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Murengerongoma

- Mihambari and Rwanda girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people)
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148745 , vital:38770
  • Description: Murengerongoma was a man all of whose children except one, were taken by lions. So the people came and helped him gather firewood and do all household tasks, when they had done this, he danced for them to show his gratitude. Wedding song with hand clapping
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Nyamaropa

- John Hakurotwi Mude, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Ndlama

- Boys and Girls from Chief Chigugwana (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Kuyadya Hove Kune Mazove

- Simon Mashoko, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Kumakudo

- Simon Mashoko, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Kwaya III

- Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers), F. Mabosso (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Mandowa (Part 4)

- Zhuake Masingi (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Ndlama- Maritinji

- Boys and Girls from Chief Chigugwana (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Imihigo

- Tutsi man, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Tutsi man , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people)
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148717 , vital:38766
  • Description: The performer, a Tutsi man, recounts imaginary exploits to amuse the chief. A common custom amongst the Tutsi who have competitions of this sort in order to decide which is the most gifted narrator. An interesting recording for linguists. The recitation is introduced by a short praise cry by the people standing nearby. Recitation
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Title not specified

- John Hakurotwi Mude, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Karigamombe

- John Hakurotwi Mude, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Kwaya I

- Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers), F. Mabosso (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Dangurangu

- Mubayiwa Bandambira, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Nhemamusasa

- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Hahirwa Nyiramibambwe

- Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people)
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148726 , vital:38767
  • Description: This song, used as a lullaby, is in praise of the present Omwami Mutara's grand mother, and recounts her life, her childhood and girlhood, through its various stages till her death. She was both good and beautiful, say the singers. The queen mother's influence at the courts of the Mwami used to be considerable and was only broken by the Beligian authorities when this lady was banished to Kainembe near lake Kivu in 1931, together with her son Musenga Yushi V who was deposed and banished with her. Praise song
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Title not specified

- Simon Mashoko, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Kwaya II

- Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers), F. Mabosso (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Baryaningwe wa Ntwali

- Sekivura, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Sekivura , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people)
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148773 , vital:38772
  • Description: Baryaningwe, son of Ntwali. "I, professional thief, I went to a place called Ruagi and stole a cow, but the owner saw me just as I was driving it out. So I was caught. I was taken into a hut and tied up. In my misery, I was asked for an Inanga zither and began to sing. I sang so well that the women and children begged for my release. I was freed but I did not know that my fellow-thieves had gone to tell my family what had happened. So whilst I was singing to all these people my relatives came to my help and my enemies spell-bound by my singing were taken unawares and thus I escaped. Legend. Recitative to instrumental accompaniment with Inanga trough zither.
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Nhimutimu

- Performer not specified, Tracey, Andrew T N, Paul Berliner

Ikizire

- Performer not specified, Hugh Tracey

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