Stepps a dikgomo di teng (Steeps, are there cattle in this place)
- Mokgele Mokgejane and group of 24 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mokgele Mokgejane and group of 24 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165583 , vital:41259 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-08
- Description: "Stepps, are there cattle in this place? Come, let us take them. We must take them from Mokwena and drive them into a cave." The woman at the end of the song spoke the praises of the successful cattle-raiders. It appears to be a local custom to recite praise verses at the conclusion of each song. How the name 'Steeps' originated is not known. Cattle raiding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mokgele Mokgejane and group of 24 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165583 , vital:41259 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-08
- Description: "Stepps, are there cattle in this place? Come, let us take them. We must take them from Mokwena and drive them into a cave." The woman at the end of the song spoke the praises of the successful cattle-raiders. It appears to be a local custom to recite praise verses at the conclusion of each song. How the name 'Steeps' originated is not known. Cattle raiding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Seeta le kgwale mosesetho (Visit the partridge)
- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165933 , vital:41298 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-02
- Description: "Visit the partridge, where have the mothers been last year? Visit the partridge." The initiation schools are held out in the country away from the village, hence the visit to the wild creatures, such as the partridge. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165933 , vital:41298 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-02
- Description: "Visit the partridge, where have the mothers been last year? Visit the partridge." The initiation schools are held out in the country away from the village, hence the visit to the wild creatures, such as the partridge. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Pulana yoo rara bule (Let there be gentle rain)
- Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165475 , vital:41247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-08
- Description: "Let there be gentle rain upon the earth, clouds on earth, rain on earth. We are pierced by thorns. Clouds on earth. Herd of cattle bring themselves home." This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165475 , vital:41247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-08
- Description: "Let there be gentle rain upon the earth, clouds on earth, rain on earth. We are pierced by thorns. Clouds on earth. Herd of cattle bring themselves home." This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hololo we Bahurutshe Matebeyane (When we saw the Hurutshe approaching, we thought they were Ndebele)
- Daniel Ramokgadi and Sei Lobega, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Daniel Ramokgadi and Sei Lobega , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164277 , vital:41104 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-14
- Description: The song continues at considerable length. Another typical herdsman's song, "full of joy and full of scandals" as one man put it. In parts it is Rabelaisian. Humorous song with one stringed bow 'Segakure'.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hololo we Bahurutshe Matebeyane (When we saw the Hurutshe approaching, we thought they were Ndebele)
- Authors: Daniel Ramokgadi and Sei Lobega , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164277 , vital:41104 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-14
- Description: The song continues at considerable length. Another typical herdsman's song, "full of joy and full of scandals" as one man put it. In parts it is Rabelaisian. Humorous song with one stringed bow 'Segakure'.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Nthakwedi-Nthakwetsane
- Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165484 , vital:41248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-09
- Description: "Hurry up! Hurry! The Chief has gone to the kraal. When will the rain come?" The leader of this group of women was the wife of the Chief's uncle Ketshwerebothata. This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165484 , vital:41248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-09
- Description: "Hurry up! Hurry! The Chief has gone to the kraal. When will the rain come?" The leader of this group of women was the wife of the Chief's uncle Ketshwerebothata. This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khonou e ea kga thamo (The brown ox swings its dewlap)
- Tshekoeng Mokgosi and 4 men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Tshekoeng Mokgosi and 4 men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164763 , vital:41162 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-01
- Description: "The brown ox swings its dewlap, do not swing your dewalp, brown ox! It comes rushing along, swinging its dewalp, brown ox. The yellow ox swings its dewalp, do not swing your dewalp, brown ox! It comes rushing along and swinging its dewalp, brown ox." One woman started the song and was stopped by her friend who took over. The pitch of the song was gradually raised. Threshing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Tshekoeng Mokgosi and 4 men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164763 , vital:41162 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-01
- Description: "The brown ox swings its dewlap, do not swing your dewalp, brown ox! It comes rushing along, swinging its dewalp, brown ox. The yellow ox swings its dewalp, do not swing your dewalp, brown ox! It comes rushing along and swinging its dewalp, brown ox." One woman started the song and was stopped by her friend who took over. The pitch of the song was gradually raised. Threshing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Dumedisa Moeng
- Mamidse Motlokwa and 22 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamidse Motlokwa and 22 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165787 , vital:41281 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-02
- Description: A song sung while the young men are living out on the hills during their initiation schooling. Three boys initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamidse Motlokwa and 22 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165787 , vital:41281 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-02
- Description: A song sung while the young men are living out on the hills during their initiation schooling. Three boys initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tshwene phatana yayone (The baboon's forehead is frowning)
- Kenewang Dikgole and group of women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kenewang Dikgole and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165592 , vital:41260 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-09
- Description: "The baboon's forehead is frowning. We are 'baboons', what is this?, We are 'baboons'." Song in praise of the baboon which is the tribal totem. The spoken praises which follow the song are in honour of the women of the village. Praise song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Kenewang Dikgole and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165592 , vital:41260 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-09
- Description: "The baboon's forehead is frowning. We are 'baboons', what is this?, We are 'baboons'." Song in praise of the baboon which is the tribal totem. The spoken praises which follow the song are in honour of the women of the village. Praise song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Mogalepetla nong tsa noka e kgolo (The Mogalepetla birds live near the great river)
- Authors: Group of 8 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165296 , vital:41230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-02
- Description: "The Mogalepetla birds live on the banks of a great river. They live along the banks of the river Mayinole." The praises in the middle of this song were for the present Chief, Mokgosi III. Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Group of 8 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165296 , vital:41230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-02
- Description: "The Mogalepetla birds live on the banks of a great river. They live along the banks of the river Mayinole." The praises in the middle of this song were for the present Chief, Mokgosi III. Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kongwana tshweu wee (Oh, the white cow)
- Lenpe Mongae and group of about 24 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lenpe Mongae and group of about 24 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165632 , vital:41265 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-01
- Description: "Oh, the white cow! She will bring a very good price at the cattle sale!" Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Lenpe Mongae and group of about 24 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165632 , vital:41265 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-01
- Description: "Oh, the white cow! She will bring a very good price at the cattle sale!" Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kgomo e tsaletse nageng thokwana (A grey cow has calved in the veld)
- Mishack Sehuneo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mishack Sehuneo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166351 , vital:41354 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-16
- Description: Praise song in honour of Tshekedi Khama. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mishack Sehuneo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166351 , vital:41354 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-16
- Description: Praise song in honour of Tshekedi Khama. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
A lona le utse le ithuta dithuto tseo tsa lona
- Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and Kgatla women, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and Kgatla women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana , Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165960 , vital:41301 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-05
- Description: Chief: "Are you going on with those lessons of yours, Kgabo (monkey)? show them to me." Children: "Here they are, here they are." Chief: "Show them to me." Children: "Here they are, here they are." This is believed to be a very old song taught in the early days of the church when the Chief would come round asking the children if they were learning their lessons properly. The Dutch Reformed Church was first established in this village in 1864. Morality song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and Kgatla women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana , Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165960 , vital:41301 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-05
- Description: Chief: "Are you going on with those lessons of yours, Kgabo (monkey)? show them to me." Children: "Here they are, here they are." Chief: "Show them to me." Children: "Here they are, here they are." This is believed to be a very old song taught in the early days of the church when the Chief would come round asking the children if they were learning their lessons properly. The Dutch Reformed Church was first established in this village in 1864. Morality song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Pula (Rain)
- Abraham Sidumedi and group of 6 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Abraham Sidumedi and group of 6 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165647 , vital:41267 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-03
- Description: Sidumedi, the leader, sang with great intensity of felling, living the words and accompanying them with gesture and poise. Another variation of this song was also recorded at Wilkeigat. Song for rain.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Abraham Sidumedi and group of 6 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165647 , vital:41267 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-03
- Description: Sidumedi, the leader, sang with great intensity of felling, living the words and accompanying them with gesture and poise. Another variation of this song was also recorded at Wilkeigat. Song for rain.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khakha si khudu (The big and the small tortoise)
- Chief Bathoen II C.B.E. and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chief Bathoen II C.B.E. and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162763 , vital:40980 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-03
- Description: "The great and the small tortoises are both of the same family. When we men are lean it is because we lack the liver of a tortoise. Here is a big tortoise, here is a small one. Take them to the big men!" Men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Chief Bathoen II C.B.E. and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162763 , vital:40980 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-03
- Description: "The great and the small tortoises are both of the same family. When we men are lean it is because we lack the liver of a tortoise. Here is a big tortoise, here is a small one. Take them to the big men!" Men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Maboko A Ga Kgosi Gaseitsiwe (Praises of Chief Gaseitsiwe)
- Kwelagobe R. Bome, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kwelagobe R. Bome , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162479 , vital:40938 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-01
- Description: Chief Gaseitsiwe was the father of Chief Bathoen I and great-grandfather of the present Chief. During the recitation of the praises, the men interject the cries of the hyena, the jackal, the lion and other animals. A local Tswana custome, they started. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Kwelagobe R. Bome , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162479 , vital:40938 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-01
- Description: Chief Gaseitsiwe was the father of Chief Bathoen I and great-grandfather of the present Chief. During the recitation of the praises, the men interject the cries of the hyena, the jackal, the lion and other animals. A local Tswana custome, they started. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Motee (Name)
- Abraham Mudukanele and 18 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Abraham Mudukanele and 18 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165705 , vital:41273 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-09
- Description: Male initiation song sung on going up into the hills for the period of seclusion during the initiation school.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Abraham Mudukanele and 18 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165705 , vital:41273 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-09
- Description: Male initiation song sung on going up into the hills for the period of seclusion during the initiation school.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ishetlhana e Tswerwe ke seokamo
- Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162367 , vital:40924 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-01
- Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. "The brown cow is held, caught and held prisoner and stands there all day. The other cows are also held fast in the same way. The brown yearling, our father's cow, ruled over nations while held flat." The words are allusive and symbolic. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162367 , vital:40924 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-01
- Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. "The brown cow is held, caught and held prisoner and stands there all day. The other cows are also held fast in the same way. The brown yearling, our father's cow, ruled over nations while held flat." The words are allusive and symbolic. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kgongana tshewa (Must I pay a beast in order to marry you?)
- Momitse Mutokwa and 18 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Momitse Mutokwa and 18 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165814 , vital:41284 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-05
- Description: A song sung by the bridegroom's party. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Momitse Mutokwa and 18 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165814 , vital:41284 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0115-05
- Description: A song sung by the bridegroom's party. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Loseka lwa e boka (You should not praise this cow)
- Group of Lete men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Lete men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165326 , vital:41233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-05
- Description: 'You should not praise this cow for you do not know it. It is hornless. It is the cow belonging to nong." 'Nong' is a generic term for any large bird but more specifically means 'Vulture'. This song also is sung when the bride-price is paid. It ends with a Maboko praise and the cries of the women. The praise was for Baitlutli, grand uncle of the present Chief and uncle of Ketshwerebothata, ex-Regent of Ramoutsa. Engagement song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Group of Lete men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Lete
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165326 , vital:41233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-05
- Description: 'You should not praise this cow for you do not know it. It is hornless. It is the cow belonging to nong." 'Nong' is a generic term for any large bird but more specifically means 'Vulture'. This song also is sung when the bride-price is paid. It ends with a Maboko praise and the cries of the women. The praise was for Baitlutli, grand uncle of the present Chief and uncle of Ketshwerebothata, ex-Regent of Ramoutsa. Engagement song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Tomolang ka diatla (like putting up carrots with your hands)
- Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162382 , vital:40925 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-02
- Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. The singers were waering tribal attire, skins, carrying sticks and knockberries, had their heads shaved except for a patch in the crwon and were stained red. "It is like pulling up carrots (by hand)! To be a policeman is a battle with your hands! Let us go and do it with our hands." 'Diatla'-hands. The word 'hands' is significant and the meaning of the song plays upon this word. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162382 , vital:40925 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-02
- Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. The singers were waering tribal attire, skins, carrying sticks and knockberries, had their heads shaved except for a patch in the crwon and were stained red. "It is like pulling up carrots (by hand)! To be a policeman is a battle with your hands! Let us go and do it with our hands." 'Diatla'-hands. The word 'hands' is significant and the meaning of the song plays upon this word. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959