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Kawala milonga kalila kate (The ferry men are complaining about the Zambezi being in flood)

- Segareti Chirumpu, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Segareti Chirumpu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139001 , vital:37694 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-07
  • Description: When the Zambezi is in flood the ferry men cannot paddle their canoes across. They do this ferrying to help people across but we are told, are not paid for their services. Self-delectative song with Kankobela mbira, fan-shaped, external resonator and mirliton.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Drum rhythms for "Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe" dance

- Seven Tonga drummers, Hugh Tracey

Tulenwo bwalwa we mwana tule (We drink beer, child, until morning)

- Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira mine f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151770 , vital:39169 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-12
  • Description: The burden of the song is that there is trouble between the singer and his wife caused by the wife's mother; although it was explained the married couple did in fact love each other very much. "The mist does not rise without cause", they sing, presumably the mist which has obsecured their martial peace. Song on marital trouble.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nsanguke Pungwa Maiswetu Nsanguke (I can change myself into a hawk)

- Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Mulala syanangoma valikuyalalika (A poisonous snake came and rubbed itself against me)

- Siachema and his friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Siachema and his friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138243 , vital:37614 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-12
  • Description: "The mulala (a poisonous snake) came and rubbed itself against me and next morning I found I was suffering from sores. Then I told my father to go to the diviner. The diviner said: "Go and dig up some roots of chingwele (a plant)". Then the old woman, when she went to draw water at the river said: "I don't like Siachema." I would like to know why she said this." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Topical song with fan-shaped Kankowela mbira, with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tomujayi muntu mwana mwanike angu (Don't kill anyone, my brother's son)

- Siachema and his friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Siachema and his friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138099 , vital:37593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-14
  • Description: "If you kill someone; you will go to prison at Gwembe. They will bring ropes to tie your hands and feet. What has tempted you to kill people? You must think of what I'm telling you now." Tuning of the instrument:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Morality song with Kankowela mbira, fanshaped, with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ngwani ulala mudundulu (You bachelors, how do you like sleeping alone?)

- Siambelele Nyama, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Siambelele Nyama , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138252 , vital:37615 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-13
  • Description: The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride price. You are queer fellows. What do you go to town for - I don't sleep alone. and I am sorry for you. Oh, let me go, I do not want to stay with you bachelors. You had better consult the diviners and ask them to tell you your fortune." "Siambelele" means a sheep, so the singer's name means "Sheep's meat." The tuning of the instrument as follows:- 656, 584, 528, 472, 432, 396, 356, 328, 292, 264 vps. Humorous song with Kankowela mbira. with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Muzolange nobakotata (You come and see me)

- Siambelele Nyama, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Siambelele Nyama , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138108 , vital:37594 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-15
  • Description: The singer says to his father's relations: "You must come and see me and find out what difficulties I am in. I am suffering like a dog, can't come and assist me. If I am really your son, you should help me." Scale of the instrument: 656, 584, 528, 472, 432, 396, 356, 328, 292, 264 vps. Personal lament with fan-shaped Kankowela mira, with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ematambo waifwe bantu (The bones of the people)

- Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140067 , vital:37829 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-04
  • Description: "When you go on duty, someone else comes and makes love to your wife-that means a fine of much money. A the beer hall you go to drink eleven quarts of wine and then afterwards, go to make love to someone else's wife. And then-caught-you have to pay, and be despised by your own son and daughter. Morality song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kabula nina kamushalila (I have no mother)

- Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Aushi , Lamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140076 , vital:37830 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-05
  • Description: 'I have no mother. No matter what I do, whether I pray or whatever I do, I am alone." The singer is a wandering performer who earns his living by singing popular songs of his own composition which give him plenty of scope to introduce local gossip between verses. He is assisted by 2 or 3 friends who share his bohemian life wandering from compound to compound along the Copperbelt. His songs, though often rhythmic, are frequently based upon the slightest of melodies as in this case. This song is sung partly in the local Lamba language - Although Tsotsi Kasumali himself is an Aushi. Lament with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ukuteka imbwa mano (To keep a dog)

- Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140058 , vital:37828 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-03
  • Description: This song is based on an old traditional song teaching good behaviour. "To keep a dog one must be wise-if you take a stick it will run away. In the same way we must be tactful with our wives. If we use force, we shall fail to control them. A bad wife is not neccessarily the one who talks too much, and a good wife is not neccessarily one who talks less. By all means, let us see what we see, but we should not give our ears to everything we hear." The singer adds: "I heard this song from the Lala." The whole song is performed in a kind of recitative with call and answer. Morality song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Amano yabula noko wemwana niwe nyatumbe? (Your mother is not very wise, how do you expect to be any wiser?)

- Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and friends, Hugh Tracey

Wai mwanangu (Where is my son?)

- Syadimana Nsaga, Hugh Tracey

We nkalemo yachile (The leader (lion) of the dance)

- T. Sibakwe, N. Veleshiano and S. Mwansa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: T. Sibakwe, N. Veleshiano and S. Mwansa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140123 , vital:37836 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-09
  • Description: "How many tribes are there? The Lamba, the Lenje, the Lumbo not forgetting the Kande, because we admire their language. We make fun of the Nyakyusa and the Kasai, on account of their dress; plain dresses are just as good. Look at a girl from the Mumbo region, she does not dress like a Kasai, yet look at her beautiful clothes. When you change over from your country dress, do not take quickly to town dresses and become a prostitute. Kalela dance song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ndamba ndabula bwa muleya (The child says I am the son of my father)

- Tenesi Muntanga and Panisi Mwetwa and group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Kule-kule kuwincherera bena bangu (Far - far away, I get the food to feed my children)

- Tenesi Muntanga and Panisi Mwetwa and group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Kulene mamama ndaimbirira, nikawa kapongo ndaimbirira (From far, mama, I sing. Give me a goat)

- Tenesi Mutanga and Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Tenesi Mutanga and Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138288 , vital:37619 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-16
  • Description: In many African tribes the travelling entertainer or mendicant is a familiar figure, playing an instrument and dancing. He is usually rewarded with food and small presents and makes no bones about asking for them. Mendicant's song with sound of feet and clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tonkanono katere kano (Tonkanono is very tasty)

- Tenesi Mutanga and Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Tenesi Mutanga and Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138297 , vital:37620 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-17
  • Description: "When you have a special kind of relish and you put salt in it, you say it is very tasty indeed, and thank the cook." Salt is a rare commodity in the valley and is obtained with difficulty from the grasses growing near the hot springs. Consequently it is often reserved, they say, from special dishes of relish such as this tonkanono (whose indentity we were unable to establish). Mendicant's song with sound of feet and clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nifwe ba four pals (Greetings from the four pals)

- The Four pals, Hugh Tracey

Maselino yaya yoyayu (Maselino)

- The Four pals, Hugh Tracey

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