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Alego, tat yien matingo tek

- Muruka Ndar Fula, Tracey, Hugh

Alhamdulilla

- Salim Zeydan with Arab men, Hugh Tracey

Alhamdulilla

- Salim Zeydan, Arab men, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Ali Majengo

- KKyomile Kabanyolekile, Haya men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ali Majengo

- Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Haya (African people) , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania / Uganda Bukoba f-tz / f-ug
  • Language: Nyoro , Haya
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171926 , vital:42139 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR144-04
  • Description: "My love is in Majengo." (the red light district of Bukoba). The great social problem of Bukoba (1950) is the general laxity of morals which followed up on the rise in thier standard of living through the planting of coffee. Men and women alike have lost their standards of recent years. Sung while paddling out to lay nets. The cries are the traditional cries are the traditional cries of the fishermen out on the lake. Paddling song with conical laced drum, beaten with sticks and clapping (-12.03-).
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Ali Mu Club

- Nawandala Social Club, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ali wanyola manwa

- Musolwa, Gishu men, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Ali wanyola manwa

- Musolwa and Gishu men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Musolwa and Gishu men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Gisu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Mbale f-ug
  • Language: Masaba (Gisu, Kisu, Dadiri, Buya)
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169435 , vital:41750 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0131-04
  • Description: This song is about a greedy man who eats prodigous amounts of cassava porridge. Wherever he went he always asked for more cassava. The bowl is a wooden platter commonly used for serving food, turned upside down ad beaten with two sticks.
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Aliva enaku adheta

- Nekemiya Nanywanu, Kasani Byansi, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Aliva enaku adheta

- Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Nekemiya Nanywamu and Kasani Byansi , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Soga (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Bukona f-ug
  • Language: Soga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/171552 , vital:42090 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR142-07
  • Description: A song in which a number of topics are touched upon including Ngobi, a local glutton, and the sorrow of a mourner who sits alon in a house watching over the dead body of a friend or relative. This combination of lyre and lute is popular among Soga minstrels. Topical song, with Ntongoli 8 string lyre and Ndingidi 1 string lute (-10.54-).
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Allah, Allah

- Sheik Mohammed Bin Isa, Arab/Swahili boys, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Allah, Allah

- Sheik Mohammed bin Isa, Arab and Swahili boys, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Allah, Allah

- Sheik Mohammed bin Isa, Arab and Swahili boys, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Allah, Allah

- Sheik Mohammed Bin Isa with Arab/Swahili boys, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Sheik Mohammed Bin Isa with Arab/Swahili boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Zanzibar f-tz
  • Language: Arabic
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179984 , vital:43289 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-12
  • Description: Chant in praise of Allah. It is commonly believed by Mohammedans that by constantly repeating the name of the a dead Sheik you could see him in a vision. The capacity for "seeing" eidetic images is found all over the world. This kind of 'grunting' is found in many African tribes who have experienced the influence of Mohammedanism. It is also used among the Xhosa of the transkei although they are said to have left East Africa about 400 years ago and have no trace of that religion today. Praise of Allah.
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Alouette

- Minor Seminary Choir Roma, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Alume yerani malo

- Kanga Mayele with Giryama men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kanga Mayele with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176603 , vital:42719 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-10
  • Description: The singer calls to those behind to hurry and catch up with the dance team as they are going to a big dance competition. This item is a fascinating example of the authentic 2 against 3 African cross rhythm. Msego dance song for men and women with Kayamba raft rattles and clapping (-12.03-).
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Alume yerani malo

- Kenga Mayele, Giryama men, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ama baadu nduyangu

- Sheik Mbaruku, performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Amacila kuwowa

- Banda, Rabsoni, Chewa men, Tracey, Hugh

Amacila kuwowa (a); Kwathu ntele (b

- Banda, Robison, Nyanja men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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