A pongozi mbanonoko
- Nancy Luhoma, Mwenela Kaunda, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nancy Luhoma , Mwenela Kaunda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185190 , vital:44338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-17
- Description: In the this song one of the girls pounding became quite breathless with the effort and she could hardly sing the response. "My husband's people are difficult." Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nancy Luhoma , Mwenela Kaunda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185190 , vital:44338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-17
- Description: In the this song one of the girls pounding became quite breathless with the effort and she could hardly sing the response. "My husband's people are difficult." Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Woca mwana
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185285 , vital:44361 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-07
- Description: "She burnt her child, carelessly! She has fine great hips, a delight to the touch!" A song of broad rustic humour by a Ngoni singer in the language of the district-Tumbuka. Humorous song with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185285 , vital:44361 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-07
- Description: "She burnt her child, carelessly! She has fine great hips, a delight to the touch!" A song of broad rustic humour by a Ngoni singer in the language of the district-Tumbuka. Humorous song with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wadikulu wajikoma
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185315 , vital:44364 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-08
- Description: "She has shaken herself to death by dancing, this women with fine hips." A song of country humour by the comedian of the village who is also an attractive dancer of the 'Vimbuza' solo dance. Humorous song with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185315 , vital:44364 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-08
- Description: "She has shaken herself to death by dancing, this women with fine hips." A song of country humour by the comedian of the village who is also an attractive dancer of the 'Vimbuza' solo dance. Humorous song with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ndipeko kayuni karimbula
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185326 , vital:44365 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-09
- Description: The singer remarks upon the cleverness of the whitemen in fighting with planes and guns. "Zekaria my friend, they even fly by night." At the end of the song he calls out "I have played very well! It is finished." Humorous aong with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185326 , vital:44365 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-09
- Description: The singer remarks upon the cleverness of the whitemen in fighting with planes and guns. "Zekaria my friend, they even fly by night." At the end of the song he calls out "I have played very well! It is finished." Humorous aong with Bango board zither
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Roda ndirinde
- Authors: Nezala Shongs , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185095 , vital:44327 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-06
- Description: "Roda wait for me, I have been following you a long way. Please wait, I want to talk yo you." The singer is Ngoni buy belongs to one of the small Ngoni groups now living amongst the Tumbuka. Love song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shongs , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185095 , vital:44327 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-06
- Description: "Roda wait for me, I have been following you a long way. Please wait, I want to talk yo you." The singer is Ngoni buy belongs to one of the small Ngoni groups now living amongst the Tumbuka. Love song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Zelina
- Authors: Nezala Shongs , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185104 , vital:44328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-07
- Description: "Zelina I have touched your girdle of beads." This singer is a Ngoni singing in Tumbuka, the language of the people amongst whom he lives. To touch the bead girdle is an indication of success in love.Love song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nezala Shongs , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185104 , vital:44328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-07
- Description: "Zelina I have touched your girdle of beads." This singer is a Ngoni singing in Tumbuka, the language of the people amongst whom he lives. To touch the bead girdle is an indication of success in love.Love song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tayamba kumba vifya, tamu Chifila
- Oxendale Mateu Nkata, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Oxendale Mateu Nkata , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- 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/10962/184949 , vital:44291 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-16
- Description: The style of this song appears to arise from the popular Malipenga dance which derives much of its colour from European taught melodies. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Oxendale Mateu Nkata , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- 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/10962/184949 , vital:44291 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-16
- Description: The style of this song appears to arise from the popular Malipenga dance which derives much of its colour from European taught melodies. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Majoni
- Patiriki Mphaka, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Patiriki Mphaka , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185258 , vital:44358 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-04
- Description: This instrument usually called Bangwe among the Yao is here called Bango. "All my people are sead, I alone remain." This simple song is typical of those of the older generation of musicians. The tuning of the Bango was:- 256, 236, 216, 198, 178, 156, 140 vs. Self delectative song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Patiriki Mphaka , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185258 , vital:44358 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-04
- Description: This instrument usually called Bangwe among the Yao is here called Bango. "All my people are sead, I alone remain." This simple song is typical of those of the older generation of musicians. The tuning of the Bango was:- 256, 236, 216, 198, 178, 156, 140 vs. Self delectative song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kwenda munthowa nkluweme
- Patiriki Mphaka, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Patiriki Mphaka , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185249 , vital:44357 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-03
- Description: This instrument usually called Bangwe among the Yao is here called Bango. "It is good to walk along the path because then it is I meet my love." This simple song is typical of those of the older generation of musicians. The tuning of the Bango was:- 256, 236, 216, 198, 178, 156, 140 vs. Self delectative song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Patiriki Mphaka , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185249 , vital:44357 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-03
- Description: This instrument usually called Bangwe among the Yao is here called Bango. "It is good to walk along the path because then it is I meet my love." This simple song is typical of those of the older generation of musicians. The tuning of the Bango was:- 256, 236, 216, 198, 178, 156, 140 vs. Self delectative song with Bango board Zither (7 notes)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chakunaka
- Paulosi Jere, Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Paulosi Jere , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185795 , vital:44430 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-01
- Description: This story, told by an old woman, of the handsome young man and his jealous mother is almost identical with a similar story I found amongst the Karanga of Southern Rhodesia in 1932. The story concerns a handsome young man who wanted to get married but his jealous mother made him promise that he would not marry any girl who ate food cooked by her. Girl after girl was turned away until one discovered the secret pact, refused the mother's food and married the handsome son. The Ngoni of the Jiri clan came up through the southern regions of what became Southern Rhodesia sacking the settlement at Zimbabwe on their way. It is clear that they must have captured a girl from that region who bore her master children to whom she taught her own home stories in Karanga and they in turn handed them on to the next generation. In Bikita district Southern Rhodesia, the chorus sings:- "Tiende gore tiende gore" instead of the Ngoni in this version. "Ce ce gore, ce ce gore." Story with song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Paulosi Jere , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185795 , vital:44430 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-01
- Description: This story, told by an old woman, of the handsome young man and his jealous mother is almost identical with a similar story I found amongst the Karanga of Southern Rhodesia in 1932. The story concerns a handsome young man who wanted to get married but his jealous mother made him promise that he would not marry any girl who ate food cooked by her. Girl after girl was turned away until one discovered the secret pact, refused the mother's food and married the handsome son. The Ngoni of the Jiri clan came up through the southern regions of what became Southern Rhodesia sacking the settlement at Zimbabwe on their way. It is clear that they must have captured a girl from that region who bore her master children to whom she taught her own home stories in Karanga and they in turn handed them on to the next generation. In Bikita district Southern Rhodesia, the chorus sings:- "Tiende gore tiende gore" instead of the Ngoni in this version. "Ce ce gore, ce ce gore." Story with song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ng'eng'e kumatengele
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134051 , vital:37065 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-05
- Description: The song is about a woman who has gone to market and left her child shut up in the house, and the noise it makes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134051 , vital:37065 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-05
- Description: The song is about a woman who has gone to market and left her child shut up in the house, and the noise it makes.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Cin'goma ca kubaruka
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134028 , vital:37061 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-02
- Description: The song is about a man who brought his drum to a party. Unfortunately someone put his foot through it, and thereafter it produced some very strange noises which the leader imitates in the course of the song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134028 , vital:37061 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-02
- Description: The song is about a man who brought his drum to a party. Unfortunately someone put his foot through it, and thereafter it produced some very strange noises which the leader imitates in the course of the song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Bemu tuvoni memba
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134064 , vital:37067 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-06
- Description: "When you drink beer, it sparkles and tingles against your tonsils! When the beer is ready you must send a boy round to tell your friends."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134064 , vital:37067 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-06
- Description: "When you drink beer, it sparkles and tingles against your tonsils! When the beer is ready you must send a boy round to tell your friends."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kayuni
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134019 , vital:37060 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-01
- Description: The song is about the long-tailed widow-bird who found it impossible to manage his long tail when he tried to settle on a perch. The leader makes a series of strange sounds representing the great difficulty the small bird is having in trying to balance itself. The bird in question is the long-tailed paradise bird
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134019 , vital:37060 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-01
- Description: The song is about the long-tailed widow-bird who found it impossible to manage his long tail when he tried to settle on a perch. The leader makes a series of strange sounds representing the great difficulty the small bird is having in trying to balance itself. The bird in question is the long-tailed paradise bird
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kamudyanga
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134037 , vital:37063 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-03
- Description: A man asked his wife for some monkey nuts and she refused to give them to him. One day he hid himself and found the pot where she kept them and ate them all. Whe she discovered this, she reproached him and said: "Why didn't you ask me, I would have given them to you." "Ah, said the man, but when I asked you the first time you refused."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134037 , vital:37063 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-03
- Description: A man asked his wife for some monkey nuts and she refused to give them to him. One day he hid himself and found the pot where she kept them and ate them all. Whe she discovered this, she reproached him and said: "Why didn't you ask me, I would have given them to you." "Ah, said the man, but when I asked you the first time you refused."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mungate tamara
- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134046 , vital:37064 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-04
- Description: The song is supposed to be sung by the fore-fathers of the tribe, who say: "We still know how to drink!" In the song, the leader was Smart Chigwamba.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134046 , vital:37064 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-04
- Description: The song is supposed to be sung by the fore-fathers of the tribe, who say: "We still know how to drink!" In the song, the leader was Smart Chigwamba.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Gwilane kangacepe gwilane
- Rabison Bande, Chewa men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rabison Bande , Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186371 , vital:44491 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-11
- Description: This song and others of its kind were used by groups of men as 'carols' in that they would go around the villages at the new year singing for the people and and expecting small gifts in return. Originally it was an initiation song but later became associated with the new year only as the initiation ceremonies have now disappeared in this district on account of the missions. Initiation song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Rabison Bande , Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186371 , vital:44491 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-11
- Description: This song and others of its kind were used by groups of men as 'carols' in that they would go around the villages at the new year singing for the people and and expecting small gifts in return. Originally it was an initiation song but later became associated with the new year only as the initiation ceremonies have now disappeared in this district on account of the missions. Initiation song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Bwelela
- Rabison Bande, Chewa men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rabison Bande , Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186380 , vital:44492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-12
- Description: There is still sufficient game in this district to lend meaning to hunting songs. Lions are not uncommon and two lion skins had recently been brought for the chief. A second leader took over at a slightly flatter pitch and the chorus of men adjusted themselves at once to the new level. Hunting song (after hunting) with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Rabison Bande , Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186380 , vital:44492 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-12
- Description: There is still sufficient game in this district to lend meaning to hunting songs. Lions are not uncommon and two lion skins had recently been brought for the chief. A second leader took over at a slightly flatter pitch and the chorus of men adjusted themselves at once to the new level. Hunting song (after hunting) with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title 1. Amacila kuwowa, Title 2. Kwathu ntele
- Rabsoni Banda, Chewa men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Rabsoni Banda , Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186453 , vital:44500 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-05
- Description: Two Songs for carrying Mashila. The old practice of carrying white men, chiefs or notables about in litters has now ceased with the advent of roads and mechanical transport, but the song was sung by the father of the present singers up till about 1930, they say. Two Mashila (Sedan chair) carrying songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Rabsoni Banda , Chewa men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186453 , vital:44500 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-05
- Description: Two Songs for carrying Mashila. The old practice of carrying white men, chiefs or notables about in litters has now ceased with the advent of roads and mechanical transport, but the song was sung by the father of the present singers up till about 1930, they say. Two Mashila (Sedan chair) carrying songs.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tawikana mutima pano
- Ruben Tancard Mbuluwundi, Tumbuka/Henga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ruben Tancard Mbuluwundi , Tumbuka/Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Livingstonia f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185344 , vital:44367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-11
- Description: "If people are jealous of you in a village because of your success, your fowls and your cattle, your wives and your children, then you should get up and go to another village and not live among jealous people any more." Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ruben Tancard Mbuluwundi , Tumbuka/Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Livingstonia f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185344 , vital:44367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-11
- Description: "If people are jealous of you in a village because of your success, your fowls and your cattle, your wives and your children, then you should get up and go to another village and not live among jealous people any more." Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952