu zither.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Egesi Londoni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people)--Music
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151956 , vital:39191
- Description: Biti or Binti is the Yao/Swahili equivalent to the English "Miss". Topical song with Bangwe m'kulu zither.
- Full Text: false
Walianzi sunu Gengere (Where did you eat Gengere)
- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138386 , vital:37629
- Description: Bugande drinking song with 1 Muntundu drum, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138386 , vital:37629
- Description: Bugande drinking song with 1 Muntundu drum, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
Kaso Bia wasapwisha Bantu (Because of Castle beer, people go naked)
- B. Cungu and F. Musonda, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: B. Cungu and F. Musonda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people)
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151716 , vital:39163
- Description: The warning conveyed in this song is that people who spend their money on Castle beer (Kaso Bia) have none left even for clothes. European type beers are more expensive that the more familiar millet beers consumed by the African mine worker. Mortality sing with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: B. Cungu and F. Musonda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people)
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151716 , vital:39163
- Description: The warning conveyed in this song is that people who spend their money on Castle beer (Kaso Bia) have none left even for clothes. European type beers are more expensive that the more familiar millet beers consumed by the African mine worker. Mortality sing with guitar.
- Full Text: false
Ukutyiwa zezilo (I am enchanted by magic)
- Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136064 , vital:37333
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. We were told that this music (performed only by women) is only played at night, inside the huts. Those in the hut who are listening, must listen in silence, perhaps lie down and close their eyes and then "they must think of places far away, where they have never been, or of places where their sons or husbands are working." 2 Self-delectative songs with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of Xhosa women and Notembile and Nopenrose , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136064 , vital:37333
- Description: This item was recorded inside a hut. We were told that this music (performed only by women) is only played at night, inside the huts. Those in the hut who are listening, must listen in silence, perhaps lie down and close their eyes and then "they must think of places far away, where they have never been, or of places where their sons or husbands are working." 2 Self-delectative songs with Hadi musical bow, unbraced, open and resonated.
- Full Text: false
Phala phala yo lila nne ndi do ya gai
- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Venda people (Performer), Composer unknown
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Indigenous music , Traditional music , Murumba , Whistles , Malende dance , Dance song , Religious music , Drums
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15700 , JKC01a-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008889
- Description: English translation of title: 'The horn has sounded where must I go' , Malende Venda traditional dance song with murumba and whistling accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 6
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by) , Venda people (Performer) , Composer unknown
- Subjects: Indigenous music , Traditional music , Murumba , Whistles , Malende dance , Dance song , Religious music , Drums
- Type: Music , Sound
- Identifier: vital:15700 , JKC01a-06 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008889
- Description: English translation of title: 'The horn has sounded where must I go' , Malende Venda traditional dance song with murumba and whistling accompaniment , For further details refer to Jaco Kruger recording card: 6
- Full Text: false
Madumbu ne manyere
- Members of the Teacher Training College at St. Augustine's Mission (Performer), Composer not specified
- Authors: Members of the Teacher Training College at St. Augustine's Mission (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Story song , Indigenous folk music , Rattles
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15345 , MOA26-08 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017650
- Description: English translation of title: 'Calabashes and flutes' , Story song by Members of the Teacher Training College at St. Augustine's Mission, accompanied by rattles , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Members of the Teacher Training College at St. Augustine's Mission (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Story song , Indigenous folk music , Rattles
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15345 , MOA26-08 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017650
- Description: English translation of title: 'Calabashes and flutes' , Story song by Members of the Teacher Training College at St. Augustine's Mission, accompanied by rattles , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
- Full Text: false
Hungry people in the streets
- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/102339 , vital:32111
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: English
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/102339 , vital:32111
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
Awe wedikoyoyo (No meaning)
- Authors: Pearson Kapeni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153788 , vital:39522
- Description: "The women of Dowa desire very much to drink beer. Their work indeed is to drink beer. The women of Dowa, their work is to sell flour and flat cakes. And when they get home their marriage is broken. The women of Msoci, their work is to love the market place. And they was on Saturday only." I, Pearson Kapeni have troubles in the country of Dowa. This country hates me, why does it hate me? The reference to washing on Saturday is appreciated when one remembers that Saturday is market day in Dowa when the women put on their best clothes. The song struck home as it was true. Topical song with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Pearson Kapeni , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153788 , vital:39522
- Description: "The women of Dowa desire very much to drink beer. Their work indeed is to drink beer. The women of Dowa, their work is to sell flour and flat cakes. And when they get home their marriage is broken. The women of Msoci, their work is to love the market place. And they was on Saturday only." I, Pearson Kapeni have troubles in the country of Dowa. This country hates me, why does it hate me? The reference to washing on Saturday is appreciated when one remembers that Saturday is market day in Dowa when the women put on their best clothes. The song struck home as it was true. Topical song with guitar.
- Full Text: false
Gwebelele
- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Organ music , Steel drum (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/102634 , vital:32157
- Description: Topical song with guitar, steel drum and organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Organ music , Steel drum (Musical instrument) , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/102634 , vital:32157
- Description: Topical song with guitar, steel drum and organ accompaniment
- Full Text: false
Ruwe-ruwe
- Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132073 , vital:36795
- Description: Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132073 , vital:36795
- Description: Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator
- Full Text: false
Mungate tamara
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134046 , vital:37064
- Description: The song is supposed to be sung by the fore-fathers of the tribe, who say: "We still know how to drink!" In the song, the leader was Smart Chigwamba.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134046 , vital:37064
- Description: The song is supposed to be sung by the fore-fathers of the tribe, who say: "We still know how to drink!" In the song, the leader was Smart Chigwamba.
- Full Text: false
Ndoba bieena wisi Mbozi (I am afraid, Father of Mbozi)
- Group of Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138026 , vital:37585
- Description: This was an actual funeral dance for an old woman. The dance was a circle dance and a few men joined in, one of them singing the verses. The woman wear clothes knotted on the shoulder (black), leaving one shoulder bare. A string tied round the head. Some of them just wore kilts or skirts and very few beads. "What can I do, As I have lost my mother, oh, what are all these sorrows upon me-" The chorus repeats - "O-yeyeye!" Womens' funeral dance-after burial.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138026 , vital:37585
- Description: This was an actual funeral dance for an old woman. The dance was a circle dance and a few men joined in, one of them singing the verses. The woman wear clothes knotted on the shoulder (black), leaving one shoulder bare. A string tied round the head. Some of them just wore kilts or skirts and very few beads. "What can I do, As I have lost my mother, oh, what are all these sorrows upon me-" The chorus repeats - "O-yeyeye!" Womens' funeral dance-after burial.
- Full Text: false
Ihlobo
- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/101320 , vital:31954
- Description: Topical Xhosa urban song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/101320 , vital:31954
- Description: Topical Xhosa urban song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
Three Ngororombe tunes
- Boys of the Domboshawa School (Performer), Composer not specified
- Authors: Boys of the Domboshawa School (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Flute tunes , Indigenous folk music , End-blown pipes or flute , Zezuru play ensemble
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15350 , MOA26-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017655
- Description: Flute tunes by Boys of the Domboshawa School with End-blown flute , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Boys of the Domboshawa School (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Flute tunes , Indigenous folk music , End-blown pipes or flute , Zezuru play ensemble
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15350 , MOA26-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017655
- Description: Flute tunes by Boys of the Domboshawa School with End-blown flute , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Mzeno movement (Ngodo of Regulo Nyankowongo)
- H. Kumbani (Composer), Chopi perfomers (Performer), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: H. Kumbani (Composer) , Chopi perfomers (Performer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Musical instruments--Africa , Instrumental music
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/131777 , vital:36747
- Description: Three movements from the Ngodo xylophone orchestral dance of Regulo Nyankowongo with 14 xylophones, 2 rattles and one horn
- Full Text: false
- Authors: H. Kumbani (Composer) , Chopi perfomers (Performer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Musical instruments--Africa , Instrumental music
- Language: Chopi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/131777 , vital:36747
- Description: Three movements from the Ngodo xylophone orchestral dance of Regulo Nyankowongo with 14 xylophones, 2 rattles and one horn
- Full Text: false
Ansati lwe u nganaye
- M. Makhuvela (Composer), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: M. Makhuvela (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1956
- Subjects: Music--Mozambique , Folk music , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa)
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133280 , vital:36958
- Description: Topical songs with 2 guitars
- Full Text: false
- Authors: M. Makhuvela (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1956
- Subjects: Music--Mozambique , Folk music , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa)
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133280 , vital:36958
- Description: Topical songs with 2 guitars
- Full Text: false
Inyama ne papa
- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/101663 , vital:32014
- Description: Topical Xhosa urban song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Xhosa (African people) , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Sub-Saharan African music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/101663 , vital:32014
- Description: Topical Xhosa urban song with guitar accompaniment
- Full Text: false
Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!
- Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137099 , vital:37488
- Description: During this song the women sing praises of their husbands. In order to produce a lower tone on the third drum, Iyashina, its membrane is liberally weighted with beeswax. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashina.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Large group of Chokwe men and 8 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Language: Luvale/Chokwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137099 , vital:37488
- Description: During this song the women sing praises of their husbands. In order to produce a lower tone on the third drum, Iyashina, its membrane is liberally weighted with beeswax. Chiyanda dance song with 3 conical drums (1) Yasongo, 2) Mukundu, 3) Iyashina.
- Full Text: false