Ah la la Mama
- Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: Date not specified
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396552 , vital:69194 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM03-09-NIF1N8
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: Date not specified
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396552 , vital:69194 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM03-09-NIF1N8
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not specified
Ukunngena
- Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000 00 00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265724 , vital:53874 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP0116-ABC3152T
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000 00 00
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 0000 00 00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/265724 , vital:53874 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP0116-ABC3152T
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 0000 00 00
Ngithini Mntanenkosazane
- F Toyani, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: F Toyani , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/372597 , vital:66603 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO403-H3
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- Authors: F Toyani , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/372597 , vital:66603 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO403-H3
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Title not specified
- M Nyembe, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: M Nyembe , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/372587 , vital:66602 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO403-H2
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- Authors: M Nyembe , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1948
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/372587 , vital:66602 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , ACO403-H2
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Sengikumbula uBaba
- Swazi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Swazi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-03-16
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/260232 , vital:53261 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP0150-ABC3277
- Description: Indigenous Music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-03-16
- Authors: Swazi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-03-16
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/260232 , vital:53261 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP0150-ABC3277
- Description: Indigenous Music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-03-16
Phesheya kupesheya
- Swazi Men, Composer Not Specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Swazi Men , Composer Not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland City Not Specified f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/215668 , vital:48084 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR1177 , Research no.GB1040T
- Description: For further details refer ILAM shellac record number: CR1177
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-00-00
- Authors: Swazi Men , Composer Not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland City Not Specified f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/215668 , vital:48084 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR1177 , Research no.GB1040T
- Description: For further details refer ILAM shellac record number: CR1177
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-00-00
Sengikhumbula Ubaba
- Swazi Men, Composer Not Specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Swazi Men , Composer Not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland City Not Specified f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/215663 , vital:48083 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR1177 , Research no.GB1040T
- Description: For further details refer ILAM shellac record number: CR1177
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-00-00
- Authors: Swazi Men , Composer Not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland City Not Specified f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/215663 , vital:48083 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR1177 , Research no.GB1040T
- Description: For further details refer ILAM shellac record number: CR1177
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-00-00
Ah la la Mama
- Mpunyuka Madonsela, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Mpunyuka Madonsela , Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396543 , vital:69193 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM03-08-TR71-B-5
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
- Authors: Mpunyuka Madonsela , Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396543 , vital:69193 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM03-08-TR71-B-5
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955
Wali bala mogotibisa
- Swazi/Zingili dancers, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Swazi/Zingili dancers , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955-01-05
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa CMR mine f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/223591 , vital:49007 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT336-H2 , Research no. H1B4
- Description: A indhlamu dance song, second movement accompanied by drum, wooden clappers and sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955-01-05
- Authors: Swazi/Zingili dancers , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955-01-05
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa CMR mine f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/223591 , vital:49007 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT336-H2 , Research no. H1B4
- Description: A indhlamu dance song, second movement accompanied by drum, wooden clappers and sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955-01-05
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.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- 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.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Babe kasenankomo (Father has no cattle left)
- Masitela with 2 boys and 3 girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Masitela with 2 boys and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152330 , vital:39247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-18
- Description: A "reed ceremony" song, sung for the Mhlanga or reed ceremony. The words of the song imply that father has gone to court over various cases so often that all his cattle have been attacked. The reed ceremony is carried out when the girls of the tribe all go together to the reed beds to cut reeds for the palings of the villages which are a feature of the Swazi Kraals. Mhlanga song for the reed ceremony.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Masitela with 2 boys and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152330 , vital:39247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-18
- Description: A "reed ceremony" song, sung for the Mhlanga or reed ceremony. The words of the song imply that father has gone to court over various cases so often that all his cattle have been attacked. The reed ceremony is carried out when the girls of the tribe all go together to the reed beds to cut reeds for the palings of the villages which are a feature of the Swazi Kraals. Mhlanga song for the reed ceremony.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Babe lidzela nyoni (Father neglects the bird)
- Four married girls, one unmarried and men of the Queen mother's village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Four married girls, one unmarried and men of the Queen mother's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152258 , vital:39239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-10
- Description: The song is sung by the bride's party at a Swati wedding. The singers could not explain the context of their song. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Four married girls, one unmarried and men of the Queen mother's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152258 , vital:39239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-10
- Description: The song is sung by the bride's party at a Swati wedding. The singers could not explain the context of their song. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Barberton Special
- The Star Brothers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: The Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock mine f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152756 , vital:39339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-04
- Description: This "gnome-like"" music, so easily played and accompanied has swept into popularity since 1956. It has an immediate effect upon young Africans, especially those under twenty and perhaps even more so upon the under ten year olds. Every tune on the whistle-flutes or penny whistles enjoys the mane of "special: a trick learnt from gramophone record titles. They all imitate other tunes in an urban/folk manner until there is no telling which tune came first, which is the original, and which is the imitation. Town dance with 2 guitars (-10.58-), 2 penny whistle-flutes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: The Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock mine f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152756 , vital:39339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-04
- Description: This "gnome-like"" music, so easily played and accompanied has swept into popularity since 1956. It has an immediate effect upon young Africans, especially those under twenty and perhaps even more so upon the under ten year olds. Every tune on the whistle-flutes or penny whistles enjoys the mane of "special: a trick learnt from gramophone record titles. They all imitate other tunes in an urban/folk manner until there is no telling which tune came first, which is the original, and which is the imitation. Town dance with 2 guitars (-10.58-), 2 penny whistle-flutes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Belebe la yee-lo! (He is far, far away)
- Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152823 , vital:39346 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-10
- Description: The fingering was done by stopping the lower segment (the higher fundamental) with the back of the first and second fingers together. The song is a lament for the man who has abondoned her. Lament with Makweyana musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152823 , vital:39346 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-10
- Description: The fingering was done by stopping the lower segment (the higher fundamental) with the back of the first and second fingers together. The song is a lament for the man who has abondoned her. Lament with Makweyana musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Belebe la yee-lo! (He is far, far away)
- Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152818 , vital:39345 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-10
- Description: The fingering was done by stopping the lower segment (the higher fundamental) with the back of the first and second fingers together. The song is a lament for the man who has abondoned her. Lament with Makweyana musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152818 , vital:39345 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-10
- Description: The fingering was done by stopping the lower segment (the higher fundamental) with the back of the first and second fingers together. The song is a lament for the man who has abondoned her. Lament with Makweyana musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Bengiyo shela
- Group of 8 young Swazi men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 8 young Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153042 , vital:39376 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-13
- Description: The singers, who were sitting on the ground, all bent their heads on their folded arms while singing this song. It is the first opening movement of this dance before actully dancing. The dance itself is a variation of the Ndlamu stamping dance found all through Zululand and as far south as Thabankulu in the Transkei. "Bengiyo shela. Bengiyo shela ka lo bamba. Ngiyoshele malangena." Youn men's dance. Isibacha.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Group of 8 young Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153042 , vital:39376 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-13
- Description: The singers, who were sitting on the ground, all bent their heads on their folded arms while singing this song. It is the first opening movement of this dance before actully dancing. The dance itself is a variation of the Ndlamu stamping dance found all through Zululand and as far south as Thabankulu in the Transkei. "Bengiyo shela. Bengiyo shela ka lo bamba. Ngiyoshele malangena." Youn men's dance. Isibacha.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
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
- 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
Demelabantu ungangezwe (Attack, for you are as great as the world)
- Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152292 , vital:39243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-14
- Description: The sangoma wore a fur hat and feathers. The word, no doubt, in this case was contained by the hills and a few miles outside. Divination song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152292 , vital:39243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-14
- Description: The sangoma wore a fur hat and feathers. The word, no doubt, in this case was contained by the hills and a few miles outside. Divination song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Imale yami idliwa yingwababane (My money has been eaten up by courtesans)
- Five young girls and group of women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Five young girls and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153019 , vital:39373 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-10
- Description: One of the young women performed a dance during this recording. She had rattles made from the dry cocoons of a kind of bag worm found on trees, strapped on her ankles ("Magano" Umsinsi). Ukutsamba, with clapping and ankle rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Five young girls and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153019 , vital:39373 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-10
- Description: One of the young women performed a dance during this recording. She had rattles made from the dry cocoons of a kind of bag worm found on trees, strapped on her ankles ("Magano" Umsinsi). Ukutsamba, with clapping and ankle rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Imbube Ingonyama (You are the lion)
- Five girls from the Queen mother's village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Five girls from the Queen mother's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152240 , vital:39237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-08
- Description: The song goes on:- "You are growing up to eat man and kill people." The song is sung by the brides' party when the king's daughter is going to be married. The song is addressed to the bridegroom. Lamkhwanse Tsemba was the leader. The prefix "la" indicates she is married. Four of these girls were married and wore their hair in the "Swati dome", the other had her hair painted and combed to form a circular cap. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Five girls from the Queen mother's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152240 , vital:39237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-08
- Description: The song goes on:- "You are growing up to eat man and kill people." The song is sung by the brides' party when the king's daughter is going to be married. The song is addressed to the bridegroom. Lamkhwanse Tsemba was the leader. The prefix "la" indicates she is married. Four of these girls were married and wore their hair in the "Swati dome", the other had her hair painted and combed to form a circular cap. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958