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Vho Nyatshisevhe tshi waya waya

- Maṱodzi Mbambale and chorus of women, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vho otsha gwanda

- Samaon Redi, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Visekese wawoli wanyani lero wadinginika (Visekese had 2 wives)

- Group of 4 Tonga women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 4 Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137321 , vital:37511 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-04
  • Description: Each woman had her own rattle. These were made of stout grass in raft form. The song is about a man who had 2 wives whom he could not support. So he gave everything to one and left the other weeping. Sekese dance song with 4 raft rattles.
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Viva ka Belge (Hurrah for the Beligians)

- Group of Lulua men and women with Marcel Mwiyaya, Hugh Tracey

Vula matanda

- Josa Machokole, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Josa Machokole , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Topical songs , Africa Mozambique Mabote f-mz
  • Language: Tswa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136252 , vital:37354 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR029-08
  • Description: An Mbira version of the old guitar song of "Vura matambo." This item demonstrates how the mbira in the hands of an expert, can play any of the common guitar tunes, often with maximum skill. Topical song with Mbira dza waNdau with bell and 3 manuals.
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Wa lala yedwa (She slept alone)

- Group of elderly Mpondo men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of elderly Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Praise , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
  • Language: Xhosa
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136463 , vital:37381 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-05
  • Description: The thin "blankets" of Kaffir sheeting dyed with washing blue peculiar to this district were much worn, especially by the women. Men excuted solo dances, with pirouettes and high kicks pointing their toes. They also gave Ukuhoga cries. When a woman's husband dies, she becomes Adikazi, which means a free woman,- i.e. free to choose lovers.- This song is sung at night by the men and women at a party. Tshawe dance for older folk.
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Wa lwendu chombele (We are going somewhere)

- Large group of Kanyoka men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of Kanyoka men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kandakanda f-cg
  • Language: Kanyoka
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134449 , vital:37155 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-01
  • Description: Although the slit drum, or gong, is used for sending messages among this Congo tribe which lives beside the Bushimaie tributary of the Sankuru, itself a tributary of the Kasai, the great southern aem of the Congo River, it is also used as an accompaniment for dances. It is not known for certain whether it is used to communicate with the dancers during the course of a dance, as is the common practice in West Africa; but from present evidence this appears to be unlikely among the Kanyoka. Kalibambo dance song with 2 Silimba xylophones, 1 slit drum, 3 gobolet drums, handbeaten and 2 basket rattles.
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Wa sara ndeka wuranda ukuwawa (You stay alone and bitter)

- L. Marangi, Hugh Tracey

Wa sikane izanye muzozwa (Girls, come and listen)

- Andirea Sitole and Petros Simango, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Andirea Sitole and Petros Simango , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Africa Mozambique Nova Luzitania f-mz
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136288 , vital:37358 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR029-12
  • Description: "Girls come and listen to this song of disappointment. I came to Masina on account of my poverty (literally my 'locusts'). I say Masenra is my father! He was looking for white cloth in the fields. He is coming from Kwachingunde, He is a Sithole (family name), he came from Portuguese East with Mansera who is now an induna, I shall now go back to Portuguese East and tell Masenra that I am going back home. I am going to marry a girl at Mashona's village and she is very beautiful. Ritamashawa is her name. Although you hurt me what can you do to me. The great drum answers the small one." The singer constantly cuts off the last syllable of his last words in the phrase, thus making them appear to be iambic which is not the case. Self-delectative song with Mbira dza waNdau with 3 manuals and bell.
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wa ya ye ku chika. Chishiba mai walene (The water that does not move)

- Large group of of Luba men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of of Luba men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kasai f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137812 , vital:37562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-10
  • Description: The item starts with the sound of the double bell and a weighted drum, follwed by the recitative statement by the leader. Eventually the full chorus begins with a simple repeated refrain. The pauses in the drum rhythm mark the moment when one of the drummers throws up his drum into the air, catches it again betwenn his knees and continues the rhythm without losing tempo. It is a clever piece of showmanship and clearly enjoyed by the participators in the dance. Mambala dance song with 5 goblet drums, closed, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons, hand beaten and 1 double bell and basket rattle.
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Wadianda wa Bena Shimba (We are the people of Bena Shimba)

- Group of 9 Bena Shimba women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 9 Bena Shimba women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Northern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Bakwanga f-cg
  • Language: Luba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139183 , vital:37712 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0047-01
  • Description: This group belonged to the Bena Shimba clan. As well as tipping and sometimes singing into their gourds through a length of metal pipe or tube, the gourd-blowers also struck the sides of the gourds with their hands. The gourds of this group were handsomely decorated with metal studs arranged in patterns. When asked when they performed this song, the answer was, "we sing it for funerals, but also on any sad occassion, for example when a man has to pay a large sum of money to another. Lament with 3 singing gourds (Chipuri), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-), hand clapping (-12.03-) and 1 bottle (-12.17-).
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Wafumuwane mukazgaka wa chihowe

- Alick Mpusi Mutali and Tumbuka/Henga men, Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and Tumbuka/Henga men

Wai mwanangu (Where is my son?)

- Syadimana Nsaga, Hugh Tracey

Walianzi sunu Gengere (Where did you eat Gengere)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Waluwendo chombelo

- Kazari Inosa (Performer), Chibanga Kalulu (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Wangwa walila (The baby is crying)

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Wanyongoba (The worry)

- Women and children of Dabi's location, Hugh Tracey

Watasala warila nanzifile

- Alberto Tentowani Mwamosi, performer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Watasala warila nanzifile

- A.T. Mwamosi (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Waye-aye

- Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

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