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"Bwalwa bwa chiwowo." (Beer not drunk in peace.)

- Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134313 , vital:37120 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-04
  • Description: "This beer is for the people, the Kaonde, the Lamba and the Nsenga." The people who use magic are worrying me at my house. I must go to the diviner to find out who it is. Why are you standing there at the door? Come in and do not stay outside."
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  • Date Issued: 1957

A la la mama

- Madonsela, Mpunyuka, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Abafana

- Reitz Bantu Choir, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ah la la Mama

- Mpunyuka Madonsela, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mpunyuka Madonsela , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Bremersdorp District f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152686 , vital:39331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-09
  • Description: "No woman is any better than any other woman. The only difference is whether you love them or not." This piece of homely philosophy no doubt reflects far more than a merely personal opinion. Topical song with concertina.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Alego

- Muruku Ndai Fula, Hugh Tracey

Alego

- Muruka Ndai Fula, not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Alego

- Muruka Ndai Fula, Luo men, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Alego, tat yien matingo tek

- Muruka Ndai Fula, not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Alego, tat yien matingo tek

- Muruka Ndar Fula, Tracey, Hugh

Angi bamba seliyashona

- Dundee Wandering Singers, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Angoni sonu

- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Angoni sonu

- Mwale, Maluba, Tongo men, Tracey, Hugh

Angoni sonu

- Maluba Mwale and Tonga men, performer not specified, Maluba Mwale, Tracey, Hugh

Ani siboni nimakuba (My great friend)

- Iron Khoma, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Iron Khoma , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137303 , vital:37508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0037-02
  • Description: "Marry me, my dear friend. At our home is Nyasaland, the sand is white as cement. If you go to Lusaka you will find there Aleck Nkhata, the Tonga who comes from Nyasaland, of the same line as myself. Self-delectative nostalgic song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings, lowest not used.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Arap Kapero

- Kipkeino Arap Rop, Hugh Tracey

Arap Kapero

- Kipkeino Arap Rop, Not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Arap Kapero

- Kipkeino Arap Rop, Tracey, Hugh

Atshakongwe wamwe muno kuwala kwavo

- Nyasa men, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Nyasa men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1958-04-02
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Likoma f-mw
  • Language: Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250236 , vital:51950 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT575-M27 , Research no. M2I6
  • Description: A party dance song accompanied by a double headed drum, concertina and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958-04-02

Atshakongwe wamwe muno kuwala kwawo (The women of this country all wear the same kind of dress)

- Five Nyasa men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five Nyasa men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Likoma f-mw
  • Language: Nyanja/Chewa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160804 , vital:40547 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-06
  • Description: The drum was played with a stick in the left hand tapping on the side of the drum alternately with the head. The right hand kept up the rythm in the usual way. During this lively performnace the bottle player shattered his bottle into fragments, continuing to beat the neck of the beat which remained in his hand until that too disintegrated under the blows of the six inch nail. At the end of the first item the player dashed off to a nearby hut and produced the next best substitute, a new hoe blade. This recording was made by Nyasa workers at a Citrus Estate near Nelspruit, Eastern Transvaal. Party dance with double headed drum, concertina and bottle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Awakasi Mbaweyi

- Matego, James, Jita men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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