Yai lero (Not today)
- Adija Nyankhomo and G. Coffee, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Adija Nyankhomo and G. Coffee , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota District, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153913 , vital:39537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-12
- Description: There was once a husband and wife and the and the man went out to drink beer and come back late at night. He left his young child at home, sleeping in bed. Now a wife with a very young child must not ne touched. But when he came back he started to touch her until the child woke up. So in the morning the wife went and told her friends about the shocking behaviour of her husband. Then they all came over to her home, stood outside and sang this song, mocking the husband for forgetting his good manners. "Natikhorowa n'ndiwo Yai yai yai, lelo, Yai lero ai mwanileka ndikale, Mwana akadagona, tsopano wanka ndipu m kuti taleka, Yai lero Yai lero ai." "Sweet potatoe leaves! Forbidden fruit at some of the time. You left me a long time a ago when the Child was still asleep and now he is awake and you say, "let me" No, no, no, not today." Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Adija Nyankhomo and G. Coffee , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota District, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153913 , vital:39537 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-12
- Description: There was once a husband and wife and the and the man went out to drink beer and come back late at night. He left his young child at home, sleeping in bed. Now a wife with a very young child must not ne touched. But when he came back he started to touch her until the child woke up. So in the morning the wife went and told her friends about the shocking behaviour of her husband. Then they all came over to her home, stood outside and sang this song, mocking the husband for forgetting his good manners. "Natikhorowa n'ndiwo Yai yai yai, lelo, Yai lero ai mwanileka ndikale, Mwana akadagona, tsopano wanka ndipu m kuti taleka, Yai lero Yai lero ai." "Sweet potatoe leaves! Forbidden fruit at some of the time. You left me a long time a ago when the Child was still asleep and now he is awake and you say, "let me" No, no, no, not today." Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Okoma sakwatana
- Ganizani Nyirenda, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ganizani Nyirenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186612 , vital:44517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-17
- Description: This is his own composition. The apparent over-modulation of the voice seems to be caused by the vibration of the mirliton buzzer. Self delectative song with 10 note Kalimba (Mbira)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Ganizani Nyirenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186612 , vital:44517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-17
- Description: This is his own composition. The apparent over-modulation of the voice seems to be caused by the vibration of the mirliton buzzer. Self delectative song with 10 note Kalimba (Mbira)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Edeliya timbengi tingaluwa
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184830 , vital:44276 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-03
- Description: My wife Nyaphiri, what kind of plague has struck you? Look at Edeliya - not married yet! Let us sing so we shall not forget the song." Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184830 , vital:44276 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-03
- Description: My wife Nyaphiri, what kind of plague has struck you? Look at Edeliya - not married yet! Let us sing so we shall not forget the song." Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wacepe Sifuliya (Not enough left in the pot)
- Ezra Chimpanda and 2 Chewa men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ezra Chimpanda and 2 Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza, Kota Kota District, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153578 , vital:39481 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-06
- Description: "Aye, aye, there is not much beer left in the pot. I cannot be satisfied with that.". Drinking song/
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Ezra Chimpanda and 2 Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza, Kota Kota District, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153578 , vital:39481 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-06
- Description: "Aye, aye, there is not much beer left in the pot. I cannot be satisfied with that.". Drinking song/
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ametela metela
- Kaphatikila Kanyingi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaphatikila Kanyingi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186630 , vital:44519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-19
- Description: The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a resonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second segment of the second and fouth fingers. Self delecatative song with Karigo one stringed bowed Lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kaphatikila Kanyingi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186630 , vital:44519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-19
- Description: The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a resonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second segment of the second and fouth fingers. Self delecatative song with Karigo one stringed bowed Lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wapita lero kalindabwinja
- Homwale, Hodede (Performer), Tracey, Huges (Recordist)
- Authors: Homwale, Hodede (Performer) , Tracey, Huges (Recordist)
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187070 , vital:44562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-22
- Description: The player was interrupted by the poor performance of his instrument as the palm leaf friction pad on the string was not behaving as he liked and he murmured so during the song. In the old days the Karigo lute was a favourite instrument of the wandering ministrel who would entertain the people with singing and dancing. Karigo dance song for men and women with one string Karigo lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Homwale, Hodede (Performer) , Tracey, Huges (Recordist)
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187070 , vital:44562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-22
- Description: The player was interrupted by the poor performance of his instrument as the palm leaf friction pad on the string was not behaving as he liked and he murmured so during the song. In the old days the Karigo lute was a favourite instrument of the wandering ministrel who would entertain the people with singing and dancing. Karigo dance song for men and women with one string Karigo lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nangule pepe (I am sorry 'Nangule'! (a kind of bird)
- Duncan Nkhalamba and Chewa boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Duncan Nkhalamba and Chewa boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karonga, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154066 , vital:39559 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-12
- Description: " Sorry, Nangule, sorry Nangule, your eggs are being taken." A hyena came and stole some of the eggs so the other bird called Nangule who killed the hyena and threw him into a ditch. An elephant also stole some eggs and did in the same way. All the eggs were finished, but Nangule paid the other bird its wages in spite of the loss of all its eggs. Nangule (the bird) hired another to take care of its eggs. Story song (Nthanu).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Duncan Nkhalamba and Chewa boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karonga, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154066 , vital:39559 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-12
- Description: " Sorry, Nangule, sorry Nangule, your eggs are being taken." A hyena came and stole some of the eggs so the other bird called Nangule who killed the hyena and threw him into a ditch. An elephant also stole some eggs and did in the same way. All the eggs were finished, but Nangule paid the other bird its wages in spite of the loss of all its eggs. Nangule (the bird) hired another to take care of its eggs. Story song (Nthanu).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
A Baiwelu (The story of the foolish young man 'Baiwelu')
- Four Chewa lads, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Four Chewa lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota District, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153864 , vital:39531 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-09
- Description: There was once a man who wanted to get married and he found two sisters. He asked the elder on to marry him and she agreed. But when he came back the next day the elder sister was not at home and he asked the younger sister to marry him instead. She said, "What about my elder sister, and what would we do with her?" The elder sister heard about the proposal to the younger sister, she cooked food, put poison in it and gave it to the young man so he died. When they were taking his body to the grave they sang this song: "Baiwelu, you were killed by Berita (the name of the elder sister). But when they sang this song the dead Bauwelu heard it and became alive again." Story with song "Ntano" with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Four Chewa lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota District, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153864 , vital:39531 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-09
- Description: There was once a man who wanted to get married and he found two sisters. He asked the elder on to marry him and she agreed. But when he came back the next day the elder sister was not at home and he asked the younger sister to marry him instead. She said, "What about my elder sister, and what would we do with her?" The elder sister heard about the proposal to the younger sister, she cooked food, put poison in it and gave it to the young man so he died. When they were taking his body to the grave they sang this song: "Baiwelu, you were killed by Berita (the name of the elder sister). But when they sang this song the dead Bauwelu heard it and became alive again." Story with song "Ntano" with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Timuke nanu oiya
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186523 , vital:44508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-11
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "Although I am so quiet, Mother, I still have many troubles because of my poverty." Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186523 , vital:44508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-11
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "Although I am so quiet, Mother, I still have many troubles because of my poverty." Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tengulisha (We care for the cattle of others)
- Authors: R. Mzandu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kongwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153542 , vital:39475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-02
- Description: Herd boys are one of Africa's sources of original songs. The life of thee youngsters is full of the intimate knowledge of creatures and their ways. The discomforts of nature and the constant search for food or sweet things. A herd boy's education is second to none at that tender age and the pleasures are never forgotten. They use a well known proverb concerning their food, referring to their work for other people's cattle. "The one who cooks does not eat the food." "We just take care of the cattle, but they belong to other people. The one who cooks does not eat the food. Snakes glide through the meadows, and go into the forests." Herd boy song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: R. Mzandu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kongwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153542 , vital:39475 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-02
- Description: Herd boys are one of Africa's sources of original songs. The life of thee youngsters is full of the intimate knowledge of creatures and their ways. The discomforts of nature and the constant search for food or sweet things. A herd boy's education is second to none at that tender age and the pleasures are never forgotten. They use a well known proverb concerning their food, referring to their work for other people's cattle. "The one who cooks does not eat the food." "We just take care of the cattle, but they belong to other people. The one who cooks does not eat the food. Snakes glide through the meadows, and go into the forests." Herd boy song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
M' Sodomo (Sodom was burnt)
- Boys of Chief Mwasi's village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Boys of Chief Mwasi's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159565 , vital:40312 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-02
- Description: "The headquaters of our dance team are here at Gwero and we are going to sing the song Sodom", was the introduction by the young leader. "There was a fire in Sodom." This has been a popular dance since 1927 or thereabouts. The dancers alternately sing openly and sing through their Lipenga horns. How the subject of Sodom and its destruction came to be chosen as a dance motif is a mystery. Maganda dance (Part 1) with 12 Malipenga singing horns.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Boys of Chief Mwasi's village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159565 , vital:40312 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-02
- Description: "The headquaters of our dance team are here at Gwero and we are going to sing the song Sodom", was the introduction by the young leader. "There was a fire in Sodom." This has been a popular dance since 1927 or thereabouts. The dancers alternately sing openly and sing through their Lipenga horns. How the subject of Sodom and its destruction came to be chosen as a dance motif is a mystery. Maganda dance (Part 1) with 12 Malipenga singing horns.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Wakhala wekha (When you are alone)
- Four Lomwe song, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Four Lomwe song , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mkanda f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160725 , vital:40505 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-18
- Description: The song is said to have been sung when people were on the move. It appears to be a morality song. "When you are alone be careful on the path. When you are two, also be careful. When you are many, also be careful." Party song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Four Lomwe song , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mkanda f-mw
- Language: Lomwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160725 , vital:40505 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-18
- Description: The song is said to have been sung when people were on the move. It appears to be a morality song. "When you are alone be careful on the path. When you are two, also be careful. When you are many, also be careful." Party song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Medina ne Alawo (The Chewa and the Yao)
- J. W. Gwemgwe with Chewa lads, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: J. W. Gwemgwe with Chewa lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160260 , vital:40428 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR097-11
- Description: There were two men who were friends, one was a Yao and the other was a Chewa. The Chewa invited the Yao to his house and he found them at lunch where they had pork to eat. "We do not eat pork" the Yao said "so when you invite me you should not offer me pork". Now the Yao invited the Chewa, and to his surprise the Chewa found the Yao eating pork and dancing. The Yao told the Chewa to listen to the kind of music the Yao themselves sang in order to divert his friend's attention from the mean. But the Chewa said to the Yao, "You cannot deceive us any longer. We now know you do take this kind of meat, so do not refuse my pork in the future." The Yao came under the direct influence of the Arab traders and most of them are Mohammedans, hence the taboo on eating pork. Nthano story with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: J. W. Gwemgwe with Chewa lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160260 , vital:40428 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR097-11
- Description: There were two men who were friends, one was a Yao and the other was a Chewa. The Chewa invited the Yao to his house and he found them at lunch where they had pork to eat. "We do not eat pork" the Yao said "so when you invite me you should not offer me pork". Now the Yao invited the Chewa, and to his surprise the Chewa found the Yao eating pork and dancing. The Yao told the Chewa to listen to the kind of music the Yao themselves sang in order to divert his friend's attention from the mean. But the Chewa said to the Yao, "You cannot deceive us any longer. We now know you do take this kind of meat, so do not refuse my pork in the future." The Yao came under the direct influence of the Arab traders and most of them are Mohammedans, hence the taboo on eating pork. Nthano story with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Tiye kwanu mtengwa
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186518 , vital:44507 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-10
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "My wife go to your home and tell them there all your troubles (don't bother me with them.)" Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186518 , vital:44507 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-10
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "My wife go to your home and tell them there all your troubles (don't bother me with them.)" Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Eneku awato
- Alfred Nyirenda, Tonga young boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Alfred Nyirenda , Tonga young boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184893 , vital:44283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-10
- Description: "You, the owner of the canoe, do not be mean with the fish you bring home. Share them with everyone of the crew." Although this work song may be genuinely used by fishermen on the lake, this rendering of it is clearly far from being associated with the actual paddling. Paddling canoe song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Alfred Nyirenda , Tonga young boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184893 , vital:44283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-10
- Description: "You, the owner of the canoe, do not be mean with the fish you bring home. Share them with everyone of the crew." Although this work song may be genuinely used by fishermen on the lake, this rendering of it is clearly far from being associated with the actual paddling. Paddling canoe song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tiye tuluka mwanawe (Come, come out, child)
- Authors: Gezani Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Bimphi, Dowa, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154037 , vital:39556 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-09
- Description: "Come, come out you child. Come, come outside, that the people may see you. Don't you hear now? Why don't you come? If you were a bird you could have flown away. The year when my father died I did not wail. What must I do? What is it child? The fish eagle wailed, a bird of the heavens. He died at Cilanga. Come out child, there are people oustide." It is suggested that this song refers to a girl being shy after her initiation or 'coming out' into public life as a young woman. Self delectative song with Sansi (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Gezani Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Bimphi, Dowa, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154037 , vital:39556 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-09
- Description: "Come, come out you child. Come, come outside, that the people may see you. Don't you hear now? Why don't you come? If you were a bird you could have flown away. The year when my father died I did not wail. What must I do? What is it child? The fish eagle wailed, a bird of the heavens. He died at Cilanga. Come out child, there are people oustide." It is suggested that this song refers to a girl being shy after her initiation or 'coming out' into public life as a young woman. Self delectative song with Sansi (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Munthy wakakora njoka
- Alfulidi Nyoni, Tumbuka men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Alfulidi Nyoni , Tumbuka men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186253 , vital:44478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-05
- Description: A certain man picked up a snake and took it home. He did it under a basket but his child lifted up the basket while he was away and let the snake out. The man was very angry and told the child to go and bring it back. The snake escaped into the water and the child brought back several other things but not the snake. Eventually he found the snake and brought it back. Later he went into the bush and founf a grasshopper. This he brought back and this time the father let it go. So the child told the father he should fetch his grasshopper back. The father agreed but while looking for the grasshopper he was caught and eaten by a lion. Story song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Alfulidi Nyoni , Tumbuka men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186253 , vital:44478 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-05
- Description: A certain man picked up a snake and took it home. He did it under a basket but his child lifted up the basket while he was away and let the snake out. The man was very angry and told the child to go and bring it back. The snake escaped into the water and the child brought back several other things but not the snake. Eventually he found the snake and brought it back. Later he went into the bush and founf a grasshopper. This he brought back and this time the father let it go. So the child told the father he should fetch his grasshopper back. The father agreed but while looking for the grasshopper he was caught and eaten by a lion. Story song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mulungu analenga Adamu ndi Eva
- Mikaeli Husen Phiri, Mulale school children, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mikaeli Husen Phiri , Mulale school children , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186310 , vital:44484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-07
- Description: "God made Adam and Eve from earth." A system of drilling and physical training to music for very snall children. The various actions of the drill are accompanied by the drums with a song in between action. One of the actions here included was making the sign of the cross. The children were pupils at an out station of the nearby Catholic Mission at Likuni. Note how the children naturally play 2 against 3, the double time of the drums against the triple time of the piece of metal and sing in paraell. Three physical excercises to music, with 1 large and 2 small bass drums and a piece of metal
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Mikaeli Husen Phiri , Mulale school children , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186310 , vital:44484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-07
- Description: "God made Adam and Eve from earth." A system of drilling and physical training to music for very snall children. The various actions of the drill are accompanied by the drums with a song in between action. One of the actions here included was making the sign of the cross. The children were pupils at an out station of the nearby Catholic Mission at Likuni. Note how the children naturally play 2 against 3, the double time of the drums against the triple time of the piece of metal and sing in paraell. Three physical excercises to music, with 1 large and 2 small bass drums and a piece of metal
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kaliya-liya, ndinde kaliya
- Hannington Ngoma, Henga boys and girls, Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Hannington Ngoma , Henga boys and girls , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185813 , vital:44433 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-03
- Description: There was once a man who used to work very hard from sunrise till sunset out in his fields. His wife used to cook many different kinds of food and as soon as it was ready she would send her young son to go out to the fields to call his father. This he did by singing him a song each time, when the father would stop working and come home. Story with song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Hannington Ngoma , Henga boys and girls , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185813 , vital:44433 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-03
- Description: There was once a man who used to work very hard from sunrise till sunset out in his fields. His wife used to cook many different kinds of food and as soon as it was ready she would send her young son to go out to the fields to call his father. This he did by singing him a song each time, when the father would stop working and come home. Story with song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chinyau
- Chewa men and women, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Chewa men and women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187326 , vital:44605 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR192-12
- Description: The mask of the male dancer consists of a headpiece covered with sheep's wool, crowned with guibea-fowl feathers and a rag costume of sacking. The male dancer may not approach near the women hence the distance away of the singing chorus. Four drummers provide the rhythm and the assembled women sing the chorus. Kacipapa is the name of the mask in which the principal dancer dances, and gives its name to the dance itself, a ,ask dance. The masked man sings in a feigned falsetto, voice in order to hide his identity from the crowd. The names of the two drums were:- Mpanje-the tall drum; and Mbalwe the Mtiwiso for the larger and smaller goblet drums. There appear to be several versions of the Chinyau dance in central Nyasaland. Kacipapa dance song, Mask dance, danced for obsequies of a dead chief or headman with 2 goblet drums and 2 tall cylindrical drums
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chewa men and women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187326 , vital:44605 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR192-12
- Description: The mask of the male dancer consists of a headpiece covered with sheep's wool, crowned with guibea-fowl feathers and a rag costume of sacking. The male dancer may not approach near the women hence the distance away of the singing chorus. Four drummers provide the rhythm and the assembled women sing the chorus. Kacipapa is the name of the mask in which the principal dancer dances, and gives its name to the dance itself, a ,ask dance. The masked man sings in a feigned falsetto, voice in order to hide his identity from the crowd. The names of the two drums were:- Mpanje-the tall drum; and Mbalwe the Mtiwiso for the larger and smaller goblet drums. There appear to be several versions of the Chinyau dance in central Nyasaland. Kacipapa dance song, Mask dance, danced for obsequies of a dead chief or headman with 2 goblet drums and 2 tall cylindrical drums
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950