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Chewa (African people)

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Mwanaolo pawani? (Whose child is it)

- Lomwe Police at Zomba, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lomwe Police at Zomba , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Lomwe (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Blantyre f-mw
Language: Lomwe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160745 , vital:40509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-20
Description: This is a brief and simple question which must be asked frequently among a matrilocal people such as the Lomwe and other tribes in Nyasaland. The child is undeniably its mothers, but who, indeed, is the father? Dance song with clapping and drums.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Elo-e mokwata-e (Hullo, marry)

- Losani Malewa, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Losani Malewa , 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/10962/160670 , vital:40496 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-12
Description: "All right! let him go and get himself married, he is far too young but let him try. He will come howling home again." "Hullo, marry! Let him go and marry. And he will come back howling." The Tangara bowed lute had one string. It was tuned by means of a tuning peg and a straining loop of string for more a accurate pitch. From straining string to bridge was 13 inches and the lute itself was two and a half inches overall. The resonating body was five and half inches tall gourd with a hole pierced in one side. Self delectative song with one-stringed stressed lute Thangara.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Alipaole (When it is dark)

- Losani Malewa, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Losani Malewa , 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/10962/160661 , vital:40492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-11
Description: He performs this song, he says, when he is happy. "When it is darkpeople talk. This is a usual thing as they want to enchant each other." To enchant, to influence, to throw a spell upon a person. Self delectative song with one-stringed stressed lute Thangara.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Mikongo ilile (Lions roar)

- Losani Malewa, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Losani Malewa , 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/10962/160679 , vital:40497 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR098-13
Description: His songs are performed on any special occasion or at a party. "Lions are roaring at Zomba. I am afraid for those children who go along the road. Build strong fences. (Kraal or skerm as a protection against lions)." The voice and the lute follow each other closely. Party song with Thangara bowed lute.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Pendeka

- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , 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/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Nthumba na lume

- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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/10962/184927 , vital:44288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-14
Description: Wedding song sung, by the bride's party when they bring the girl to her husbands' village. "I sing with my husband." Wedding song, with drums
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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A) Lululu, B) Leza wa mwana

- Lusiya Nabanda (a grandmother), Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lusiya Nabanda (a grandmother) , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chadza, Liliongwe, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153329 , vital:39436 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-03
Description: Old traditional lullabies, by Chewa women of this district. In them the continually harassed mother mentions her many and endless duties which demand her attention as well as the child which needs her constant care. b) "Luluya, sleeping child, do not cry. See your motehr is at work. See the porridge pot is boiling. Don't go on crying, go to sleep. A child's god is a scrap of food. Its mother is the stirring stick. Should I nurse a child on account of the stirring stick? Its father is its first finger. I get only a share from the kitchen spoon." Two lullabies.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Munthu ukakala wekha (If you are alone)

- Lusiya Nabanda and Chewa women with girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lusiya Nabanda and Chewa women with girls , 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/10962/159619 , vital:40318 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-08
Description: "When you are alone do not quarrel with anyone. Because these very friends of yours may have something good about them." "They may go and catch a fowl and give it to you." Verse with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Timange mphwanga pano (Let us settle here properly)

- Lusiya Nabanda and Chewa women with girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Lusiya Nabanda and Chewa women with girls , 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/10962/159631 , vital:40319 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-09
Description: "The country does not eat the mouse", meaning the move in fact lives off the country, so do not be afraid to start a new village here and make gardens to feed us. "Let us settle here properly, nephew. Settle here. Let us settle here properly nephew. The country does not eat the mouse." Verse with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Tambalalu (Stretch your legs)

- M. Masowo and 3 Chewa lads, Hugh Tracey

Authors: M. Masowo and 3 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 Kota Kota, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153721 , vital:39503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-20
Description: A song set in a small sketch reflecting a local scene of the fields and the feeding of the workers. "Stretch out your legs (so that a child can sit on your lap). Daughter-in-law, cook food for those in the garden to eat. It makes you feel hungry out in the field. Fold yours legs again and take your ease (as you haave eaten)." Topical song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Liti (Liti and the graveyard)

- Madura Rabecu and G. Coffee, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Madura Rabecu 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/10962/153893 , vital:39534 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-11
Description: An interesting melody. There was once a man who said to his wife Liti late one night: "Liti, let me go and I will show you my garden." But it was dark and she could see nothing until they got to the place and there she saw not crops but many old people ghosts and wizards. Ah, she said, you do not show me your crops but your grave yard among the tall trees. So they returned home and the next morning she said she could no longer stay with a husband who did that kid of thing to her. She wanted a true marriage. A strange story. "Liti, nkhakuronga ciwera nkhakurongo ciwera Liti angunena ku Masamo. Liti, madoda ngakhurukana madoda ngachulukana, Him, "Liti, ket me go and show you my garden." Her, when he said his "garden" he really meant "the grave yard." "Liti, the old men are gathered together there, at the grave yard." Story song
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Be Cheketa (Cut my breast)

- Madura Rabecu and G. Coffee, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Madura Rabecu 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/10962/153873 , vital:39533 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-10
Description: There was a man who had no children who frequently went on a journey and when he came back home he used to beat his wife every time with a stick until she sang this song when he stopped beating her, as she was so sincere and honest with him as it was not her fault that she had no child. (Story song)
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Koloni wanguya ku Masoku

- Maluba Mwale, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Maluba Mwale , 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 Chiundasi f-mw
Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184848 , vital:44278 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-05
Description: "There were two young men Koloni and Sandifolo who went to look for work." This player uses a short length or silver of bamboo as a bow, which was so efficient that he needed only to wet it with spittle once during the playing. The name Sandifolo would appear to be a local corruption of the English name Stanford or something similar. Beni dance song for men and women with Karigo one stringed bowed lute
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Che Bula

- Mami Nakwenda, Belifa Nyabanda, Two Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mami Nakwenda , Belifa Nyabanda , Two Chewa girls , 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/10962/186416 , vital:44496 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-01
Description: "Che Bula you are a naughty, you will never be given a cow." Simple pounding song in which the one girl echoes the other as they pound in the same mortar with alternate strokes. This echoing style of singing is also used for their rain songs and at first hearing leaves an impression of confusion rather than intent. Pounding song, with mortar and two pestles
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Nidapalamula I

- Mami Nakwenda, Belifa Nyabanda, Two Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mami Nakwenda , Belifa Nyabanda , Two Chewa girls , 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/10962/186424 , vital:44497 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-02
Description: "I do not like this never ending pounding." Simple pounding song in which the one girl echoes the other as they pound in the same mortar with alternate strokes. This echoing style of singing is also used for their rain songs and at first hearing leaves an impression of confusion rather than intent. Pounding song, with mortar and two pestles
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Nidapalamula II

- Mami Nakwenda, Belifa Nyabanda, Two Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mami Nakwenda , Belifa Nyabanda , Two Chewa girls , 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/10962/186435 , vital:44498 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-03
Description: Complaining of continous pounding. Simple pounding ounding song which help to lighten the day's hard work. The mortar was loaded with maize and a little water and as the pounding proceeded the sharp sound of the full grain becomes duller as the corn is broken into small pieces and eventually into meal. Pounding song, with mortar and two pestles
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Ine ndidanduala

- Mami Nakwenda, Belifa Nyabanda, Two Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mami Nakwenda , Belifa Nyabanda , Two Chewa girls , 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/10962/186440 , vital:44499 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-04
Description: "My man paid only 10 pence to marry me." Simple pounding ounding song which help to lighten the day's hard work. The mortar was loaded with maize and a little water and as the pounding proceeded the sharp sound of the full grain becomes duller as the corn is broken into small pieces and eventually into meal. Pounding song, with mortar and two pestles
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Alulu kalele mwana

- Mani Kuenda, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mani Kuenda , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chadza, Liliongwe, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153338 , vital:39438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-04
Description: "Alulu, go and nurse the child. When I go to draw water my child is on my back. When I go to fetch firewood, the child is on my back, When I cook, the child is just beside me and may get burnt. I don't want to keep on telling you the same thing. So, Alulu, go and nurse the child. Lullaby.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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Dale wandizonda

- Manyanda Nyirenda, Young men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Manyanda Nyirenda , Young men and women , 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/10962/184884 , vital:44282 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-09
Description: "My darling does not love me any more! Why is this? I put on white clothes but it does not help." The style of singing appears to be influenced by the local schools, and it is doubtful whether this item is wholely Tonga in form. Kwaya dance for young men and women
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Nimati ndikaone acete (I wanted to go and see Cete)

- Mavuto Mlanzi, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mavuto Mlanzi , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
Language: Nyanja/Chewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158499 , vital:40198 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-04
Description: During this song the singer interjected in Chewa, "I cannot sing properly as my voice is not nice." He uses the honorific 'A' before the name Chete. A Chete the equivalent of 'Mr. Chete' in English. Self delectative song with Kalimba.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1958

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