Tshongo
- Franz Ramukumba, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Franz Ramukumba , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404673 , vital:70095 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT14-KV1-KV1A6C
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Franz Ramukumba , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404673 , vital:70095 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT14-KV1-KV1A6C
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tsina (Thresh)
- Sotho men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151511 , vital:39137 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-08
- Description: "We are threshing the corn out of which we get cattle, we get beer, we get everything." Agricultural and domestic song for threshing.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151511 , vital:39137 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-08
- Description: "We are threshing the corn out of which we get cattle, we get beer, we get everything." Agricultural and domestic song for threshing.
- Full Text: false
Tsindi ndi shavhela kule
- Freddie Maṱodzi, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Freddie Maṱodzi , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407786 , vital:70414 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT19-KV14-KV5A3B
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Freddie Maṱodzi , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407786 , vital:70414 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT19-KV14-KV5A3B
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tsindi ndi shavhela kule
- Freddie Maṱodzi, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Freddie Maṱodzi , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407756 , vital:70411 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT19-KV14-KV5A3B
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Freddie Maṱodzi , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/407756 , vital:70411 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT19-KV14-KV5A3B
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tsinga ndedede honyana
- Venda boys from Magidi area, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Venda boys from Magidi area , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404579 , vital:70085 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT14-KV1-KV1A2C
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Venda boys from Magidi area , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404579 , vital:70085 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT14-KV1-KV1A2C
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tsinga ndedede honyana
- Venda boys from Magidi area, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Venda boys from Magidi area , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404570 , vital:70084 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT14-KV1-KV1A2B
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Venda boys from Magidi area , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Limpopo Province f-sa
- Language: Venda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404570 , vital:70084 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , JBFT14-KV1-KV1A2B
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tubuke ku kaya (Let's go home, I do not want to spend all my money on the Kasai ladies)
- Authors: America Kanada , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Arts, Malawi , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Safwa (African people)--Music , Africa Malawi Tukuyu f-mw
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde , Safwa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151857 , vital:39180 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-05
- Description: The singer was a strange shy little man who did not even stay to hear his own songs played to the end. His second song gained rounds of applause. The burden of it was;- "I want to to go home, I am wasting my time here, I do not want to stay, I would rather desert. Please, boss, give me my money. I want to go home. Self-delectative song with Pango board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: America Kanada , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Arts, Malawi , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Safwa (African people)--Music , Africa Malawi Tukuyu f-mw
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde , Safwa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151857 , vital:39180 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-05
- Description: The singer was a strange shy little man who did not even stay to hear his own songs played to the end. His second song gained rounds of applause. The burden of it was;- "I want to to go home, I am wasting my time here, I do not want to stay, I would rather desert. Please, boss, give me my money. I want to go home. Self-delectative song with Pango board zither.
- Full Text: false
Tuhuri
- Large group of Kasai women and 6 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Large group of Kasai women and 6 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137745 , vital:37555 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-05
- Description: The buzzing or nasalizing effect of the small mirliton membranes inserted into the side of the drums is clearly heard throughout this recording. The women who play the singing gourds hold their mouths just inside the orifice of their gourds and voice their notes with taught lips, using alternate sides of their mouth, as if they were lipping a trumpet or bugle. The cavity of the gourd thus resonates the sound produced. In addition, they slap the outside of their gourd rhythmically as they hold it between the palms of their hands. Wedding and ceremonial with 4 goblet drums, closed, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons. Quiet hand clapping (-12.05-) and 4 singing gourds. (-11.13-).
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Large group of Kasai women and 6 men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Cultural anthropology , Luba-Lulua language , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137745 , vital:37555 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR039-05
- Description: The buzzing or nasalizing effect of the small mirliton membranes inserted into the side of the drums is clearly heard throughout this recording. The women who play the singing gourds hold their mouths just inside the orifice of their gourds and voice their notes with taught lips, using alternate sides of their mouth, as if they were lipping a trumpet or bugle. The cavity of the gourd thus resonates the sound produced. In addition, they slap the outside of their gourd rhythmically as they hold it between the palms of their hands. Wedding and ceremonial with 4 goblet drums, closed, pinned, weighted, with mirlitons. Quiet hand clapping (-12.05-) and 4 singing gourds. (-11.13-).
- Full Text: false
Tuibale bonse nwe nseba (Let's flock together like nseba birds)
- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Aushi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140105 , vital:37833 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-07
- Description: "Come, everyone, flock together like the nseba birds, which are never alone. and let us sing this song." Sung when on the way to some festive occassion. Walking song.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
- Language: Aushi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140105 , vital:37833 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-07
- Description: "Come, everyone, flock together like the nseba birds, which are never alone. and let us sing this song." Sung when on the way to some festive occassion. Walking song.
- Full Text: false
Tula manina Kongolos (We are going to Congress)
- Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138563 , vital:37650 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-07
- Description: A girl in the crowd was wearing a circlet of cowrie shells placed flat on the crown of her head. Her hair was covered with red orchre. Another girl wore several tubular bead girdles, beautifully worked, from one which hung a short bead apron. This, they say, is the tribal dress of the Tonga, which is seen at its best on the South Rhodesian side of the river or further up the river. This village had been much affected by the activities of the local political body known as the African National Congress (Kongolos), members of which had tried to persuade the Tonga that the waters of the Kariba Dam would not rise, and collected fees from the villagers. Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). Open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138563 , vital:37650 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-07
- Description: A girl in the crowd was wearing a circlet of cowrie shells placed flat on the crown of her head. Her hair was covered with red orchre. Another girl wore several tubular bead girdles, beautifully worked, from one which hung a short bead apron. This, they say, is the tribal dress of the Tonga, which is seen at its best on the South Rhodesian side of the river or further up the river. This village had been much affected by the activities of the local political body known as the African National Congress (Kongolos), members of which had tried to persuade the Tonga that the waters of the Kariba Dam would not rise, and collected fees from the villagers. Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). Open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
Tula moana me (Hush, mother's child)
- Sotho men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151558 , vital:39142 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-11
- Description: This song is a lullaby used as a grinding son. Agricultural and domestic work song for grinding.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151558 , vital:39142 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-11
- Description: This song is a lullaby used as a grinding son. Agricultural and domestic work song for grinding.
- Full Text: false
Tula mtwana (Hush, baby)
- Group of Qwathi wome, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Qwathi wome , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs, Xhosa , Lullabies, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Engcobo f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134936 , vital:37219 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0022-04
- Description: Several mothers sitting in the hut with their babies took part in this lullaby.-The voice of one of the babies can be heard. The tune is said to be traditional to the whole country. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of Qwathi wome , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs, Xhosa , Lullabies, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Engcobo f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134936 , vital:37219 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0022-04
- Description: Several mothers sitting in the hut with their babies took part in this lullaby.-The voice of one of the babies can be heard. The tune is said to be traditional to the whole country. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
Tula mutwana
- Two elderly women (Performers), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Two elderly women (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Kingwilliamstown f-za
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133660 , vital:37001 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR013-13
- Description: Lullaby with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Two elderly women (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Kingwilliamstown f-za
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/133660 , vital:37001 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR013-13
- Description: Lullaby with clapping
- Full Text: false
Tula Mutwana
- Xhosa women, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Xhosa women , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/355985 , vital:64573 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4329-L1K10
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Xhosa women , performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/355985 , vital:64573 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP4329-L1K10
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tula ndivile
- Midnight Stars, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Midnight Stars , performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/397168 , vital:69262 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM08-12
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Midnight Stars , performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa city not specified f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/397168 , vital:69262 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM08-12
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
Tula Tula
- Authors: Iris Mjekula , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149458 , vital:38854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-12
- Description: The singer (believed to be a coloured woman) changed the tune to a European one half way through.Her baby co-operated well. This tune was sung by a woman in traditional costume... The same baby, held in its mother's arms, was too charmed by the song to cry, so had to be tickled and patted by its mother into co-operation. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Iris Mjekula , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149458 , vital:38854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-12
- Description: The singer (believed to be a coloured woman) changed the tune to a European one half way through.Her baby co-operated well. This tune was sung by a woman in traditional costume... The same baby, held in its mother's arms, was too charmed by the song to cry, so had to be tickled and patted by its mother into co-operation. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
Tula Tula (Hush, hush)
- Young girls and boys of Durban location, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149449 , vital:38853 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-11
- Description: The singer (believed to be a coloured woman) changed the tune to a European one half way through. Her baby co-operated well. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Young girls and boys of Durban location , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Xhosa (African people) , Africa South Africa Peddie f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149449 , vital:38853 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR059-11
- Description: The singer (believed to be a coloured woman) changed the tune to a European one half way through. Her baby co-operated well. Lullaby.
- Full Text: false
Tulele mam'we we u chiku chimbundu (We sleep here / The night mist)
- Kalemba and large group of Lunda women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kalemba and large group of Lunda women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Democratic Republic Kabinda f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139537 , vital:37748 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR048-13
- Description: The box drum was a roughly made instrument from the sides of a box or packing case, one side being covered by a skin to form the membrane. The player sat on his box and raised the pitch of the membrane by pressure from one heel. U chiku chimbundu dance with 1 goblet drum struck on the side by wooden beater, 1 box drum, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Kalemba and large group of Lunda women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Southern Lunda (African people) , Folk music , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo Democratic Republic Kabinda f-cg
- Language: Lunda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139537 , vital:37748 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR048-13
- Description: The box drum was a roughly made instrument from the sides of a box or packing case, one side being covered by a skin to form the membrane. The player sat on his box and raised the pitch of the membrane by pressure from one heel. U chiku chimbundu dance with 1 goblet drum struck on the side by wooden beater, 1 box drum, hand beaten.
- Full Text: false
Tulenwo bwalwa we mwana tule (We drink beer, child, until morning)
- Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira mine f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151770 , vital:39169 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-12
- Description: The burden of the song is that there is trouble between the singer and his wife caused by the wife's mother; although it was explained the married couple did in fact love each other very much. "The mist does not rise without cause", they sing, presumably the mist which has obsecured their martial peace. Song on marital trouble.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira mine f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151770 , vital:39169 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-12
- Description: The burden of the song is that there is trouble between the singer and his wife caused by the wife's mother; although it was explained the married couple did in fact love each other very much. "The mist does not rise without cause", they sing, presumably the mist which has obsecured their martial peace. Song on marital trouble.
- Full Text: false
Tuli baBemba (We are Bemba, we are good people, we do not sharpen our teeth
- Group of six Bemba men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of six Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
- Language: bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135047 , vital:37230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-03
- Description: The singers go on to say: "Be careful,we will take out your eyes." The Bamba it appears, are given to boasting. Several tribes in Central Africa file their teeth, sometimes to fine sharp points. Topical song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Authors: Group of six Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
- Language: bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135047 , vital:37230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-03
- Description: The singers go on to say: "Be careful,we will take out your eyes." The Bamba it appears, are given to boasting. Several tribes in Central Africa file their teeth, sometimes to fine sharp points. Topical song with clapping.
- Full Text: false