Lumela Koete(Good morning, sir)
- Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161584 , vital:40644 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-10
- Description: Koete is a well-dressed man, a smart man. "Good morning, Koete! How tall is my friend? He is very small for so large a name. Good morning to you. Yes, te same to you , Koete. 'Hippy' is a brave man. It is living in difficult surroundings,". Hoeing song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161584 , vital:40644 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-10
- Description: Koete is a well-dressed man, a smart man. "Good morning, Koete! How tall is my friend? He is very small for so large a name. Good morning to you. Yes, te same to you , Koete. 'Hippy' is a brave man. It is living in difficult surroundings,". Hoeing song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Ha ke a ota kenamphane (I am so thin
- Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161675 , vital:40653 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-11
- Description: "I am very thin because I am always walking. I will take a train to the Free State and I will remember Chief Semapa. Mother Mantsala, you should protect me. I have a beautiful blanket, one that is very washable. You only find such a blanket at Leribe which is my home. In Chief Molapo's country among the mountains. I will now stop, I am stopping." Hoeing song
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161675 , vital:40653 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-11
- Description: "I am very thin because I am always walking. I will take a train to the Free State and I will remember Chief Semapa. Mother Mantsala, you should protect me. I have a beautiful blanket, one that is very washable. You only find such a blanket at Leribe which is my home. In Chief Molapo's country among the mountains. I will now stop, I am stopping." Hoeing song
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- Date Issued: 1959
Paseka oa tseka (Paseka is complaining)
- Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162304 , vital:40831 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-13
- Description: "Paseka is disputing over a piece of land, foolishly. He is disputing over the site behind Semoti's house. You, Mampolletse of Makhaba, The thing becomes more serious at night. Do not give Mahlapane any corn she does not hoe her cornfields. If my voice were a clock I would be ringing it through to Natal. To my friend at Monyameng. The length of a bundle of reeds." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162304 , vital:40831 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-13
- Description: "Paseka is disputing over a piece of land, foolishly. He is disputing over the site behind Semoti's house. You, Mampolletse of Makhaba, The thing becomes more serious at night. Do not give Mahlapane any corn she does not hoe her cornfields. If my voice were a clock I would be ringing it through to Natal. To my friend at Monyameng. The length of a bundle of reeds." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Makholane (Makholane, name)
- Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162313 , vital:40832 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-14
- Description: "Makholane, the marsh stings (?) You have a goat, give me some of it to eat. Let them do it." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mahlapane Qalike and group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162313 , vital:40832 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-14
- Description: "Makholane, the marsh stings (?) You have a goat, give me some of it to eat. Let them do it." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Mora Motlole (Motlole's son)
- Mahlapane Qoalike and group of women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mahlapane Qoalike and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161937 , vital:40693 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-14
- Description: "Son of Matlole I am a girl who does not like (not fall in love with) uncouth people. Her people's cattle will all die. Goats are all killed by brack deposits. I want ti listen to what my heart tells me and think it over." Mokhibo women's knee dance with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mahlapane Qoalike and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161937 , vital:40693 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-14
- Description: "Son of Matlole I am a girl who does not like (not fall in love with) uncouth people. Her people's cattle will all die. Goats are all killed by brack deposits. I want ti listen to what my heart tells me and think it over." Mokhibo women's knee dance with clapping.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Libajele (They have eaten them)
- Makhooa Mosese and Sotho men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Makhooa Mosese and Sotho men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161992 , vital:40745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-02
- Description: The use of the word 'Amen' is not to be taken as religious. Without knowing its meaning, they used it here to indicate the end of the song. "They have eaten them (people) and left nothing except their faces. Seeiso left his Chieftainship place and went to the outlaying villages. Amen!" Mokorotlo riding song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Makhooa Mosese and Sotho men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161992 , vital:40745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-02
- Description: The use of the word 'Amen' is not to be taken as religious. Without knowing its meaning, they used it here to indicate the end of the song. "They have eaten them (people) and left nothing except their faces. Seeiso left his Chieftainship place and went to the outlaying villages. Amen!" Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Marumo (Spears)
- Makopo Macheli and group of about 12 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Makopo Macheli and group of about 12 men , 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/10962/161148 , vital:40596 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0102-01
- Description: In the Lithoko following the song the speaker used the phrase: "Whe spring kisses the summer" a typical poetic phrase, they say characteristic of Lithoko praises. This Mokorotlo was accompanied by a slow and stately stamping dance, raising the legs slowly upwards, then with a bend of the knee they bring the foot back under the body and stamp. Mokorotlo riding song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Makopo Macheli and group of about 12 men , 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/10962/161148 , vital:40596 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0102-01
- Description: In the Lithoko following the song the speaker used the phrase: "Whe spring kisses the summer" a typical poetic phrase, they say characteristic of Lithoko praises. This Mokorotlo was accompanied by a slow and stately stamping dance, raising the legs slowly upwards, then with a bend of the knee they bring the foot back under the body and stamp. Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Lithoko (Praises)
- Makopo Macheli and John Mahase, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Makopo Macheli and John Mahase , 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/10962/161213 , vital:40603 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0102-07
- Description: The first speaker spoke shortly his own personal praises. The second spoke the praises of the late Morena Tumaole Koali Masupha, husband of the present 'Regent'. These Lithoko were followed by Tlala performed by various men who dashed out leaping and exclaiming. In Basutoland several widows of various chiefs act as 'Chief' or 'Deputy' during the minority of their sons who will eventually become chief of the clan. This, they say, is unusual but was made necessary by the endless factions and jealousies perpetrated by the near relatives of the dead chief in the hope pf takin over the chieftainship illegally. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Makopo Macheli and John Mahase , 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/10962/161213 , vital:40603 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0102-07
- Description: The first speaker spoke shortly his own personal praises. The second spoke the praises of the late Morena Tumaole Koali Masupha, husband of the present 'Regent'. These Lithoko were followed by Tlala performed by various men who dashed out leaping and exclaiming. In Basutoland several widows of various chiefs act as 'Chief' or 'Deputy' during the minority of their sons who will eventually become chief of the clan. This, they say, is unusual but was made necessary by the endless factions and jealousies perpetrated by the near relatives of the dead chief in the hope pf takin over the chieftainship illegally. Praise song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ha Molelle (Molelle's place)
- Malebaka Moroke, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161792 , vital:40677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-02
- Description: "Far, far away, at Molelle's place. Where is the train going? He has been away at the mines too long now. I, poor child, always say that I have lost my relatives and have nobody to tell me what to tell me what to do. You, Nohela women, you do not give me sufficient support. I speak rudely in the presence of other people." Grinding song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161792 , vital:40677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-02
- Description: "Far, far away, at Molelle's place. Where is the train going? He has been away at the mines too long now. I, poor child, always say that I have lost my relatives and have nobody to tell me what to tell me what to do. You, Nohela women, you do not give me sufficient support. I speak rudely in the presence of other people." Grinding song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hlophe
- Malebaka Moroke, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161890 , vital:40687 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-10
- Description: "Death is painful! My husband has remained in Egypt. He is sitting in the water. He is eaten by the crabs. I did not know that that would be his fate. Pako, my child, is weeping." Her husband has gone North to the war (1939-1945). A divining song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161890 , vital:40687 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-10
- Description: "Death is painful! My husband has remained in Egypt. He is sitting in the water. He is eaten by the crabs. I did not know that that would be his fate. Pako, my child, is weeping." Her husband has gone North to the war (1939-1945). A divining song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khajoane Ntseke (The Crow)
- Malebaka Moroke, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161747 , vital:40659 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-01
- Description: "Crow, go and call my uncle. Uncle should come and see the work that is being done." Grinding son.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161747 , vital:40659 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-01
- Description: "Crow, go and call my uncle. Uncle should come and see the work that is being done." Grinding son.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Mampharoane (Gecko Lizard)
- Malebaka Moroke, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161805 , vital:40678 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-03
- Description: "Lizard soften the hide (for making skin blankets). Mother come and see the thing that has been biting me. I have been bitten by fleas and bed-bugs. This person who is grinding is Malikhetla living in the village of Motemekoane," This grinding song is taken from a local initiation song. Grinding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161805 , vital:40678 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-03
- Description: "Lizard soften the hide (for making skin blankets). Mother come and see the thing that has been biting me. I have been bitten by fleas and bed-bugs. This person who is grinding is Malikhetla living in the village of Motemekoane," This grinding song is taken from a local initiation song. Grinding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ea Tuka (It burns)
- Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162139 , vital:40763 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-12
- Description: "It is burning! An island is burning! Thaba Bosiu is burning! At the pass there are flames. Thaba Bosiu is burning. You will burn and burst into flames, you witches. You have left the son of God out on the veld. You will have to go back and fetch him. The island is burning!" The song refers to the wild storm which raged around the mountain Thaba Bosiu in 1957 which blew away the roof of a Church and did much damage to homes in the region. Although the song is an initiation song, it is couched in essentially Christian trems. Lengae men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162139 , vital:40763 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-12
- Description: "It is burning! An island is burning! Thaba Bosiu is burning! At the pass there are flames. Thaba Bosiu is burning. You will burn and burst into flames, you witches. You have left the son of God out on the veld. You will have to go back and fetch him. The island is burning!" The song refers to the wild storm which raged around the mountain Thaba Bosiu in 1957 which blew away the roof of a Church and did much damage to homes in the region. Although the song is an initiation song, it is couched in essentially Christian trems. Lengae men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hela, Koqo (Hey! Koqo)
- Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162130 , vital:40761 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-11
- Description: "Step slowly, you Tebele (Ndebele) youth. These people have come to listen to you and you make me sad. I always speak, Mohlakoana's son. I Thato's father, always speak. Step slowly, you Mohlakoana Tebele. I, Sekhaela's son, always speak." This song is an example of what can be done with a humming accompaniment. Lengae men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162130 , vital:40761 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-11
- Description: "Step slowly, you Tebele (Ndebele) youth. These people have come to listen to you and you make me sad. I always speak, Mohlakoana's son. I Thato's father, always speak. Step slowly, you Mohlakoana Tebele. I, Sekhaela's son, always speak." This song is an example of what can be done with a humming accompaniment. Lengae men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hela libenche (Hey, benches)
- Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162220 , vital:40821 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-05
- Description: "Hey, benches. Hey, lelingoana, benches are just enough for the Chiefs. I have no sister. I swearby stones. I swear by a rock of flint stone. Machache, Makotoko's place, Metolong. Machache is slippery because of the smoothness of the flat stones (slate). Remove your dress from the railway line, vagabond." Metolong, place near Machache. Lengae men's initiation song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162220 , vital:40821 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-05
- Description: "Hey, benches. Hey, lelingoana, benches are just enough for the Chiefs. I have no sister. I swearby stones. I swear by a rock of flint stone. Machache, Makotoko's place, Metolong. Machache is slippery because of the smoothness of the flat stones (slate). Remove your dress from the railway line, vagabond." Metolong, place near Machache. Lengae men's initiation song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Sekhobe (the name of a Chief)
- Maliketso Rasehoja and 12 Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maliketso Rasehoja and 12 Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162295 , vital:40830 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-12
- Description: "The Chief's son is flying away in an aeroplane. We of Ramalibe get the uninitiated out of the way. We are going up to the initiation school." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Maliketso Rasehoja and 12 Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162295 , vital:40830 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-12
- Description: "The Chief's son is flying away in an aeroplane. We of Ramalibe get the uninitiated out of the way. We are going up to the initiation school." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Mokema (Name of a place near Maseru)
- Mamatela Raphuthing and large group of women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamatela Raphuthing and large group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161908 , vital:40689 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-12
- Description: "Taung Moletsane's place, my home! If I speak, I shall cause sorrow, some would remember things. And I would be bringing back the dead. Women on the Rand are vagrants, they wear shoes without stockings. You can see our mountains in Basutoland. The hawk which dwells on the cliff at Ramalile catches the chickens when they go out to feed." Mokhibo women's knee dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamatela Raphuthing and large group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161908 , vital:40689 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-12
- Description: "Taung Moletsane's place, my home! If I speak, I shall cause sorrow, some would remember things. And I would be bringing back the dead. Women on the Rand are vagrants, they wear shoes without stockings. You can see our mountains in Basutoland. The hawk which dwells on the cliff at Ramalile catches the chickens when they go out to feed." Mokhibo women's knee dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hai li holope (Who will bring Mamosi down?)
- Mamogeneholo Lephoto, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamogeneholo Lephoto , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161336 , vital:40616 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-07
- Description: "Let them gallop girls, let them gallop! I will not leave mu child behind. Donki is as close to me as my belt. Donki is the belt which I tie around my waist. The Semani people have released me, so I can go away. They have allowed me to take my children and go. I am not afraid of trying up my blankets and going. Girls, you are not backing me up (in singing). You sound half-hearted (addressed to the other singers with her). I am in the care of a christian woman. If I have had a meal at the Chief's place it is enough. I do not like food given me by common people. Mokibo women's kneeling dances, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamogeneholo Lephoto , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161336 , vital:40616 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-07
- Description: "Let them gallop girls, let them gallop! I will not leave mu child behind. Donki is as close to me as my belt. Donki is the belt which I tie around my waist. The Semani people have released me, so I can go away. They have allowed me to take my children and go. I am not afraid of trying up my blankets and going. Girls, you are not backing me up (in singing). You sound half-hearted (addressed to the other singers with her). I am in the care of a christian woman. If I have had a meal at the Chief's place it is enough. I do not like food given me by common people. Mokibo women's kneeling dances, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Hai li holope (Who will bring Mamosi down?)
- Mamogeneholo Lephoto, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamogeneholo Lephoto , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161334 , vital:40617 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-07
- Description: "Let them gallop girls, let them gallop! I will not leave mu child behind. Donki is as close to me as my belt. Donki is the belt which I tie around my waist. The Semani people have released me, so I can go away. They have allowed me to take my children and go. I am not afraid of trying up my blankets and going. Girls, you are not backing me up (in singing). You sound half-hearted (addressed to the other singers with her). I am in the care of a christian woman. If I have had a meal at the Chief's place it is enough. I do not like food given me by common people. Mokibo women's kneeling dances, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamogeneholo Lephoto , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161334 , vital:40617 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-07
- Description: "Let them gallop girls, let them gallop! I will not leave mu child behind. Donki is as close to me as my belt. Donki is the belt which I tie around my waist. The Semani people have released me, so I can go away. They have allowed me to take my children and go. I am not afraid of trying up my blankets and going. Girls, you are not backing me up (in singing). You sound half-hearted (addressed to the other singers with her). I am in the care of a christian woman. If I have had a meal at the Chief's place it is enough. I do not like food given me by common people. Mokibo women's kneeling dances, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
He! MaRahia (Hey! Russians)
- Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161499 , vital:40630 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-09
- Description: "Mantsebo(the Paramount Chief Regent) is a jealous woman. She has taken children away from their parents and given them to the 'Russians'." The AmaRussia is one of the notorious gangs in the Johannesburg native townships. The children, they suggest, may have been girls intended for immoral purposes. Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamojela Lesojane and large group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161499 , vital:40630 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-09
- Description: "Mantsebo(the Paramount Chief Regent) is a jealous woman. She has taken children away from their parents and given them to the 'Russians'." The AmaRussia is one of the notorious gangs in the Johannesburg native townships. The children, they suggest, may have been girls intended for immoral purposes. Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959