Kongoi Maitoling
- Cherondet Arap Ng'asura, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Cherondet Arap Ng'asura , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177381 , vital:42816 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-01
- Description: A love song in which English words, 'my darling' have been transmogrified into Kipsigis "maitoling" He also calls her little 'calf', a term of great endearment in a pastoral such as these. The singer starts with whistling. The instrument on which this is played is a Chepkongo six string lyre, with one string removed in order to turn it into a five string Kibungandet which uses a different pentatonic scale. Love song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre and whistling.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Cherondet Arap Ng'asura , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177381 , vital:42816 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-01
- Description: A love song in which English words, 'my darling' have been transmogrified into Kipsigis "maitoling" He also calls her little 'calf', a term of great endearment in a pastoral such as these. The singer starts with whistling. The instrument on which this is played is a Chepkongo six string lyre, with one string removed in order to turn it into a five string Kibungandet which uses a different pentatonic scale. Love song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre and whistling.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Arap Kibaigong (The son of Kibaigong)
- Kipkemo Arap Sitonik and Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kipkemo Arap Sitonik and Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177653 , vital:42843 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-12
- Description: The song tells the story of a certain man who was given a pig to look after. He failed to do so properly and was warned that he would be beaten for his negligence. "Arap" means "the son of". The two note chorus is typical of many Kipsigis songs. Topical song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kipkemo Arap Sitonik and Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177653 , vital:42843 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-12
- Description: The song tells the story of a certain man who was given a pig to look after. He failed to do so properly and was warned that he would be beaten for his negligence. "Arap" means "the son of". The two note chorus is typical of many Kipsigis songs. Topical song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemelildo
- Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177817 , vital:42877 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-06
- Description: A dance song after the familiar Kipsigis pattern of praising people, places and other familiar things held in affection by the local community. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177817 , vital:42877 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-06
- Description: A dance song after the familiar Kipsigis pattern of praising people, places and other familiar things held in affection by the local community. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Cheptim
- Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177795 , vital:42875 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-04
- Description: 'Cheptim' is a term of endearment for any girl, and the song is largely a repetition of the words 'Merire Cheptim" "Weep not pretty maid." Dance song for men and women with whistles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177795 , vital:42875 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-04
- Description: 'Cheptim' is a term of endearment for any girl, and the song is largely a repetition of the words 'Merire Cheptim" "Weep not pretty maid." Dance song for men and women with whistles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemirocha III
- Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177056 , vital:42785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-17
- Description: The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers. Humourous song, with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177056 , vital:42785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-17
- Description: The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers. Humourous song, with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Naiyioro
- Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177790 , vital:42874 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-03
- Description: The words of the song are largely meaningless, or of old poetic usage and do not lend themselves to translation but perform their useful fuction as vehicles of a dance tune. As it was raining hard at the time of recording we could not see the dance in action. The dance song was recorded under the thatched roof of a shed. Dance song for men and women with whistles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis men and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177790 , vital:42874 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-03
- Description: The words of the song are largely meaningless, or of old poetic usage and do not lend themselves to translation but perform their useful fuction as vehicles of a dance tune. As it was raining hard at the time of recording we could not see the dance in action. The dance song was recorded under the thatched roof of a shed. Dance song for men and women with whistles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Uro-uro-ee
- Chelitet A. Maina, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chelitet A. Maina , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177580 , vital:42835 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-05
- Description: Note that the old man sings 'udo-udo-ee' while the nephew sings 'uro-uro-ee'. Version of a milking song, as played to the lyre. Goat milking song, with Kipugandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chelitet A. Maina , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177580 , vital:42835 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-05
- Description: Note that the old man sings 'udo-udo-ee' while the nephew sings 'uro-uro-ee'. Version of a milking song, as played to the lyre. Goat milking song, with Kipugandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kang'et chorwet
- Bekiyebei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bekiyebei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177826 , vital:42879 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-07
- Description: Another praise song, starting with the name of a nearby hill and other places. He also mentions the names of people in the district including the Chief Arap Kirui, Chief of Sotik. The dance which the audience performed during this song appeared to be a country of a European dance to which they had not given a name. Praise song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Bekiyebei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177826 , vital:42879 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-07
- Description: Another praise song, starting with the name of a nearby hill and other places. He also mentions the names of people in the district including the Chief Arap Kirui, Chief of Sotik. The dance which the audience performed during this song appeared to be a country of a European dance to which they had not given a name. Praise song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Inkole reb (Everything matches)
- Chelule Arap Chimo and Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chelule Arap Chimo and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177721 , vital:42851 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-17
- Description: The burden of this song is that everything in the world has its mate after Shelly's lines "Nothing in the world is single." Topical song, with Chepkongo 6 stling bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chelule Arap Chimo and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177721 , vital:42851 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-17
- Description: The burden of this song is that everything in the world has its mate after Shelly's lines "Nothing in the world is single." Topical song, with Chepkongo 6 stling bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Sigilai
- Authors: Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177662 , vital:42844 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-13
- Description: This song refers to the man Sigilai who first introduced the Chemonget, one of the Kipsigis lyres. They sing "who brought the Chemonget? Sigilai!" Children anywhere are usually poor subjects for recording and there are no exception. These two items are included to show how small Kipsigis girls perform Both songs show a possibility of school (foreign) influence. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177662 , vital:42844 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-13
- Description: This song refers to the man Sigilai who first introduced the Chemonget, one of the Kipsigis lyres. They sing "who brought the Chemonget? Sigilai!" Children anywhere are usually poor subjects for recording and there are no exception. These two items are included to show how small Kipsigis girls perform Both songs show a possibility of school (foreign) influence. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Bengeria
- Feituk Arap Sumeiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Feituk Arap Sumeiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177390 , vital:42817 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-02
- Description: A particulary charming little song. The girl was with her lover when they saw her father coming to look for her. She begged people to help her by distracting her father's attention while she escaped. They did so and afterwards she sang this song to thank the men who helped her escape. Love song with Kipungandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Feituk Arap Sumeiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177390 , vital:42817 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-02
- Description: A particulary charming little song. The girl was with her lover when they saw her father coming to look for her. She begged people to help her by distracting her father's attention while she escaped. They did so and afterwards she sang this song to thank the men who helped her escape. Love song with Kipungandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Oronet
- Hat Arap Kotut and Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Hat Arap Kotut and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177593 , vital:42836 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-06
- Description: This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal cattle of neighbouring tribes. The men singing these songs held tall, well made assegais of Masai type, and wore large ostrich feather head-dresses, oval in shape like collars, suspended from chin to the tip of the head at an oblique anglw. It was raining hard at the time and the songs had to be recorded in a thatched shed which did not help the singers and somewhat dampened their voices. Old fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Hat Arap Kotut and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177593 , vital:42836 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-06
- Description: This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal cattle of neighbouring tribes. The men singing these songs held tall, well made assegais of Masai type, and wore large ostrich feather head-dresses, oval in shape like collars, suspended from chin to the tip of the head at an oblique anglw. It was raining hard at the time and the songs had to be recorded in a thatched shed which did not help the singers and somewhat dampened their voices. Old fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemirocha I
- Bekyibei Arap Mosonick with Cherwo Arap Korogorem, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bekyibei Arap Mosonick with Cherwo Arap Korogorem , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177011 , vital:42781 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-15
- Description: The main theme of this song is affection for the Kipsigis country. He also asks 'why the white men should have taken over the country' which incidentally they themselves took from others in the past. He comes, he says, from the Sotik nearby. The name 'Chemirocha' is their pronounciation of 'Jimmy Rodgers' whose gramophone records were the first to be heard in the district. It is now synonymous for anything strange or new. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Bekyibei Arap Mosonick with Cherwo Arap Korogorem , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177011 , vital:42781 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-15
- Description: The main theme of this song is affection for the Kipsigis country. He also asks 'why the white men should have taken over the country' which incidentally they themselves took from others in the past. He comes, he says, from the Sotik nearby. The name 'Chemirocha' is their pronounciation of 'Jimmy Rodgers' whose gramophone records were the first to be heard in the district. It is now synonymous for anything strange or new. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kamerech jepto
- Elijan Reremoi with Nandi boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Elijan Reremoi with Nandi boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Baringo f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176952 , vital:42775 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-10
- Description: The many unrelated verses are mostly descriptions of various characters in the village. A simple song of the Nandi. Rekweno dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Elijan Reremoi with Nandi boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Baringo f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176952 , vital:42775 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-10
- Description: The many unrelated verses are mostly descriptions of various characters in the village. A simple song of the Nandi. Rekweno dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Katuiyo I
- Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis me and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis me and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177772 , vital:42871 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-01
- Description: A song sung on the same day and at the same place but with different leaders. The first version is unaccompanied by a Chepkongo lyre. Katuiyo was the name of the man who introduced this kind of dancing. His name also means a 'meeting place' and the lyric includes the names of various boys and girls who have met each other at the dance. This happy coincidence is made use of friends greeting each other at the dance. Dance song for men unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kipterer Arap Kenik with Kipsigis me and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177772 , vital:42871 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-01
- Description: A song sung on the same day and at the same place but with different leaders. The first version is unaccompanied by a Chepkongo lyre. Katuiyo was the name of the man who introduced this kind of dancing. His name also means a 'meeting place' and the lyric includes the names of various boys and girls who have met each other at the dance. This happy coincidence is made use of friends greeting each other at the dance. Dance song for men unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chepkirui
- Teituk Arap Sumiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Siolo
- Chebitet Arap Maina, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chebitet Arap Maina , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177835 , vital:42880 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-08
- Description: The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the west near the lake Victoria. The first and second strings are duplicated by the seveth and eigth. The singer extrolls the finess of the places and people in his district. Praise song with Ketuba 8 string bowl lyre (-10.621 x 8-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chebitet Arap Maina , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177835 , vital:42880 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-08
- Description: The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the west near the lake Victoria. The first and second strings are duplicated by the seveth and eigth. The singer extrolls the finess of the places and people in his district. Praise song with Ketuba 8 string bowl lyre (-10.621 x 8-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nitiren notera
- Bekyibei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bekyibei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177642 , vital:42842 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-11
- Description: The woman sits beside her dying husband and begs him not to leave her alone, for if he should die she would have to take off all her bangles and bracelets. "If only for the sake of the bracelets" she says, "Please do not die." Lament with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Bekyibei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177642 , vital:42842 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-11
- Description: The woman sits beside her dying husband and begs him not to leave her alone, for if he should die she would have to take off all her bangles and bracelets. "If only for the sake of the bracelets" she says, "Please do not die." Lament with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Arap Tapartele oleiy o laleiy o
- Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kericho f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176963 , vital:42777 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-11
- Description: The player flips the bridge of the lyre with a finger tip as he plays. The song is largely a repetition by the chorus of the words 'olei yo lalei yo' a kind of "Hey - nonny - nonny." The singer also brings into his song the names of many places he has visited and likes in common with his audience. Both Kipsigis and Nandi are noted for their patriotism, their love of country as such, which they frequently express in song. This is comparatively rare with Bantu people who do not as a rule praise the beauty of the countryside and are mostly insensitive to scenery. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kericho f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176963 , vital:42777 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-11
- Description: The player flips the bridge of the lyre with a finger tip as he plays. The song is largely a repetition by the chorus of the words 'olei yo lalei yo' a kind of "Hey - nonny - nonny." The singer also brings into his song the names of many places he has visited and likes in common with his audience. Both Kipsigis and Nandi are noted for their patriotism, their love of country as such, which they frequently express in song. This is comparatively rare with Bantu people who do not as a rule praise the beauty of the countryside and are mostly insensitive to scenery. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chebo moire
- Hat Arap Kotut and Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Hat Arap Kotut and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177598 , vital:42837 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-07
- Description: This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal cattle of neighbouring tribes. The men singing these songs held tall, well made assegais of Masai type, and wore large ostrich feather head-dresses, oval in shape like collars, suspended from chin to the tip of the head at an oblique anglw. It was raining hard at the time and the songs had to be recorded in a thatched shed which did not help the singers and somewhat dampened their voices. Old fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Hat Arap Kotut and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177598 , vital:42837 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-07
- Description: This song were sung in the old days after raiding parties when the Kipsigis would go out to steal cattle of neighbouring tribes. The men singing these songs held tall, well made assegais of Masai type, and wore large ostrich feather head-dresses, oval in shape like collars, suspended from chin to the tip of the head at an oblique anglw. It was raining hard at the time and the songs had to be recorded in a thatched shed which did not help the singers and somewhat dampened their voices. Old fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950