Mamarutla
- Dingalo and group of young boys and girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Dingalo and group of young boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165678 , vital:41270 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-06
- Description: This song os sung with the accompanying dance, in order to ask the Chief's pernission to go to the initiation school. It seems the young would-be initiates must go to the Chief's house and dance and sing the whole night through. The leader of this group was the Chief's cousin. The boys dance, whilst the girls stand in a row, singing and clapping. The boys all carried long thin wands in their hands and were wearing short loin cloths and leg rattles made of the nests of a variety of wasp which resemble the cacoons of the bag-worm, though somewhat larger. The girls wore short skirts. Both boys and girls were between 15 and 16 years of age. Pre-initiation dance song with leg rattles - "Mathlao".
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Dingalo and group of young boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Gopane f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165678 , vital:41270 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0114-06
- Description: This song os sung with the accompanying dance, in order to ask the Chief's pernission to go to the initiation school. It seems the young would-be initiates must go to the Chief's house and dance and sing the whole night through. The leader of this group was the Chief's cousin. The boys dance, whilst the girls stand in a row, singing and clapping. The boys all carried long thin wands in their hands and were wearing short loin cloths and leg rattles made of the nests of a variety of wasp which resemble the cacoons of the bag-worm, though somewhat larger. The girls wore short skirts. Both boys and girls were between 15 and 16 years of age. Pre-initiation dance song with leg rattles - "Mathlao".
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ca a nelwe kolobe (Give the pig to no one)
- Young school girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young school girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162612 , vital:40955 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-13
- Description: This is a very well-known old Tswana song and can be heard in most districts and as far east as Saulspoort amongst the Kgatla. There is a little game left in the countryside and so the song must have been current in past generations when wild pig were plentiful. Song on returning from hunting.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Young school girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162612 , vital:40955 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-13
- Description: This is a very well-known old Tswana song and can be heard in most districts and as far east as Saulspoort amongst the Kgatla. There is a little game left in the countryside and so the song must have been current in past generations when wild pig were plentiful. Song on returning from hunting.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ga a nelwe Kolobe (Give the pig to no one)
- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166014 , vital:41307 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-11
- Description: "Give the pig to no one. Warn those dogs, Kolobe, and give the pig to no one. Pig is not given to one in confinement. Give it to no one. Hoki has not had some." This song reflects the play of words on the name Kolobe and its literal translation, meaning 'pig'. The song's origin is obsecure. There is little hunting now-a-days and there are few buck or pig left in the vivinity. This song is well-known, it appears, among most, if not all, Tswana tribes. Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166014 , vital:41307 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-11
- Description: "Give the pig to no one. Warn those dogs, Kolobe, and give the pig to no one. Pig is not given to one in confinement. Give it to no one. Hoki has not had some." This song reflects the play of words on the name Kolobe and its literal translation, meaning 'pig'. The song's origin is obsecure. There is little hunting now-a-days and there are few buck or pig left in the vivinity. This song is well-known, it appears, among most, if not all, Tswana tribes. Hunting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Piroena eo ke e bireng (The language I speak)
- Relechate Ntsolo and Jacquot Mokete, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Relechate Ntsolo and Jacquot Mokete , 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/10962/161002 , vital:40579 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-04
- Description: "This language I speak, you speak without knowing it. In the battle of tongues, I should have been a lawyer. The language which is widely understood. You should have made holes in the mountains, so that I could go in and see the country between Natal and Aooeng. And the land between Winburg and Bloemfontein." "Aooeng" means 'the place where people say Aooeng'. i.e. the Eastern Free State, a reference to their mode of speech or dialect. Walking song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Relechate Ntsolo and Jacquot Mokete , 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/10962/161002 , vital:40579 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-04
- Description: "This language I speak, you speak without knowing it. In the battle of tongues, I should have been a lawyer. The language which is widely understood. You should have made holes in the mountains, so that I could go in and see the country between Natal and Aooeng. And the land between Winburg and Bloemfontein." "Aooeng" means 'the place where people say Aooeng'. i.e. the Eastern Free State, a reference to their mode of speech or dialect. Walking song.
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- Date Issued: 1959
He Mmuputsoane (Mmamoshage)
- Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162506 , vital:40941 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-04
- Description: "Mmamoshage, being with child, does not want to frequent the company of other people. Do you mean to say, Mmamoshage. That just because you have given up dancing I should no longer dance?" The women stand singing and clapping while the men dance. Pina dance with clapping and stamping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Rautana Dinake and large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162506 , vital:40941 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-04
- Description: "Mmamoshage, being with child, does not want to frequent the company of other people. Do you mean to say, Mmamoshage. That just because you have given up dancing I should no longer dance?" The women stand singing and clapping while the men dance. Pina dance with clapping and stamping.
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- Date Issued: 1959
Ga re a nwa ka nkgwana pele (There is a pot of beer in front of us)
- Stone Kgaswe and 4 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Stone Kgaswe and 4 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166236 , vital:41341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-04
- Description: "We have in front of us a pot of beer. We are asking for the dregs" (meaning: 'We are longing to finish it). But the dregs are also the thickest part of the brew and are, therefore considered the best. Stone Kgaswe is the Postmaster of Mabe's kraal. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Stone Kgaswe and 4 Kgatla men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166236 , vital:41341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-04
- Description: "We have in front of us a pot of beer. We are asking for the dregs" (meaning: 'We are longing to finish it). But the dregs are also the thickest part of the brew and are, therefore considered the best. Stone Kgaswe is the Postmaster of Mabe's kraal. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Pholo ha lieme (Stop the ox-span)
- Mosinoa Moea and group of 12 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mosinoa Moea and group of 12 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/10962/162077 , vital:40755 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-07
- Description: "Mosinoa, the child who was carried in a lambskin sling. Monyokholo, a glutton of a child. At Tlokoeng I am treated decently, I am regarded as a young gentleman!" Mohobelo dance song with hissing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mosinoa Moea and group of 12 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/10962/162077 , vital:40755 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-07
- Description: "Mosinoa, the child who was carried in a lambskin sling. Monyokholo, a glutton of a child. At Tlokoeng I am treated decently, I am regarded as a young gentleman!" Mohobelo dance song with hissing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khomo (Cow)
- Moleleki Moiloa and small group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Moleleki Moiloa and small group of men , 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/10962/161955 , vital:40696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-16
- Description: "Cow, mother of manure, you are dirt. We have just prevented you from crossing the Caledon river. Crossing over to the Free State. We, Mojela's people, are Christians. We were given the rod (badge) of prayer. Sekoere's heifer, Moahloli white and red spotted Lejoetsa. Listen, the Tebang chief rules. The Chief rules at Tebang. The pool is dirty and full of crab holes." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Moleleki Moiloa and small group of men , 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/10962/161955 , vital:40696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-16
- Description: "Cow, mother of manure, you are dirt. We have just prevented you from crossing the Caledon river. Crossing over to the Free State. We, Mojela's people, are Christians. We were given the rod (badge) of prayer. Sekoere's heifer, Moahloli white and red spotted Lejoetsa. Listen, the Tebang chief rules. The Chief rules at Tebang. The pool is dirty and full of crab holes." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Dumele le teme teme lengwe le godimo (Greetings to the most respected Chief)
- Authors: Levi Matlapeng , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166338 , vital:41353 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-15
- Description: This praise verse to Chief Matlapeng was spoken by a young man, one of his relatives. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Levi Matlapeng , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166338 , vital:41353 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-15
- Description: This praise verse to Chief Matlapeng was spoken by a young man, one of his relatives. Praise verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Silang moshoko (Grind and make porridge)
- Grace Merementsi and group of about 30 school girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Grace Merementsi and group of about 30 school girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165177 , vital:41215 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-09
- Description: "Grind and make porridge, milk the cows. The sun has set. The children are hungry. The children are getting rheumatic. That man is lean." Some of the children knelt and rubbed the stones on each other, in imitation of grinding whilst the others sang and made appropriate miming gestures to each verse. Children's singing game.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Grace Merementsi and group of about 30 school girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165177 , vital:41215 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-09
- Description: "Grind and make porridge, milk the cows. The sun has set. The children are hungry. The children are getting rheumatic. That man is lean." Some of the children knelt and rubbed the stones on each other, in imitation of grinding whilst the others sang and made appropriate miming gestures to each verse. Children's singing game.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
A re eng
- Serakalala Abotsen and large group of middle-aged and elderly men, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Serakalala Abotsen and large group of middle-aged and elderly men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162497 , vital:40940 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-03
- Description: "Let us go, let us go to the Great palace to see our senior, our Chief Tshosa Mogoloarona, he is calling." The whole group danced enthusisastically during the performance. Walking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Serakalala Abotsen and large group of middle-aged and elderly men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162497 , vital:40940 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-03
- Description: "Let us go, let us go to the Great palace to see our senior, our Chief Tshosa Mogoloarona, he is calling." The whole group danced enthusisastically during the performance. Walking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Moroallo oa metsi a pula
- Ts'oene Toma and young men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ts'oene Toma and young 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/10962/161292 , vital:40613 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-05
- Description: The melody of this song strongly resembles the songs of the Northern Tanganyikans. "The floods of rain. Ngene, Ngene, the noise of rain. The lightening flashed and then rain came. Makhoabunyane of Mount Katike. When it makes this roaring sound it does it only to annoy. So I took up my stick and went to find out about it. Lengae men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Ts'oene Toma and young 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/10962/161292 , vital:40613 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-05
- Description: The melody of this song strongly resembles the songs of the Northern Tanganyikans. "The floods of rain. Ngene, Ngene, the noise of rain. The lightening flashed and then rain came. Makhoabunyane of Mount Katike. When it makes this roaring sound it does it only to annoy. So I took up my stick and went to find out about it. Lengae men's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
He mogoge goga o lere thokolo (Draw, draw us heavy drops of rain)
- Boyalenyana Simamma and large group of women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Boyalenyana Simamma and large group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162538 , vital:40945 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-08
- Description: When the women bring the first crops of the chief, they sing their thanks and ask him to pray for rain. Thele is a custom for women to pretend to beat the chief with leafy branches (very respectfully) when asking him to pray for rain on these occassions
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Boyalenyana Simamma and large group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162538 , vital:40945 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0108-08
- Description: When the women bring the first crops of the chief, they sing their thanks and ask him to pray for rain. Thele is a custom for women to pretend to beat the chief with leafy branches (very respectfully) when asking him to pray for rain on these occassions
- 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
Marambeli waTiwafuni
- Mudzanani, Baranganani, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Mudzanani, Baranganani , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Sibasa f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187743 , vital:44692 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-05
- Description: The prefixes Vho-X, Vho-Y refer to married folk. Marambele and Thirhafuni are either two young folk, male and female respectively. I doubt if they are children of John and Vele. Vele is usually a woman's name. John! John and Vele, Marambele and Thirhafuni. And Thirhafuni in the hut. What are they doing inside? Jona and Vele have eloped, At Tsilate. John (at) Tshilate. I saw Marambele and Vele. Inside the hut. What are they doing inside? Chigombera dance for girls with Mbira - 24 notes
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mudzanani, Baranganani , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Sibasa f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187743 , vital:44692 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-05
- Description: The prefixes Vho-X, Vho-Y refer to married folk. Marambele and Thirhafuni are either two young folk, male and female respectively. I doubt if they are children of John and Vele. Vele is usually a woman's name. John! John and Vele, Marambele and Thirhafuni. And Thirhafuni in the hut. What are they doing inside? Jona and Vele have eloped, At Tsilate. John (at) Tshilate. I saw Marambele and Vele. Inside the hut. What are they doing inside? Chigombera dance for girls with Mbira - 24 notes
- 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
Maboko a Kgosi (Chief's praises)
- Authors: Sei Robega , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164194 , vital:41092 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-05
- Description: The praise is composed by the speaker or praiser themselves. Praise in verse.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Sei Robega , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Disaneng f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Tlharo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/164194 , vital:41092 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0110-05
- Description: The praise is composed by the speaker or praiser themselves. Praise in verse.
- 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
Ho-ho-ho-ho ba bacha (To the young men)
- Authors: Seforo Mosese , 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/10962/162003 , vital:40747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-03
- Description: "Oh, the young men, the men of LeLerotholi's place are black and are called horse-eaters. Your guns are used for shooting pigeons, and your spears for hunting mice. Let Mpaleng's father speak. Youe child looks like its father, your child looks like its maternal uncle, I resemble Mokhehle of Mokoalibe. Dun-coloured with long tears. Dun-coloured and milked by women. The child of Seforo's wife is the one who provided a bachelor with a bed." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Seforo Mosese , 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/10962/162003 , vital:40747 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0105-03
- Description: "Oh, the young men, the men of LeLerotholi's place are black and are called horse-eaters. Your guns are used for shooting pigeons, and your spears for hunting mice. Let Mpaleng's father speak. Youe child looks like its father, your child looks like its maternal uncle, I resemble Mokhehle of Mokoalibe. Dun-coloured with long tears. Dun-coloured and milked by women. The child of Seforo's wife is the one who provided a bachelor with a bed." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Koekoe (Partridge)
- Matumo Matsinyane, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Matumo Matsinyane , 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/10962/161863 , vital:40685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-08
- Description: The performer was a middle-aged woman. De Aar is the name of a South African railway center. The Jew's harp is of the familiar pattern brought in the local trading store. Tune of the Jew's harp - Sekebeku.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Matumo Matsinyane , 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/10962/161863 , vital:40685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-08
- Description: The performer was a middle-aged woman. De Aar is the name of a South African railway center. The Jew's harp is of the familiar pattern brought in the local trading store. Tune of the Jew's harp - Sekebeku.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959