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- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Wena Nonceba

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Ngendingekho

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Johannesburg

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Abantwa nabahluphekile

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

The good news

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Kasonde waritumpa, Kasonde mubanga (Kasonde is stupid)

- Kasonde and Mubangaied, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kasonde and Mubangaied , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:37227
  • Description: The rattle was composed of a wire hoop mounted on a pole about 6 feet high. A transverse wire had pieces of iron threaded on it, which rattled when the rattle-player struck the end of the pole on the ground and struck the side of the pole rhythmically in syncopation with the palm of his left hand. Topical song with rattle pole and bottle struck with spoon.
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Muleka Mwene Yombwe (Name of a man)

- Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with Luba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with Luba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134515 , vital:37170
  • Description: The song is about a man called Muleka Mwene Yombwe who refused to allow his wife to go down to the river to fish. All the group's songs were songs they had heard in their own village and set to the guitar, and this is an excellent example. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, and small rattle.
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Indaba okuyo

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Ubomi basemaphandleni

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Vukani madoda

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Vula matanda

- Josa Machokole, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Josa Machokole , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Topical songs
  • Language: Tswa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136252 , vital:37354
  • Description: An Mbira version of the old guitar song of "Vura matambo." This item demonstrates how the mbira in the hands of an expert, can play any of the common guitar tunes, often with maximum skill. Topical song with Mbira dza waNdau with bell and 3 manuals.
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Johannesburg

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Baby baby

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mayo (My mother)

- Kasonde and Mubangaied, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kasonde and Mubangaied , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135038 , vital:37229
  • Description: "My child is sick, you the doctor must look after him.-You, my wife, are a jealous woman-what are you after?" Topical song with rattle pole and bottle struck with spoon.
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For the good and the bad

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Obubunzima

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Akayilobolanga

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Jingo little dog

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

I was born in Africa

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

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