Ndinga Ngonyoko (I am old as your mother and I know everything)
- Young Gcaleka men and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Gcaleka men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151085 , vital:39028 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-03
- Description: Three young Amakwenkwe boys in most handsomely decorated and beaded clothes wound around them from the waist down-beads in profusion over the head, neck and shoulders, danced sedately around as the girls sang behind them. Mtshotsho song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Young Gcaleka men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music , Africa South Africa Idutywa f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151085 , vital:39028 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR063-03
- Description: Three young Amakwenkwe boys in most handsomely decorated and beaded clothes wound around them from the waist down-beads in profusion over the head, neck and shoulders, danced sedately around as the girls sang behind them. Mtshotsho song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Chigona mbara (The drunkard)
- Authors: Simenti Phiri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Malindi, Port Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155906 , vital:39930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-11
- Description: As he sang the audience were all making the sound of drinking. The tune, he says, was taken from a certain entertainer in Salisbury who called himself Chigona Mbara. The 'Drunkard'. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Simenti Phiri , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Malindi, Port Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155906 , vital:39930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-11
- Description: As he sang the audience were all making the sound of drinking. The tune, he says, was taken from a certain entertainer in Salisbury who called himself Chigona Mbara. The 'Drunkard'. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Chikulamayembe Gondwe
- Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Livingstone f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140247 , vital:37854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-09
- Description: Chief Chikulamayembe Gondwe is the Paramount Chief of the Henga people in northern Nyasaland- as a great man by men of his tribe. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Tumbuka (African people)--Music , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Livingstone f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140247 , vital:37854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR054-09
- Description: Chief Chikulamayembe Gondwe is the Paramount Chief of the Henga people in northern Nyasaland- as a great man by men of his tribe. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Umulugu wa Yakobo
- Wonkhama Sekenge with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Wonkhama Sekenge with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173477 , vital:42375 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-06
- Description: "This year we expect to have a lot of sisal and therefore a lot of money. But some of our friends will lose because the grasshoppers have eaten their grain crops." The high price of sisal this year (1950) has created a demand and the local Sukuma have been cutting their sisal hedges and getting the fibre for sale to Indian buyers. A few days after this song was sung an order had to be issued by the authorities forbidding, temporarily, the buying of sisal as the Sukuma were neglecting to harvest both their grain and cotton crops which were being left to spoil in the fields. There is a sound fo drums in the distance at the beginning of the song. Busatsi dance song form men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Wonkhama Sekenge with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173477 , vital:42375 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-06
- Description: "This year we expect to have a lot of sisal and therefore a lot of money. But some of our friends will lose because the grasshoppers have eaten their grain crops." The high price of sisal this year (1950) has created a demand and the local Sukuma have been cutting their sisal hedges and getting the fibre for sale to Indian buyers. A few days after this song was sung an order had to be issued by the authorities forbidding, temporarily, the buying of sisal as the Sukuma were neglecting to harvest both their grain and cotton crops which were being left to spoil in the fields. There is a sound fo drums in the distance at the beginning of the song. Busatsi dance song form men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Khanyisa Gura (Mother)
- Robert Golozera and three elderly women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Robert Golozera and three elderly women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomole, Ncheu f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa/Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155602 , vital:39898 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR086-11
- Description: A song sung on engagement, when the woman is first brought to the man's home. Robert Golozera is the uncle of the present chief Njolomole. The man who is supposed to be singing this song, complains that a certain man came 'behind his back' and slept with his wife while he himself was in the village. In some devious way the theme of the song appears to be intended to be taken as a warning to wantons. Marriage song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Robert Golozera and three elderly women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomole, Ncheu f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa/Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155602 , vital:39898 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR086-11
- Description: A song sung on engagement, when the woman is first brought to the man's home. Robert Golozera is the uncle of the present chief Njolomole. The man who is supposed to be singing this song, complains that a certain man came 'behind his back' and slept with his wife while he himself was in the village. In some devious way the theme of the song appears to be intended to be taken as a warning to wantons. Marriage song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Urunahi
- Authors: Ntamakiriro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Kibimba f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148971 , vital:38791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-08
- Description: The singer addresses himself to the chiefs of the country asking for alms. Player holds a small rattle in his right hand, the stick of which strikes the gourd in order to create additional percussion. This same type of bow is called UKUBU by the HA and UGUBU by the Zulu. Fundamental notes of bow:- 288 and 720 vs. Medicant's song with musical bow, vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ntamakiriro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Kibimba f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148971 , vital:38791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-08
- Description: The singer addresses himself to the chiefs of the country asking for alms. Player holds a small rattle in his right hand, the stick of which strikes the gourd in order to create additional percussion. This same type of bow is called UKUBU by the HA and UGUBU by the Zulu. Fundamental notes of bow:- 288 and 720 vs. Medicant's song with musical bow, vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Bwana Leja
- Authors: Thomas Mulungo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Gisu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbale f-ug
- Language: Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169412 , vital:41747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0131-01
- Description: The player was seated holding the lyre with the strings extending towards the right and played his leg bells by beating his heel on the ground. Bawana Leja (Letcher or Fletcher) was said to be a Government appointed valuator of cattle which were commandered during the war (1939-45) to feed the troops stationed in Kenya and Uganda. The woman complains that her only cow was taken by him and that she had no milk to give her new born child. Topical song with seven string Litungu lyre and leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Thomas Mulungo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Gisu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbale f-ug
- Language: Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169412 , vital:41747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0131-01
- Description: The player was seated holding the lyre with the strings extending towards the right and played his leg bells by beating his heel on the ground. Bawana Leja (Letcher or Fletcher) was said to be a Government appointed valuator of cattle which were commandered during the war (1939-45) to feed the troops stationed in Kenya and Uganda. The woman complains that her only cow was taken by him and that she had no milk to give her new born child. Topical song with seven string Litungu lyre and leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Hamanzi kweni (Early in the morning)
- Saisi Shishonke, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Saisi Shishonke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Africa Mozambique Mabote f-mz
- Language: Tswa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136206 , vital:37349 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR029-03
- Description: The player stopped the lower segment of the string with the backs of both his first and 2nd fingers. Self-delectative song with CHITENDE musical bow, braced and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Saisi Shishonke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Africa Mozambique Mabote f-mz
- Language: Tswa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136206 , vital:37349 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR029-03
- Description: The player stopped the lower segment of the string with the backs of both his first and 2nd fingers. Self-delectative song with CHITENDE musical bow, braced and resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Peny gi Polo
- Elisha Nyakango, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Elisha Nyakango , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177853 , vital:42882 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-10
- Description: He praises God who made all creatures. The God to whom all men can pray. This item and the next one are unusual in that a genuine local type of folk is used for a Christian purpose. Wend Nyashye Religious chants with Thum 8 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Elisha Nyakango , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177853 , vital:42882 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-10
- Description: He praises God who made all creatures. The God to whom all men can pray. This item and the next one are unusual in that a genuine local type of folk is used for a Christian purpose. Wend Nyashye Religious chants with Thum 8 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Okufa kwa Kireri
- Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukona f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171543 , vital:42089 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR142-06
- Description: Kireri was a godly man who died in a train accident between Kamapala and Nairobi. He believed that everyone should pray to his own gods, and belonged to a sect called Balokole. When he was killed in the accident, they say, that had it not been for Europeans his body would have been eaten by hyenas, for his wife refused to have him brought home for burial. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre and Ndingidi 1 string lute (-10.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukona f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171543 , vital:42089 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR142-06
- Description: Kireri was a godly man who died in a train accident between Kamapala and Nairobi. He believed that everyone should pray to his own gods, and belonged to a sect called Balokole. When he was killed in the accident, they say, that had it not been for Europeans his body would have been eaten by hyenas, for his wife refused to have him brought home for burial. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre and Ndingidi 1 string lute (-10.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chepkirui
- Teituk Arap Sumiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Awakasi mbuwayi
- James Matigo with Jita men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: James Matigo with Jita men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kwaya (African people) , Jita (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Musoma f-tz
- Language: Kwaya , Jita
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175105 , vital:42540 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-18
- Description: The dance is a shaking dance in which the top part of the body, and the throax is rhythmically revolved with the arms and shoulder blades revolving in concert with the chest. This type of dance action appears to be very commonly employed in the district near the Lake Victoria. The item was recorded at the Mwadui Williamson Diamond Mine where the men were employed. Marimba dance song for men and women, Marimba (Mbira) 12 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: James Matigo with Jita men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kwaya (African people) , Jita (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Musoma f-tz
- Language: Kwaya , Jita
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175105 , vital:42540 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-18
- Description: The dance is a shaking dance in which the top part of the body, and the throax is rhythmically revolved with the arms and shoulder blades revolving in concert with the chest. This type of dance action appears to be very commonly employed in the district near the Lake Victoria. The item was recorded at the Mwadui Williamson Diamond Mine where the men were employed. Marimba dance song for men and women, Marimba (Mbira) 12 notes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Abasungu balisa-we tata
- Philemon Kalela, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Philemon Kalela , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183808 , vital:44071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-17
- Description: "The White people have come, father, they are flying in the sky. They have made the smelter. They have made the shaft. They brought money. They have come here for good, they will never turn back from our country. They have settled in our (Lamba) country, these settlers of the Copper Belt." This refers to great industrial intrusion into this part of Africa where large deposits of copper are now being mined in what used to be a remote and densely wooded part of the country. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Philemon Kalela , Group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183808 , vital:44071 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-17
- Description: "The White people have come, father, they are flying in the sky. They have made the smelter. They have made the shaft. They brought money. They have come here for good, they will never turn back from our country. They have settled in our (Lamba) country, these settlers of the Copper Belt." This refers to great industrial intrusion into this part of Africa where large deposits of copper are now being mined in what used to be a remote and densely wooded part of the country. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Damunda
- Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kagya / Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171829 , vital:42130 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR143-14
- Description: Damunda was the pet name of his love, which means the 'Beauty'. Many girls in this district certainly merit the title of Damunda as they are gifted with an unusual share of charm. Love song, with conical laced drum played with sticks and rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kagya / Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
- Language: Nyoro , Haya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171829 , vital:42130 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR143-14
- Description: Damunda was the pet name of his love, which means the 'Beauty'. Many girls in this district certainly merit the title of Damunda as they are gifted with an unusual share of charm. Love song, with conical laced drum played with sticks and rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mere
- Nasuti Social Club, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nasuti Social Club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171207 , vital:42030 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-06
- Description: "You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Budongo Likembe were in three pitches each an octave apart. (1) Th treble - Mbaire, (2) The baritone - Ndumi, (3) The bass - Nene. The common scale was as follows:- 656, 560, 496, 432, 368, 328 vs. Religious song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and a Nsaasi flat tin rattle (-12.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Nasuti Social Club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Iganga f-ug
- Language: Soga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171207 , vital:42030 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR140-06
- Description: "You should always trust in God and not be proud of yourself without thinking of him." The eight Budongo Likembe were in three pitches each an octave apart. (1) Th treble - Mbaire, (2) The baritone - Ndumi, (3) The bass - Nene. The common scale was as follows:- 656, 560, 496, 432, 368, 328 vs. Religious song, with 8 Budongo 11 note Likembe and a Nsaasi flat tin rattle (-12.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kanthu pa Ingalandi
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mahaba, jamani, yananiatile
- Egyptian musical club, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Egyptian musical club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179523 , vital:43074 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-15
- Description: Abbas Haji was the singer of this song composed by the gifted player Bom Amberon. "I am distrought with love, I can neither see by day nor sleep by night. In whom shall I confide my two years' longing. Who will tell me how my heart might find repose. Love song, with 2 Udi, 1 Cello, 1 mandoline, 1 Dambak, 1 Kayamba rattle, and 3 violas.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Egyptian musical club , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179523 , vital:43074 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-15
- Description: Abbas Haji was the singer of this song composed by the gifted player Bom Amberon. "I am distrought with love, I can neither see by day nor sleep by night. In whom shall I confide my two years' longing. Who will tell me how my heart might find repose. Love song, with 2 Udi, 1 Cello, 1 mandoline, 1 Dambak, 1 Kayamba rattle, and 3 violas.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chinjilile mwalyanjo (You had better be careful)
- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey
- 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/10962/139770 , vital:37780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-06
- Description: When the girl's initiation is at an end, she is led in the evening to a nearby stream to wash, and whilst she is washing, this song is sung. The initiation period amongst the Lozi lasts for 6 months during which time the girl is taught all domestic skills she will need in later life. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- 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/10962/139770 , vital:37780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-06
- Description: When the girl's initiation is at an end, she is led in the evening to a nearby stream to wash, and whilst she is washing, this song is sung. The initiation period amongst the Lozi lasts for 6 months during which time the girl is taught all domestic skills she will need in later life. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mtempile
- Nyanja Policemen, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nyanja Policemen , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa/Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179114 , vital:39884 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR086-01
- Description: "The Nyanja, Ngoni, Lomwe, Chewa came and built a temple." It would appear that the singers belong to one of the many separatist African churches. "Mtempile Anyanja, Angoni, Alomwe, Acawa ndza namanga." The four tribes mentioned are all to be found in Nyasaland. African christians are fond of using the word 'temple' in various pronunciations. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Nyanja Policemen , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa/Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179114 , vital:39884 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR086-01
- Description: "The Nyanja, Ngoni, Lomwe, Chewa came and built a temple." It would appear that the singers belong to one of the many separatist African churches. "Mtempile Anyanja, Angoni, Alomwe, Acawa ndza namanga." The four tribes mentioned are all to be found in Nyasaland. African christians are fond of using the word 'temple' in various pronunciations. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ketu hunyinga
- Group of Luba men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinkondje f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181986 , vital:43787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-08
- Description: The four drummers were the chief singers together with their women. Malimba 2 xylophones, on frames without resonators.. 3 goblet drums, once called Itumba and the others Mutumbwe. The Itumba drum was a closed drum with a mirliton fixed into its side, 20" high and with 12 1/2" membrane. The Mutumbwe drums were both weighted with paste to lower their pitch, and had similar mirlitons. The large slit drum, Kunri, was insulated from the ground as it had no legs. In this respect the slit drums behave physically like a xylophone note and must be supported at the two nodes or they will not sound properly. Budye dance, with 2 xylophones, 3 conical drums and 1 slit drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Group of Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinkondje f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181986 , vital:43787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-08
- Description: The four drummers were the chief singers together with their women. Malimba 2 xylophones, on frames without resonators.. 3 goblet drums, once called Itumba and the others Mutumbwe. The Itumba drum was a closed drum with a mirliton fixed into its side, 20" high and with 12 1/2" membrane. The Mutumbwe drums were both weighted with paste to lower their pitch, and had similar mirlitons. The large slit drum, Kunri, was insulated from the ground as it had no legs. In this respect the slit drums behave physically like a xylophone note and must be supported at the two nodes or they will not sound properly. Budye dance, with 2 xylophones, 3 conical drums and 1 slit drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952