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A Nyece Na Nyina

- Nsenga Women, Composer Not Specified, Tracey, Hugh

Acibinda Tiye Tonse

- Nsenga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Amarwa Tinganywa

- Bakwasa, Eriya, not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Babe lidzela nyoni (Father neglects the bird)

- Four married girls, one unmarried and men of the Queen mother's village, Hugh Tracey

Bathi abafana ndisandindazana ((Young men call me a beauty)

- Gcaleka women and girls, Hugh Tracey

Bungalile utshuala (Drinking is not good for me)

- Group of 10 young Swazi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 10 young Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine, Endhlagene District f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153028 , vital:39374 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-11
  • Description: "Drinking doesn't agree with me, when I'm drunk I can't stop talking. I tell everything." The impeccable sentiments expressed in this song seem to be universal. Each of the singers held a pair of hardwood clappers. The drum was a bass drum type common to the present day Nguni. Dance for young people. Ibaca with drum amd wooden clappers.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958

Canta, Brazil

- Francisco Alves with the Orquestra da Radio Nacional, not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Dedza Boma

- Nyoni, Ulaya, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Nyoni, Ulaya , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1949-09-08
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Boma f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/212772 , vital:47762 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT202-D115 , Research no. C5F1
  • Description: Wistful song accompanied by the Bangwe Board Zither.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949-09-08

Dekuku na degusiya kimakoyo

- Bakia Pierre, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Bakia Pierre , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
  • Language: Zande/Bandiya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167377 , vital:41473 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-06
  • Description: "He took a wife chosen from amongst the girls of his own village, when she was very young, but another man stole her away from him." Ngbanda Mandefu, the other harp player, a tall bearded man got up and danced in a style reminiscent of a Cossack dance, snapping his fingers and stamping now and then. Bakia Pierre is a large quietly spoken man who works in a Portuguese butchers shop in the small town of Buta. His songs were greeted with great applause and satisfaction by his fellow Zande in the circle. Topical song, with vertical angular Kundi harp, 5 strings.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952

Einembe

- Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • 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/10962/171931 , vital:42140 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR144-05
  • Description: "If anyone steals my mangoes I will kill him." This song sung as the fishermen paddle their way home having put out their nets is done at a much more leisurely speed than the outward voyage. When sung in their lake canoes there is no drum, the drum and clapping were used only to keep the singers in time as if they were paddling. Paddling song with conical laced drum, beaten with sticks and clapping (-12.03-).
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Eky'evugo Ky'okwema kwa Omugaba Gasyonga II

- Rusania, Tracey, Hugh

Ekyoma kyabora

- Eriya Bakwasa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Eriya Bakwasa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Hoima f-ug
  • Language: Nyoro
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169646 , vital:41778 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0132-05
  • Description: Cotton id one of the best cash crops in this most fertile district and this song concerns the cotton ginnery of Kyabora which is run by an Indian. 'The machine Kyaboro' he call it. The harp is made of a simple oval shaped wooden bowl with skins laced onto top and bottom. The arch of the keys is a stout carved stick in which the 8 pegs are inserted for tightening the strings. The tuning of the harp is as follows:- 322, 284, 240, 180, 161, 142, 120 vs. Topical song with Ekidongo eight string horizontal harp.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Ekyoma kyabora

- Eriya Bakwasa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Eriya Bakwasa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Hoima f-ug
  • Language: Nyoro
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169629 , vital:41779 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0132-05
  • Description: Cotton id one of the best cash crops in this most fertile district and this song concerns the cotton ginnery of Kyabora which is run by an Indian. 'The machine Kyaboro' he call it. The harp is made of a simple oval shaped wooden bowl with skins laced onto top and bottom. The arch of the keys is a stout carved stick in which the 8 pegs are inserted for tightening the strings. The tuning of the harp is as follows:- 322, 284, 240, 180, 161, 142, 120 vs. Topical song with Ekidongo eight string horizontal harp.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Eky’evugo Ky’okwema kwa Omugaba Gasyonga II

- Rusania, Hugh Tracey

Gcobani

- Xhosa sacred singers, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ha-madosi>

- Mudzulafhi and co., not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ha-madosi>

- Mudzulafhi and co., not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Hiyetela Shinwanana

- Baloyi, Francis, Shangaan Band, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Itileni

- Amakwenkwe men (Performer), Composer not specified

  • Authors: Amakwenkwe men (Performer) , Composer not specified
  • Subjects: Vocal , Walking song , Nontshinga Location , Kentani District , Transkei , Eastern Cape Province , South Africa
  • Type: Sound , Music
  • Identifier: vital:15243 , MOA18-03 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017402 , MOA18
  • Description: English translation of title: 'The train' , Sung by a group of young men on their way to a dance; they are singing that they can look down on the train that goes from Mazeppa to Natal , 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

Kanyukunka

- Sipaita, Masuwa, Yamvwa, Yamvwa, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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