Amaliza
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148859 , vital:38780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-02
- Description: A song in which the young women praise themselves. Sung when they come to pay court to the Omwami or at weedings. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148859 , vital:38780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-02
- Description: A song in which the young women praise themselves. Sung when they come to pay court to the Omwami or at weedings. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Benimana
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148881 , vital:38782 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-03
- Description: "May the Omwami go in peace, may he prosper and be with God." The Batwa are Pigmoids and the court singers were drawn from their ranks. In this instance the women were all wives of potters, pottery being one of the Twa crafts. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148881 , vital:38782 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-03
- Description: "May the Omwami go in peace, may he prosper and be with God." The Batwa are Pigmoids and the court singers were drawn from their ranks. In this instance the women were all wives of potters, pottery being one of the Twa crafts. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Mpundu
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148840 , vital:38778 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-01
- Description: The singers wish their chief prosperity in his chieftainship and his country. An interesting chorus with 2 parts sung in organum and complex clapping patterns. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148840 , vital:38778 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-01
- Description: The singers wish their chief prosperity in his chieftainship and his country. An interesting chorus with 2 parts sung in organum and complex clapping patterns. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Igiterane
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148923 , vital:38786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-04
- Description: A song to praise chiefs and notables. The chiefs in this country are still all Hamitic Tutsi, whose height (generally between 6 and 7 foot tall) is in great contrast to the short pigmoid Twa whom they have ruled for over five centuries. The modality of this song and the complex pattern of the clapping are both notable. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148923 , vital:38786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-04
- Description: A song to praise chiefs and notables. The chiefs in this country are still all Hamitic Tutsi, whose height (generally between 6 and 7 foot tall) is in great contrast to the short pigmoid Twa whom they have ruled for over five centuries. The modality of this song and the complex pattern of the clapping are both notable. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Nga, nga, nga, nda reka (Lift and drop)
- Authors: Bauleni Zhuau , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chipwembwe, Fort Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155829 , vital:39921 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-03
- Description: The drum leader was not satisfied with the pitch of the drums and stopped playing to adjust the amount of wax on two of the drums and then started again while the girls continued to sing. The wax is made of caster oil beans pounded up, it sticks onto the drum heads in spite of the continual beating of sticks and hands. The addition of wax or paste lowers the note of the drum and the removal of quite a small amount of wax raises the note. Thus the drums can be tunned with reasonable accuracy. The players brought more paste on the drum heads than they needed, no doubt because a certain amount is lost in playing and then tuned by removing a certain amount on each head with a curved piece of tin shaped like a spoon. Note the stress upon the final syllable of Reka NdaReka. Likhuba dance with 9 tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Bauleni Zhuau , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chipwembwe, Fort Herald f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155829 , vital:39921 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-03
- Description: The drum leader was not satisfied with the pitch of the drums and stopped playing to adjust the amount of wax on two of the drums and then started again while the girls continued to sing. The wax is made of caster oil beans pounded up, it sticks onto the drum heads in spite of the continual beating of sticks and hands. The addition of wax or paste lowers the note of the drum and the removal of quite a small amount of wax raises the note. Thus the drums can be tunned with reasonable accuracy. The players brought more paste on the drum heads than they needed, no doubt because a certain amount is lost in playing and then tuned by removing a certain amount on each head with a curved piece of tin shaped like a spoon. Note the stress upon the final syllable of Reka NdaReka. Likhuba dance with 9 tuned drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Likhuba (Drum Rhythm)
- Bauleni Zhuau with 3 other drummers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bauleni Zhuau with 3 other drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chiphwembwe village, Port Herald District f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156108 , vital:39952 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-12
- Description: The leader plays five and sometimes six drums, the next plays numbers' six and seven, and two players the bass drums numbers' eight and nine. The tuning of the drums was as follows; Nduisi 162, Usonjo 132, Ntewe 118, Ngunte (pitch uncertain, possibly 97 vs.) 9 tuned Likhuba drums. Conical, pegged, weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Bauleni Zhuau with 3 other drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chiphwembwe village, Port Herald District f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156108 , vital:39952 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-12
- Description: The leader plays five and sometimes six drums, the next plays numbers' six and seven, and two players the bass drums numbers' eight and nine. The tuning of the drums was as follows; Nduisi 162, Usonjo 132, Ntewe 118, Ngunte (pitch uncertain, possibly 97 vs.) 9 tuned Likhuba drums. Conical, pegged, weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Bome a ni lukela ky ntanda
- Bennt Falali abd Josias Kakambi Capiwe, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bennt Falali abd Josias Kakambi Capiwe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Caprivi f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183661 , vital:44041 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-02
- Description: Two simple times from the middle reaches of the upper Zambezi. Self delectative song with Kangombio (Mbira) fan shaped and mirliton, external resonator
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Bennt Falali abd Josias Kakambi Capiwe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Caprivi f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183661 , vital:44041 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-02
- Description: Two simple times from the middle reaches of the upper Zambezi. Self delectative song with Kangombio (Mbira) fan shaped and mirliton, external resonator
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Lumela lyambezi mwana boma
- Bennt Falali and Josias Kakambi Capiwe, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bennt Falali and Josias Kakambi Capiwe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Caprivi f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183653 , vital:44040 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-01
- Description: Two simple times from the middle reaches of the upper Zambezi. Self delectative song with Kangombio (Mbira) fan shaped and mirliton, external resonator
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Bennt Falali and Josias Kakambi Capiwe , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Caprivi f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183653 , vital:44040 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-01
- Description: Two simple times from the middle reaches of the upper Zambezi. Self delectative song with Kangombio (Mbira) fan shaped and mirliton, external resonator
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Slia Lazaro soka
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184579 , vital:44237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-02
- Description: "I will meet my love some day, Elia let us go and sing with my love Steria (Esther)." Love song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184579 , vital:44237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-02
- Description: "I will meet my love some day, Elia let us go and sing with my love Steria (Esther)." Love song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ku canya kwe manyanda
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184606 , vital:44240 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-05
- Description: "Typewriters which look like water; Angels wearing different clothes. And all the young men practising magic." Religious song (23.24) with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184606 , vital:44240 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-05
- Description: "Typewriters which look like water; Angels wearing different clothes. And all the young men practising magic." Religious song (23.24) with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Edeliya timbengi tingaluwa
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184830 , vital:44276 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-03
- Description: My wife Nyaphiri, what kind of plague has struck you? Look at Edeliya - not married yet! Let us sing so we shall not forget the song." Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184830 , vital:44276 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-03
- Description: My wife Nyaphiri, what kind of plague has struck you? Look at Edeliya - not married yet! Let us sing so we shall not forget the song." Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Dale wanga ghamunyenga maSotho
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184626 , vital:44242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-07
- Description: "My darling boy has married a Sotho girl on account of her money. When we go to Johannesburg by the W.N.L.A. (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association - a large recruiting concern form mine labourers). We all talk "aha-aha!" all the time (exclamation of surprise). No less than 8,000 men from this district have left permanently in the past few years, and married foreign women in South Africa of the Rhodesias, according to the local authorities. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184626 , vital:44242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-07
- Description: "My darling boy has married a Sotho girl on account of her money. When we go to Johannesburg by the W.N.L.A. (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association - a large recruiting concern form mine labourers). We all talk "aha-aha!" all the time (exclamation of surprise). No less than 8,000 men from this district have left permanently in the past few years, and married foreign women in South Africa of the Rhodesias, according to the local authorities. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Meri wandinyenga
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184821 , vital:44275 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-02
- Description: "We long for our homes. We should call ours homes 'Towns'. Mary has deceived me." The attraction of the towns is decimating the male population of Tongaland. The singer makes a plea for the claim of their village homes in the face of foreign attractions. He is blind and he hoped Mary would have married him, but she could not bring herself to do so. Nostaligic song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184821 , vital:44275 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-02
- Description: "We long for our homes. We should call ours homes 'Towns'. Mary has deceived me." The attraction of the towns is decimating the male population of Tongaland. The singer makes a plea for the claim of their village homes in the face of foreign attractions. He is blind and he hoped Mary would have married him, but she could not bring herself to do so. Nostaligic song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kanthu pa Ingalandi
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ndalame ndi satana
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184615 , vital:44241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-06
- Description: "Young men go to Johannesburg to look for money, Money is the devil! Even Jesus was sold for thirty shillings." Money, even on the beautiful shores of Lake Nyasa, is still 'the root of all evil.' 'Chuma' or 'ndalama' is money. 'Chuma chatimara' - money spoils us. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184615 , vital:44241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-06
- Description: "Young men go to Johannesburg to look for money, Money is the devil! Even Jesus was sold for thirty shillings." Money, even on the beautiful shores of Lake Nyasa, is still 'the root of all evil.' 'Chuma' or 'ndalama' is money. 'Chuma chatimara' - money spoils us. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mai fulendi kemu
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184570 , vital:44236 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-01
- Description: This singer is blind and is well known for his songs all over the district. In spite of his blindness he makes his own Bangwe zither himself. He was born in 1902 and after the age of 5 was blind. He is now 48 years old (1950). The words and the title of this song are intended to be in English but are hardly recognisable as such. His zither was made of 8 papyrus stalks firmly tied together in a raft, with a gourd resonator into which the far end of the zither is placed. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184570 , vital:44236 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-01
- Description: This singer is blind and is well known for his songs all over the district. In spite of his blindness he makes his own Bangwe zither himself. He was born in 1902 and after the age of 5 was blind. He is now 48 years old (1950). The words and the title of this song are intended to be in English but are hardly recognisable as such. His zither was made of 8 papyrus stalks firmly tied together in a raft, with a gourd resonator into which the far end of the zither is placed. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tikumbuka Vifya
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184597 , vital:44239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-04
- Description: The line of great hills which run up along the North Western flank of the Lake Nyasa is called Vipya in the south and Vifya among the Tongs in the north. The song refers to the tragic loss of the Lake steamer 'Vipya' in 1947, which was named after the hills, while she was carrying pilgrims crossing the lake to go to Dar-es-Salaam. Lament
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184597 , vital:44239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-04
- Description: The line of great hills which run up along the North Western flank of the Lake Nyasa is called Vipya in the south and Vifya among the Tongs in the north. The song refers to the tragic loss of the Lake steamer 'Vipya' in 1947, which was named after the hills, while she was carrying pilgrims crossing the lake to go to Dar-es-Salaam. Lament
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Suzgu muyaya
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184812 , vital:44274 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-01
- Description: "Men from our country are living in Rhodesia with other tribes. While we, left at home, are enduring all the difficulties of Nyasaland (Present day Malawi)." This is well supported by the statistics (1950); it is said that of 20,000 Tonga of this Chinteche District, 8,000 have left permantely from Southern and Northern Rhodesia and South Africa, another 8,000 are away and expected to return within 5 years, and 4,000 only remain in the country, most of whom will be off again as soon as their money is spent. The women and old men are left to do all the agricultural and home work. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184812 , vital:44274 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-01
- Description: "Men from our country are living in Rhodesia with other tribes. While we, left at home, are enduring all the difficulties of Nyasaland (Present day Malawi)." This is well supported by the statistics (1950); it is said that of 20,000 Tonga of this Chinteche District, 8,000 have left permantely from Southern and Northern Rhodesia and South Africa, another 8,000 are away and expected to return within 5 years, and 4,000 only remain in the country, most of whom will be off again as soon as their money is spent. The women and old men are left to do all the agricultural and home work. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ndaza apa ndaima (I am here waiting)
- Bifi Phiri and friend, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bifi Phiri and friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158945 , vital:40243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-13
- Description: "I am here, waiting. Whose child is this that maltreats an oprhan. I am very tired of the Johannesburg road. Because I am left on my own. Kacule, Kacule, save me!" Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Bifi Phiri and friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158945 , vital:40243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-13
- Description: "I am here, waiting. Whose child is this that maltreats an oprhan. I am very tired of the Johannesburg road. Because I am left on my own. Kacule, Kacule, save me!" Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Chanta andidaine kaya (God is punishing me)
- Bifi Phiri and friend, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bifi Phiri and friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158954 , vital:40244 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-14
- Description: "God is punishing me because all my relatives are dead, and I am left alone." "I met a woman along the road whose teeth were as white as rice." The words of these two songs as written may have been interchanged. The tuning of the Bangwe Board Zither was; 400, 380, 368, 332, 312, 284, 200. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Bifi Phiri and friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158954 , vital:40244 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-14
- Description: "God is punishing me because all my relatives are dead, and I am left alone." "I met a woman along the road whose teeth were as white as rice." The words of these two songs as written may have been interchanged. The tuning of the Bangwe Board Zither was; 400, 380, 368, 332, 312, 284, 200. Self delectative song with board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958