Ndiri (1st recording)
- Albert Lokwa na Jarimo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Albert Lokwa na Jarimo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mahagi f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168046 , vital:41534 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-06
- Description: The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Albert Lokwa na Jarimo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mahagi f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168046 , vital:41534 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-06
- Description: The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Veru
- Albert Lokwa na Jarimo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Albert Lokwa na Jarimo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mahagi f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168033 , vital:41533 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-05
- Description: The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Albert Lokwa na Jarimo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mahagi f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168033 , vital:41533 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-05
- Description: The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Ndiri (2nd recording)
- Albert Lokwa na Jarimo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Albert Lokwa na Jarimo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mahagi f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168051 , vital:41536 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-07
- Description: The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Albert Lokwa na Jarimo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mahagi f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168051 , vital:41536 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-07
- Description: The instruments played by the Alur are typical of the Congo family of Likembe, or box Mbira. The Alur are one of the great Luo groups of tribes and are found both in Uganda and North East Congo. These two Likembe are an octave apart and sound very well played together, though the singing in the first song is crude in comparison with the delicacy of the accompaniment. The song 'Ndiri' with its brilliant accompaniment was so striking that I recorded it a second time to see what variations the players would employ. Both editions are reproduced on this disc for close comparision. The treble Likembe is called Natine and the bass Minu an octave lower. Topical song with Likembe and a struck stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Wakune fube kulaga
- Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167440 , vital:41480 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-13
- Description: The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Southern Sudan. They are an active military tribe with great influence and power in the whole of this area, their young men being noted for their bravery. This tune set to a topical song is in the common Zande dance measure and a Zande audience hearing it would be likely to start their attractive dance action in spite of the accompanying instrument being a Likembe and not a xylophone which is commonly used for dancing on account of its greater volume of sound. The player tuned up his instrument begining with the tone centre 440 vs. The order of notes from left to right was:- 880, 648, 488, 360, 244, 220, 180, 324, 440, 584, 720, 292 vs. Topical song with 2 Ekembe, 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167440 , vital:41480 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-13
- Description: The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Southern Sudan. They are an active military tribe with great influence and power in the whole of this area, their young men being noted for their bravery. This tune set to a topical song is in the common Zande dance measure and a Zande audience hearing it would be likely to start their attractive dance action in spite of the accompanying instrument being a Likembe and not a xylophone which is commonly used for dancing on account of its greater volume of sound. The player tuned up his instrument begining with the tone centre 440 vs. The order of notes from left to right was:- 880, 648, 488, 360, 244, 220, 180, 324, 440, 584, 720, 292 vs. Topical song with 2 Ekembe, 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Mo mgdekiriga
- Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167445 , vital:41481 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-14
- Description: "I have paid my money, now you pay yours." Tune without words with 2 Ekembe 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167445 , vital:41481 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-14
- Description: "I have paid my money, now you pay yours." Tune without words with 2 Ekembe 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Bagbane
- Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167458 , vital:41482 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-15
- Description: "You have left me for another woman." Tune without words with 2 Ekembe 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167458 , vital:41482 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-15
- Description: "You have left me for another woman." Tune without words with 2 Ekembe 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Zadoyo pule badialo fulo
- Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167431 , vital:41479 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-12
- Description: The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Southern Sudan. They are an active military tribe with great influence and power in the whole of this area, their young men being noted for their bravery. This tune set to a topical song is in the common Zande dance measure and a Zande audience hearing it would be likely to start their attractive dance action in spite of the accompanying instrument being a Likembe and not a xylophone which is commonly used for dancing on account of its greater volume of sound. The player tuned up his instrument begining with the tone centre 440 vs. The order of notes from left to right was:- 880, 648, 488, 360, 244, 220, 180, 324, 440, 584, 720, 292 vs. Topical song with 2 Ekembe, 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167431 , vital:41479 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-12
- Description: The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Southern Sudan. They are an active military tribe with great influence and power in the whole of this area, their young men being noted for their bravery. This tune set to a topical song is in the common Zande dance measure and a Zande audience hearing it would be likely to start their attractive dance action in spite of the accompanying instrument being a Likembe and not a xylophone which is commonly used for dancing on account of its greater volume of sound. The player tuned up his instrument begining with the tone centre 440 vs. The order of notes from left to right was:- 880, 648, 488, 360, 244, 220, 180, 324, 440, 584, 720, 292 vs. Topical song with 2 Ekembe, 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Baningba
- Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167422 , vital:41478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-11
- Description: The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Southern Sudan. They are an active military tribe with great influence and power in the whole of this area, their young men being noted for their bravery. This tune set to a topical song is in the common Zande dance measure and a Zande audience hearing it would be likely to start their attractive dance action in spite of the accompanying instrument being a Likembe and not a xylophone which is commonly used for dancing on account of its greater volume of sound. The player tuned up his instrument begining with the tone centre 440 vs. The order of notes from left to right was:- 880, 648, 488, 360, 244, 220, 180, 324, 440, 584, 720, 292 vs. Topical song with 2 Ekembe, 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Iyenga Francois and friend Eleo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bondo f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167422 , vital:41478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-11
- Description: The Zande are a Sudanic people and are found along the north eastern border of the Congo and Southern Sudan. They are an active military tribe with great influence and power in the whole of this area, their young men being noted for their bravery. This tune set to a topical song is in the common Zande dance measure and a Zande audience hearing it would be likely to start their attractive dance action in spite of the accompanying instrument being a Likembe and not a xylophone which is commonly used for dancing on account of its greater volume of sound. The player tuned up his instrument begining with the tone centre 440 vs. The order of notes from left to right was:- 880, 648, 488, 360, 244, 220, 180, 324, 440, 584, 720, 292 vs. Topical song with 2 Ekembe, 12 note Likembe Mbiras.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Gibolo
- Mongonika and Zande men and woman, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mongonika and Zande men and woman , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167813 , vital:41512 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-04
- Description: Mongonika sang the solo phrases to this dance which is called by the same name as himself. He is a clerk at the Chief's office and dressed himself in the traditional barkcloth 'breeches' and beads for the dances. The breeches are made from a five to six foot lenght of barkcloth about 4 feet wide which is drawn up loosely between the legs spread out before and after abd secured by a belt. The result is a rather voluminous dress typical of many tribes in North Eastern Congo. Tuning of Kponingbo:- 664, 568, 469, 392, 360, 332, 284, 248, 196. Mongonika dance with Kponingbo xylophone, 9 notes.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mongonika and Zande men and woman , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167813 , vital:41512 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-04
- Description: Mongonika sang the solo phrases to this dance which is called by the same name as himself. He is a clerk at the Chief's office and dressed himself in the traditional barkcloth 'breeches' and beads for the dances. The breeches are made from a five to six foot lenght of barkcloth about 4 feet wide which is drawn up loosely between the legs spread out before and after abd secured by a belt. The result is a rather voluminous dress typical of many tribes in North Eastern Congo. Tuning of Kponingbo:- 664, 568, 469, 392, 360, 332, 284, 248, 196. Mongonika dance with Kponingbo xylophone, 9 notes.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Dale mu bele sa
- Authors: Muyapala Kpeli , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167409 , vital:41477 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-10
- Description: Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the performers knees, the neck pointing away from him, the strings in a vertical postition and not horizontal. They do not hold their tuning for long and must be returned before each performance. Long song with vertical, angular Kundi harp of 5 strings. and Andzolo metal hand bells.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Muyapala Kpeli , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167409 , vital:41477 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0122-10
- Description: Unlike most harps of this design, this one was held upright with the point of the body on the performers knees, the neck pointing away from him, the strings in a vertical postition and not horizontal. They do not hold their tuning for long and must be returned before each performance. Long song with vertical, angular Kundi harp of 5 strings. and Andzolo metal hand bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Sungi akumba
- Nakule ,and two other players and dancers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nakule ,and two other players and dancers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167793 , vital:41510 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-02
- Description: These loose note xylophones are played by three ad sometimes four men sitting on either side of the instrument. The Zande dance is performed in a circle to the cheerful sound of the xylophone. All the dancers move in union with small steps in a set pattern which ensures that the circle moves around gradually in an anti-clockwise direction. A characteristic gesture by Zande dancers is the holding out of the hands, palms upwards gently raising and lowering the forearms in time with the music. Zande dance with Kponingbo xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Nakule ,and two other players and dancers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167793 , vital:41510 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-02
- Description: These loose note xylophones are played by three ad sometimes four men sitting on either side of the instrument. The Zande dance is performed in a circle to the cheerful sound of the xylophone. All the dancers move in union with small steps in a set pattern which ensures that the circle moves around gradually in an anti-clockwise direction. A characteristic gesture by Zande dancers is the holding out of the hands, palms upwards gently raising and lowering the forearms in time with the music. Zande dance with Kponingbo xylophone.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Bandiya yo
- Nakule ,and two other players and dancers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nakule ,and two other players and dancers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167803 , vital:41511 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-03
- Description: These loose note xylophones are played by three ad sometimes four men sitting on either side of the instrument. The Zande dance is performed in a circle to the cheerful sound of the xylophone. All the dancers move in union with small steps in a set pattern which ensures that the circle moves around gradually in an anti-clockwise direction. A characteristic gesture by Zande dancers is the holding out of the hands, palms upwards gently raising and lowering the forearms in time with the music. Zande dance with Kponingbo xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Nakule ,and two other players and dancers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167803 , vital:41511 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-03
- Description: These loose note xylophones are played by three ad sometimes four men sitting on either side of the instrument. The Zande dance is performed in a circle to the cheerful sound of the xylophone. All the dancers move in union with small steps in a set pattern which ensures that the circle moves around gradually in an anti-clockwise direction. A characteristic gesture by Zande dancers is the holding out of the hands, palms upwards gently raising and lowering the forearms in time with the music. Zande dance with Kponingbo xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kondo natipala bako
- Nakule ,and two other players and dancers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nakule ,and two other players and dancers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167781 , vital:41509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-01
- Description: The tuning of this loose-note xylophone is:- 664, 568,496, 392, 360, 332, 284, 248, 196 vs. The loose notes were supported on two banana stalks. Dance in honour of the Ancestors, with Kponingbo or Akpaningbo, nine loose-note xylophone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Nakule ,and two other players and dancers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Nguru f-cg
- Language: Zande/Bandiya
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167781 , vital:41509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0123-01
- Description: The tuning of this loose-note xylophone is:- 664, 568,496, 392, 360, 332, 284, 248, 196 vs. The loose notes were supported on two banana stalks. Dance in honour of the Ancestors, with Kponingbo or Akpaningbo, nine loose-note xylophone.
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- Date Issued: 1952
Jean Ndjela kwa commissaire (Jean Ndjela before the magistrate)
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168073 , vital:41538 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-9
- Description: Jean Ndjela (a personal friend of Ombiza's) was a thief on a grand scale. When arrested for stealing goods to the value of 2 to 3 million francs, about 20,000 pounds, he implicated a number of other people to whom he had given stolen goods and when he appeared before the court he was followed, not only by them, but by ten porters bearing the stolen merchandise on their heads 'enough to stock another shop.' The singer concludes with the words "Jean Ndjela, I wish you courage and patience. I only hope you will not die in prison." Topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
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- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168073 , vital:41538 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-9
- Description: Jean Ndjela (a personal friend of Ombiza's) was a thief on a grand scale. When arrested for stealing goods to the value of 2 to 3 million francs, about 20,000 pounds, he implicated a number of other people to whom he had given stolen goods and when he appeared before the court he was followed, not only by them, but by ten porters bearing the stolen merchandise on their heads 'enough to stock another shop.' The singer concludes with the words "Jean Ndjela, I wish you courage and patience. I only hope you will not die in prison." Topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Jean Ndjela ku parquet (Jean Ndjela before the court)
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168090 , vital:41540 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-10
- Description: Jean Ndjela before the high court, Parquet, is the slang French term used for the court. This song recounts how Ndjela was condemned to prison together with a number of others, Maria Pilipili and the mulatresse amongst them, and ends by saying "Ndjela you cannot take stolen goods to the grave." Topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168090 , vital:41540 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-10
- Description: Jean Ndjela before the high court, Parquet, is the slang French term used for the court. This song recounts how Ndjela was condemned to prison together with a number of others, Maria Pilipili and the mulatresse amongst them, and ends by saying "Ndjela you cannot take stolen goods to the grave." Topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Masida Ngalima
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168102 , vital:41541 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-11
- Description: Masida Ngalima is the name of a woman. Like so many other African guitar players, Ombiza Charles appears to play the whole of his considerable reportoire in one key only. Most of his songs, like this one were about the well-dressed, perfumed beauties of the town, their charms and their msideeds. "The girls of today know how to dress" he sings. This claim is well justified as the girls of Stanleyville are, in our experience, perhaps the best dressed of all urban girls in the Congo. Topical song with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168102 , vital:41541 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-11
- Description: Masida Ngalima is the name of a woman. Like so many other African guitar players, Ombiza Charles appears to play the whole of his considerable reportoire in one key only. Most of his songs, like this one were about the well-dressed, perfumed beauties of the town, their charms and their msideeds. "The girls of today know how to dress" he sings. This claim is well justified as the girls of Stanleyville are, in our experience, perhaps the best dressed of all urban girls in the Congo. Topical song with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Safari ya Baraka
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168064 , vital:41537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-08
- Description: "The successful journey when everything went right, my business affairs flourished, my friends were pleased to see me and I had no mishaps on the way and returned safely." In 1952 Ombiza Charles was one of the leading guitar players and singers in Stanleyville. They had copied the style of playing introduced from Angola through Leopoildvile and every tune they employed they called a 'rumba'. This professional group of performers was called Oroclos. 'Rumba' topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ombiza Charles , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168064 , vital:41537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-08
- Description: "The successful journey when everything went right, my business affairs flourished, my friends were pleased to see me and I had no mishaps on the way and returned safely." In 1952 Ombiza Charles was one of the leading guitar players and singers in Stanleyville. They had copied the style of playing introduced from Angola through Leopoildvile and every tune they employed they called a 'rumba'. This professional group of performers was called Oroclos. 'Rumba' topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Stanleyville putulu
- Orchestra Tinapa, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Orchestra Tinapa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168110 , vital:41542 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-12
- Description: "We are mad about dancing at Stanleyville." They may be mad about their dancing, but the Congo style of town dance is new to them and they perform like beginners. Beguine dance, with dance band, 2 guitars, 2 clarinets, 1 friction stick and 1 bottle and knife.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Orchestra Tinapa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168110 , vital:41542 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-12
- Description: "We are mad about dancing at Stanleyville." They may be mad about their dancing, but the Congo style of town dance is new to them and they perform like beginners. Beguine dance, with dance band, 2 guitars, 2 clarinets, 1 friction stick and 1 bottle and knife.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Colette
- Orchestra Tinapa, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Orchestra Tinapa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168123 , vital:41543 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-13
- Description: "Colette begs you for money but gives you nothing in return." "I know I owe you money and I will give it to you but I do not have any now. I spoke to you one day and you would not reply. If you would agree to love me for only one day I would take it as a whole month. Colette. There is nothing wrong with Stanleyville. We all know it is a perfect place." 'Rumba' dance with 1 guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Orchestra Tinapa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168123 , vital:41543 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-13
- Description: "Colette begs you for money but gives you nothing in return." "I know I owe you money and I will give it to you but I do not have any now. I spoke to you one day and you would not reply. If you would agree to love me for only one day I would take it as a whole month. Colette. There is nothing wrong with Stanleyville. We all know it is a perfect place." 'Rumba' dance with 1 guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Lalala lise
- Zande elephant drivers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Zande elephant drivers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Dungu f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168004 , vital:41530 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-02
- Description: The song was learnt from the original Indian trainers who came across to Africa from India with Indian elephants when the experimental training of African elephants was begun in North Eastern Congo in 1910. The songs taught to the local Zande mahouts or trainers (locally called Cornacs) have survived though local words have partly replaced the original words of the Indians. The original Indian mahouts impressed upon the Zande the need for singing to their elephants, an instruction they have never neglected. Work song for riding and driving tamed elphants.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Zande elephant drivers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk songs, Zande , Alur (African people) , Swahili-speaking peoples , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Dungu f-cg
- Language: Zande/Vongara
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168004 , vital:41530 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0124-02
- Description: The song was learnt from the original Indian trainers who came across to Africa from India with Indian elephants when the experimental training of African elephants was begun in North Eastern Congo in 1910. The songs taught to the local Zande mahouts or trainers (locally called Cornacs) have survived though local words have partly replaced the original words of the Indians. The original Indian mahouts impressed upon the Zande the need for singing to their elephants, an instruction they have never neglected. Work song for riding and driving tamed elphants.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952