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Nomalizo

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mayenga

- Wambia Albert Et Ses Amis, not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wamwira mangarangara (If you drink too quickly you get yourself drunk)

- Younf Tonga men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Younf Tonga men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
  • Language: Tonga/Sena
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179094 , vital:39859 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-03
  • Description: The four drums used were 1) Mutumba, an open conical drum 37" tall, 11" membrane; 2) Jenje, an open cylindrical drum 14" tall on three legs with 10" head; 3) Miningo karipi-karipi, another conical open drum 25' tall with 9 and 4 quarter head; and a small closed drum, Usindi, 11" tall with 7 and a half head, on a three legged pedestal. The player of the two drums, Mutumba and Jenje, used his right heel to raise and lower the pitch of the Jenje as it lay on the ground beside the longer Mutumba, playing only with his hands. The other two players used sticks. The reeds were imported from the Salisbury district as no such reed grows in this district, they say, except in the Mazoe river nine miles away which was not so good as these. Four sets of end blown flutes (--11,325--). (1) 3 tied together. Katero, pitch 784, 744 and 680 vs (4 and a half" - 5") (2) 3 tied together. Shauriro, 680, 600, 552 vs (5 and a quarter , 6 and a quarter) (3) 2 tied together. Dendera, 504 and 448 vs (7", 7 and a half") (4) 2 tied together. Madobi, 416, 384 vs. (8 and a half, 8 and 3 quarters). Gororambe dance with end blown pipes, drums and rattles.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1958

Khotso ya Morena ke khotso ya rona = The Lord's peace is our peace

- Music workshop participants, Group composition, Dargie, Dave

Ba kude o baba

- The Morning Stars, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Boyoka Malinga

- Albert Yenie and Alex Singoma, Hugh Tracey

Mvurombo

- Raimru Jeketi, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Chansi cha nzige

- Selemani, Pembe, Zaramo young men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Sbali wam

- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Mayenga

- Wembia Albert, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Tucheze Fonda

- Sunda, Subeti, Shirazi Men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Aba Seveni abada

- Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda'., Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda'. , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Folk songs, Ganda , Ganda (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kampala f-ug
  • Language: Ganda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170475 , vital:41926 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0136-10
  • Description: "The 'Aba Seveni', the soilders of the 7th King's African Rifles, are back from the war, but they have no money left. The ones who stayed are better off than the soilders." A story with a familiar aftermath theme. Topical song, with Endongo bowl lyre with 8 strings, Ndingidi one string bowed lute, and one Ntenga conical drum, laced, single.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Wangereza Safi

- Nyamugumi, Mihabo, Nyamwezi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Niwonelete I have been waiting

- Maviye Machatini Mrs, performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mwana Kulila

- Katanga Dance Orchestra, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kemfumye shukurani mtemi mpya

- Masudi Bini Amani with Nyamwezi women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Masudi Bini Amani with Nyamwezi women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Itetemia f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173134 , vital:42336 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR149-03
  • Description: A song sung at the installation of Nyamwezi chiefs, wishing them happiness. Itetemia, the village where Chief Fundikira has his head-quaters, is the famous site of David Livinstone's tembe, the long, low, flat roofed house where he lived for a year, where he said goodbye to Stanley and from which he set out on his last jourbey to die near Lake Bangweulu. Song at the installation of Chiefs, with 3 conical laced drums beaten by sticks and 1 conical pegged drum beaten by hand.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Helele! Masupha

- Mapaballo Mabusane and group of women, Hugh Tracey

Mbomb O-Maria

- Njiba Helene et le Sana-Club, Composer not Specified, Tracey, Hugh

"Nina Namusonda Sanguweji." (The girl Namusonda Sanguweji)

- M. Kunda (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Title not specified

- Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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