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Serago ko gae ngwania maphokoje (Serago, at home, the child of the female jackal

- Large group of about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey

Mmamathlwane (The Bat)

- Large group of Hurutshe women, Hugh Tracey

Tsabalala ('Tshabalala' - girl's name)

- Large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of men and 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/10962/165547 , vital:41255 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-04
  • Description: "You who reject men's advances, Tshabalala. What will your mother eat, Tshabalala? In point of fact, food is provided by son-in-law, Tshabalala." The 'son-in-lwa' reference implies not only the bride-price 'Bogadi' paid for a girl, but the son-in-law also ploughs for his mother-in-law. A wedding song for the bride, with clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Pula (Rain)

- Large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey

Sekokodia pula wee (We humbly implore rain)

- Large group of women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of women , 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/10962/162799 , vital:40984 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-07
  • Description: "We humbly implore rain, oh, may it rain! If it rains, we shall rejoice." The land belongs to the chief so they bring him the first fruits and a portion is returned to them of which they make beer and also bring some of it to the Chief. This song and others like it, are sung when they drink the beer themselves. This beer is drunk at the Chief's Kgotla. Rain song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Le reng oe? (What do you say)

- Lefu Rajane and a group of men, Hugh Tracey

Ketekete ('Ketekete' the noise made by a bell)

- Lefu Rajane and a group of men, Hugh Tracey

Kongwana tshweu wee (Oh, the white cow)

- Lenpe Mongae and group of about 24 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey

Tlotlang Kgosi (Honour the great Chief)

- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey

Tlalerwa re Humanega (Improverished by the wild dog)

- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey

Ga a nelwe Kolobe (Give the pig to no one)

- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , 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/10962/166014 , vital:41307 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-11
  • Description: "Give the pig to no one. Warn those dogs, Kolobe, and give the pig to no one. Pig is not given to one in confinement. Give it to no one. Hoki has not had some." This song reflects the play of words on the name Kolobe and its literal translation, meaning 'pig'. The song's origin is obsecure. There is little hunting now-a-days and there are few buck or pig left in the vivinity. This song is well-known, it appears, among most, if not all, Tswana tribes. Hunting song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Mpolelle pitso e kgolo (Tell me of the great meeting)

- Lentswe Male and 20 men, Hugh Tracey

Sekupu ! (Drums)

- Lesole Motsoari, 3 diviners and a group of women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Lesole Motsoari, 3 diviners and a group of women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
  • Language: Sotho
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161028 , vital:40583 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-05
  • Description: The leader shook his shoulders and body during the song, which movement can be heard in his voice. "Drums!" "At Sione they caught a baboon with long hair Maupha's anger! It is father - boy - (untranslatable). Their anger!. It is father 'Manyetse' (long hair). I am the baby boy." Chorus "Siyavuma." The speaker ends each line with the word "Khanya" (light). The frame drum had crossed wires at the back which were used to hold the drum in the left hand. Both drums were of metal and the usual membrane, they say, is either cow or horse hide. Mathuela, diviner's dance song, with small drum (-14.03-), frame drum (-14.92-) and clapping (-12.03-).
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Mammalo Sebolelo

- Lesoli Maboka and large group of young men, Hugh Tracey

Dumele le teme teme lengwe le godimo (Greetings to the most respected Chief)

- Levi Matlapeng, Hugh Tracey

Mme o leleka baeng (Mother drives away the visitors for me)

- Levi Modisane and group of men and women, Hugh Tracey

Likhomo (Cattle)

- Liphapang Mokopu and small group of men, Hugh Tracey

Ngwana le noga (The child and the big watersnake)

- Lizi Mulani, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Lizi Mulani , 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/10962/166263 , vital:41344 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-07
  • Description: There was once a child who was with other children and met a man who liked her. He asked the child to pull a splinter from his thumb. For that service many cattle appeared magically and the child was asked to choose one. The other children became jealous and when they passed a large hole in the ground they threw her in. There she lived with a big snake. After a while she wanted to go home again and the snake asked if he could twine himself around her. He did so and as she reached her home the snake went back to his hole. The song was sung on the way home:- "When I sing this song, you will know that I am tired and we must rest a while. Story.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tengani madengu (Fetch baskets)

- M. Njolomole, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: M. Njolomole , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
  • Language: Ngoni
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154820 , vital:39782 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-02
  • Description: "This is a song, he said, which was sung by the relatitives of the dead chief mourning their great loss. "Take a basket, let us go to the funeral Chief Njolomole has died, he has died Njolomole." This song was sung when the father of the present Chief died in 1929 (March 12th). The baskets, it was explained, refered to the baskets in which the property of the dead chief was carried by the mourners for burial with the chief in his grave. The younger brother of the chief led the singing and the chief himself can be heard singing a verse. The chief's uncle and councillor Robert Gokozera claimed towards the end of the item. Funeral song.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1959

Njenjenje

- Madzimbone and younf Tonga women, Hugh Tracey

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