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Yawiyanga, ya kulumbata nyama

- Three Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey

Aye welele wa Mhalaka (Alas for a bachelor)

- Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134506 , vital:37169
  • Description: The song recounts all the troubles of a bachelor. The Songe tribe is an offshoot of the great Luba groups of the Kasai and Katanga provinces of Southern Congo. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, small rattle and whistle.
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Shangara pa chikaranga

- Stephen R. Gumbo, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Stephen R. Gumbo , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music
  • Language: Shona, Karanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154132 , vital:39612
  • Description: The player has taken a Nyasa instrument instead of the local Njari. He explained he found the smaller instrument easier to play inspite of the fact that it had only half the number of notes. He claimed he had tuned it the same as the Njari but in point of fact his scale was one note short appearing to be hexatonic whereas his tribe is known to be heptatonic. The missing note is clearly situated between 212 and 260 vs and might have been approximately 234 to 238 vibrations per second. Humorous song with Mbira.
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Shendamundale banana (I am a very worried man)

- Alexander Muhiana and Griffis Kopo, Hugh Tracey

Mavumbala

- Mayogo men (Performer), Composer not specified

Waluwendo chombelo

- Kazari Inosa (Performer), Chibanga Kalulu (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Lita, tende ngewelo (Lita, let us go to the hut)

- George Zongoloti, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: George Zongoloti , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music
  • Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155712 , vital:39908
  • Description: This song refers to the custom of young people's sex play which normally results in marriage. Lita was a young girl who was refusing to sleep with her young lover. Now she had a baby and the baby died, so her lover complained about his lost child. He said, "give me back my child, Fasanai and Thompson, so much have I paid to marry you and have a child. If I do not get a child, I shall go to Rhodesia, to Lilongwe, to Lourenco Marques ot to Johannesburg or Cape Town to get a child. Fasanai and Thompson, you must bring my baby back because it is you who killed my child." Topical song with Nthikwi drum.
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Ungibethela ntoni

- Ngqoko young villagers, Tracey, Andrew T N

Wamthinta uPhefeni

- Princess Constance Magogo KaDinuzulu accompanied by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi and a few men (Performer), Composer not specified

  • Authors: Princess Constance Magogo KaDinuzulu accompanied by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi and a few men (Performer) , Composer not specified
  • Subjects: Warning song , Ugubu bow , Indigenous folk music
  • Type: Sound , Music
  • Identifier: vital:15492 , MOA37-04 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017850
  • Description: English translation of title: 'Touch a snake and you ask for trouble' , Warning song by Princess Constance Magogo KaDinuzulu accompanied by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi and a few men, with ugubu bow , 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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Ngwidika sadanga wapamagulu

- Pancras Mkwawa (Performer), Composer not specified

  • Authors: Pancras Mkwawa (Performer) , Composer not specified
  • Subjects: A song to the six stringed zither , Indigenous Music , Ligombo six-stringed zither
  • Type: Sound , Music
  • Identifier: vital:15326 , MOA25-02 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017631
  • Description: A Humorous song by Pancras Mkwawa, accompanied by ligombo six-stringed zither , 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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Amasewe mukadzi wakanaka (The beauty)

- Joseph Ngonyama Shumba, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Joseph Ngonyama Shumba , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music
  • Language: Shona, Karanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154309 , vital:39647
  • Description: The player is an accomplished performer, he works for the Fort Victoria Municipality on the local roads with the grader. This song is the best known and popular in the Sipangabera district of Portuguese East Africa. It is, they say the first of all songs in the region. The word 'Amasewe' means 'mother-in-law' and the gist of the song is that a certain young man went to a nearby village where he got himself a wife and his mother-in-law kept on remarking how handsome he was. Self delectative song with mbira dzawaNdau.
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Tsiwana i la u lale Part I, II and III

- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Shonisani, Kruger and Randima (Performer), Composer unknown

Ayaya wo- mami- yami- e

- Three Chokwe men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Three Chokwe men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , 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/10962/137047 , vital:37482
  • Description: The drums are introduced one after the other, the third drum being heavily weighted and having a distinct buzzing tone, takes the main syncopation. The voices are introduced a full minute after the drums have set the rhythm. Chisira initiation dance with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned, weighted, hand beaten.
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Johannesburg

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Amasewe mukadzi wakanaka (The beauty)

- Joseph Ngonyama Shumba, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Joseph Ngonyama Shumba , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music
  • Language: Shona, Karanga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154314 , vital:39646
  • Description: The player is an accomplished performer, he works for the Fort Victoria Municipality on the local roads with the grader. This song is the best known and popular in the Sipangabera district of Portuguese East Africa. It is, they say the first of all songs in the region. The word 'Amasewe' means 'mother-in-law' and the gist of the song is that a certain young man went to a nearby village where he got himself a wife and his mother-in-law kept on remarking how handsome he was. Self delectative song with mbira dzawaNdau.
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Title not specified

- Ngqoko young villagers, Tracey, Andrew T N

Title not specified

- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N

Ku lila

- Kruger, Jaco (Recorded by), Shonisani and Kruger (Performer), Composer unknown

Nanda mundani

- Kalachi Mbaru with Nika boys (Performer), Composer not specified

Ntende

- Large group of Lunda women and Kalemba, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of Lunda women and Kalemba , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Language: Lunda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139481 , vital:37742
  • Description: The larger drum was also tapped on the side by a stick. The clapping was done with cupped hands. The Chief de Centre Kapenda, was the head of this group. Jadotville is the headquaters of the central region of the Union Miniere, the other 2 towns being Elizabethville in the East and Kolwezi in the West. It was originally famous for the fact that one of the mines, Shinkolobwe, was the first place in the world from which the famous Curie family obtained the radium for their experiments. At Panda, there is a museum of mineral crystals discovered in the Katanga mines. Kawidi dance with 2 goblet drums, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons, hand beaten.
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