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Inu A'Kachere (You Kachere)
- By elderly men at Kachere's village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: By elderly men at Kachere's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153401 , vital:39446
- Description: One of the songs said to have been sung after a tribal raid - a morality song after victory, so that the people will continue to be strong and not be thrown out of their country. It was sung when Europeans first entered the country about the end of the last century when Sir Harry Johnstone first ruled the country. "You! It is A Kachere who has increased the population of this country. There should not be prostitutes, it is forbidden or you will be thrown out by the white men." The Kachere mentioned in the song was the father of the present Chief who is about 70 years old. The song is no doubt derived from the old Nguni custom of purification after fighting. A fighting song with clapping.
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- Authors: By elderly men at Kachere's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153401 , vital:39446
- Description: One of the songs said to have been sung after a tribal raid - a morality song after victory, so that the people will continue to be strong and not be thrown out of their country. It was sung when Europeans first entered the country about the end of the last century when Sir Harry Johnstone first ruled the country. "You! It is A Kachere who has increased the population of this country. There should not be prostitutes, it is forbidden or you will be thrown out by the white men." The Kachere mentioned in the song was the father of the present Chief who is about 70 years old. The song is no doubt derived from the old Nguni custom of purification after fighting. A fighting song with clapping.
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Bilimankhwe (The Chameleon)
- The boys of Kawere school, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: The boys of Kawere school , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153738 , vital:39506
- Description: "Chameleon! Chameleon! Why are your eyes swollen? There is a funeral at home, you chaps, don't laugh at me. My yard, it is swept clean. I shall leave this village. I made a mistake to settle in this village. Look, My yard is swept clear. Party song with clapping.
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- Authors: The boys of Kawere school , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153738 , vital:39506
- Description: "Chameleon! Chameleon! Why are your eyes swollen? There is a funeral at home, you chaps, don't laugh at me. My yard, it is swept clean. I shall leave this village. I made a mistake to settle in this village. Look, My yard is swept clear. Party song with clapping.
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Jerusarima (Jerusalem)
- Authors: Wambai , 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/10962/154540 , vital:39744
- Description: The name of the this tune 'Jerusarima' is an adaptation of 'Jerusalem'. The title was given originally to a new style of dancing started by pupils in the schools in the early 1920's or even earlier. The dance is no longer popular but several of the Jerusarima melodies survive as adaptations on various instruments. Self delectative song with Chipendani bow.
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- Authors: Wambai , 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/10962/154540 , vital:39744
- Description: The name of the this tune 'Jerusarima' is an adaptation of 'Jerusalem'. The title was given originally to a new style of dancing started by pupils in the schools in the early 1920's or even earlier. The dance is no longer popular but several of the Jerusarima melodies survive as adaptations on various instruments. Self delectative song with Chipendani bow.
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U Zulu Azi Ahihlome (All the young men must prepare themselves for war)
- Group of unmarried Swazi girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of unmarried Swazi girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152555 , vital:39309
- Description: There was a rise in pitch all the way through this song. Umgubo group song.
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- Authors: Group of unmarried Swazi girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152555 , vital:39309
- Description: There was a rise in pitch all the way through this song. Umgubo group song.
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Nahatangena (When I entered)
- Group of 7 Shangaan (Ronga) men with Elias Silaule, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 7 Shangaan (Ronga) men with Elias Silaule , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153082 , vital:39391
- Description: The song is a description of work on the mine and on the farms. "My mother was taken for doing something wrong. The cocopan was too heavy to push, e.t.c." This long and detailed song is typical of the Kwaya style of singing by men belonging to the Shangan (Ronga) group from Southern Mozambique. Kwaya Topical song.
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- Authors: Group of 7 Shangaan (Ronga) men with Elias Silaule , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153082 , vital:39391
- Description: The song is a description of work on the mine and on the farms. "My mother was taken for doing something wrong. The cocopan was too heavy to push, e.t.c." This long and detailed song is typical of the Kwaya style of singing by men belonging to the Shangan (Ronga) group from Southern Mozambique. Kwaya Topical song.
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Famba mpore usadngana mumbuyo (Go over carefully, do not look behind you)
- Authors: Zuake Gumbo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Sena , Tumbuka (African people) , Sena (African people) , Nyungwe (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Sena , Nyungwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156436 , vital:40001
- Description: He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but who migrated about 150 miles north up the Shire river tributary to the Zambezi into Nyasaland. The old man was so pleased with his performance that when we played back his recording he immediately began to play himself in accompaniment. Self delectative song with Mbira.
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- Authors: Zuake Gumbo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Sena , Tumbuka (African people) , Sena (African people) , Nyungwe (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Sena , Nyungwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156436 , vital:40001
- Description: He says the instrument he plays belonged to his father who lived South of the Zambezi near Sena, but who migrated about 150 miles north up the Shire river tributary to the Zambezi into Nyasaland. The old man was so pleased with his performance that when we played back his recording he immediately began to play himself in accompaniment. Self delectative song with Mbira.
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Hayitsho Nongongobala
- Young Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151264 , vital:39045
- Description: The words of the dance are apparently meanigless except for the title. When the young herd boys returned with their cattle, sheep and goats to the village they joined in the party and sang these two songs which are typical of the present day type of dance songs used in the district. Young people's dance song and Umtshongolo dance with clapping.
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- Authors: Young Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151264 , vital:39045
- Description: The words of the dance are apparently meanigless except for the title. When the young herd boys returned with their cattle, sheep and goats to the village they joined in the party and sang these two songs which are typical of the present day type of dance songs used in the district. Young people's dance song and Umtshongolo dance with clapping.
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Wenda m'manja manja (Go in the hands)
- Elefala Jeremiah Mbewe, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Elefala Jeremiah Mbewe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156761 , vital:40047
- Description: This is based upon a song used at the initiation of girls and the reference to Manja indicates that part of the ceremony when the officiators carry the initiate on their hands (manja) during the dance. "Snakes come and bite her, ants come and bite her." Indicating disciplines enforced during the initiation. This instrument was without its 17th string. The tuning of the six strings was:- 656, 616, 576, 520, 488, 432. Self delectative songs with Bangwe board zither.
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- Authors: Elefala Jeremiah Mbewe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156761 , vital:40047
- Description: This is based upon a song used at the initiation of girls and the reference to Manja indicates that part of the ceremony when the officiators carry the initiate on their hands (manja) during the dance. "Snakes come and bite her, ants come and bite her." Indicating disciplines enforced during the initiation. This instrument was without its 17th string. The tuning of the six strings was:- 656, 616, 576, 520, 488, 432. Self delectative songs with Bangwe board zither.
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Amaseyibokwe athengwa ngemali eninzi (For a certain type of socks you pay dearly)
- Gcaleka boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151135 , vital:39033
- Description: The harmonica or mouth organ is a cheap and useful instrument to the Gcaleka who manage to produce a number of very simple repetitive tunes for accompanying their dances by this means. Mtstosho dance song, with harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Gcaleka boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151135 , vital:39033
- Description: The harmonica or mouth organ is a cheap and useful instrument to the Gcaleka who manage to produce a number of very simple repetitive tunes for accompanying their dances by this means. Mtstosho dance song, with harmonica.
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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
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152756 , vital:39339
- 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.
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- Authors: The Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152756 , vital:39339
- 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.
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Ai-ye! Nzara yakabora (Ai-ye! Famine has come)
- Young Tonga men and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Tonga men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: vital:39861
- Description: The reed pipe players both sang and blowed their pipes alternately each having a distinct part in the complex whole. This recording omitted the usual drum accompaniment for clarity's sake only. Gororombe dance with 4 sets of end blown pipes, rattles and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Young Tonga men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: vital:39861
- Description: The reed pipe players both sang and blowed their pipes alternately each having a distinct part in the complex whole. This recording omitted the usual drum accompaniment for clarity's sake only. Gororombe dance with 4 sets of end blown pipes, rattles and drums.
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Nzia ya gudo achiend kumunda (The song of the baboon who went to the field)
- Stephen Runeso Gumbo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Stephen Runeso 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/10962/154270 , vital:39642
- Description: This is a new version of an old song. Humorous song with Kalimba (mbira).
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- Authors: Stephen Runeso 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/10962/154270 , vital:39642
- Description: This is a new version of an old song. Humorous song with Kalimba (mbira).
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Nyiti inkwekwezi (We are the star)
- Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Swazi (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153187 , vital:39417
- Description: "We are the star when the sun sets and when sun rises." (i.e. "We shine by night and by day.") The words are in Swati, English and Xhosa. Many such Small groups of singers give themselves fanciful names mostly in English and not in their own vernacular. Topical song (Mbude style).
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Swazi (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153187 , vital:39417
- Description: "We are the star when the sun sets and when sun rises." (i.e. "We shine by night and by day.") The words are in Swati, English and Xhosa. Many such Small groups of singers give themselves fanciful names mostly in English and not in their own vernacular. Topical song (Mbude style).
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Tikangomva (Yellow cloth)
- Faresi Gama and Najuzi Phiri (woman), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Faresi Gama and Najuzi Phiri (woman) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153815 , vital:39525
- Description: "We heard that you bought a yellow cloth and we know at once you were going to be very proud of it. This usually happens at Masula." Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Faresi Gama and Najuzi Phiri (woman) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153815 , vital:39525
- Description: "We heard that you bought a yellow cloth and we know at once you were going to be very proud of it. This usually happens at Masula." Topical song.
- Full Text: false
Uhamba Kwa Mtombeni (If I leave Mtombeni, I do not say goodbye)
- Authors: Samuel Tabete , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152677 , vital:39330
- Description: "We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazithethelwa maa. U hamba kwa mtombeni a ngi valelisi we ma." "A girl choses for herself, friend, they say. She is not to be forced. You must speak for yourself. If I leave Mtombeni's house I do not say goodbye." Topical song with concertina.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Samuel Tabete , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152677 , vital:39330
- Description: "We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazithethelwa maa. U hamba kwa mtombeni a ngi valelisi we ma." "A girl choses for herself, friend, they say. She is not to be forced. You must speak for yourself. If I leave Mtombeni's house I do not say goodbye." Topical song with concertina.
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Wena usekananza (You who are sleeping now here)
- Group of young unmarried Swazi girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of young unmarried Swazi girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152335 , vital:39248
- Description: Mhlanga reed ceremony song
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of young unmarried Swazi girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152335 , vital:39248
- Description: Mhlanga reed ceremony song
- Full Text: false
Kakashimbi nkumuye mu s/c 5 ulucelo (The girl I met in section 5 this morning)
- C. Filimba and P. Kosimasi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: C. Filimba and P. Kosimasi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people)
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151797 , vital:39172
- Description: A certain man and woman met in section 5 (of the mine) and made an appointment to meet at the house at a certain hour, because the husband would be away at work at the time. Kalela dance.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: C. Filimba and P. Kosimasi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people)
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151797 , vital:39172
- Description: A certain man and woman met in section 5 (of the mine) and made an appointment to meet at the house at a certain hour, because the husband would be away at work at the time. Kalela dance.
- Full Text: false
Tenshin (Attention)
- Sotho men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people)
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151533 , vital:39139
- Description: "We stand at attention whenever we see him." Meaning we respect the Chief and salute him respectfully whenever we see him. The old lady, leading the song was the mother-in-law of the Chief and therefore was not allowed to mention her son-in-law's name, according to the 'Hlonipa' custom by which a woman must speak in synonyms of her husband and his family. Agricultural and domestic work song for hoeing.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people)
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151533 , vital:39139
- Description: "We stand at attention whenever we see him." Meaning we respect the Chief and salute him respectfully whenever we see him. The old lady, leading the song was the mother-in-law of the Chief and therefore was not allowed to mention her son-in-law's name, according to the 'Hlonipa' custom by which a woman must speak in synonyms of her husband and his family. Agricultural and domestic work song for hoeing.
- Full Text: false
Ndiy' nyama emnandi kwabaka bawo (I am good meat)
- Group of Hlangwini women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Hlangwini women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people)
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151309 , vital:39050
- Description: "I am good meat to my father's children, they are throwing only bones to me. I should have been dead if the diviners had not been looking after me." The orign of this song and its literal translation are both obsecure. Hoeing song - work song.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of Hlangwini women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people)
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151309 , vital:39050
- Description: "I am good meat to my father's children, they are throwing only bones to me. I should have been dead if the diviners had not been looking after me." The orign of this song and its literal translation are both obsecure. Hoeing song - work song.
- Full Text: false
Mamilambo
- Women of Kalana location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Women of Kalana location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people)
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150003 , vital:38929
- Description: A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. "Mamilambo" is said to be a spirit or charm in the shape of a snake, which the people buy from the diviners in order to obtain good luck and get rich-so it was explained. The married women were more soberly dressed than the young unmarried ones and wore their headclothes in the more usual Xhosa 'pile' of cloth on the head, producing a large loose turban-like effect. Diviner's song, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Women of Kalana location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people)
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150003 , vital:38929
- Description: A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. "Mamilambo" is said to be a spirit or charm in the shape of a snake, which the people buy from the diviners in order to obtain good luck and get rich-so it was explained. The married women were more soberly dressed than the young unmarried ones and wore their headclothes in the more usual Xhosa 'pile' of cloth on the head, producing a large loose turban-like effect. Diviner's song, with clapping.
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