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Ai abei eong

- Yowana with his friend Emugat, Hugh Tracey

Ai abei eong

- Yowana, Emugat, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Drum rhythms

- Chopi men and women, performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Drum Rhythms

- Samuiri Oduonga and Chopi men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Samuiri Oduonga and Chopi men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Chopi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kigumba f-ug
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169210 , vital:41697 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0130-02
  • Description: The bells on the ankles of one drummer can be heard though he was not dancing. The names of the two drums are: Timbo (the larger) and Pere (the smaller). Kyopere drum rhythms. Two long stem Goblet drums, open, pegged, with python skin membranes.
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Drum Rythm (I

- Samuiri Oduonga, Chopi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Drum Rythm (II

- Samuiri Oduonga, Chopi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Eky’evugo Ky’obumanzi

- Samuiri Rwomushana and his friend, Hugh Tracey

Helele nani nzovela

- Mwanahasha with Hehe women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mwanahasha with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kalenga f-tz
  • Language: Hehe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174990 , vital:42528 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-05
  • Description: "Even if you divorce me and leave me alone, I will still be able to look after myself." Women songs, injuctions to young women upon getting married. In Africa the women must be increasingly independent of her fickle and self indulgent man. Kuduo dance song for wedding ceremonies with clapping..
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Hinya nade

- Gindiloni Ngoma, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Marhaban sheikhlwa dhifa

- 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 Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Arabic
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179995 , vital:43291 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-13
  • 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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Marhaban sheikhlwa dhifa

- 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 Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Arabic
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179999 , vital:43290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-13
  • 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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Marimba Madoge

- Funika, Saidi, Shirazi Men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Musingasinga yakora egali

- Misaki Muswankuli, Ruli men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Musingasingu yakora egali II

- Misaki Muswankuli and Ruli men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Misaki Muswankuli and Ruli men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kigumba Gombolole f-ug
  • Language: Nyoro
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169843 , vital:41830 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0133-10
  • Description: In this record the players were brought in and out one after the other to show how the music is built up. The three players sitting on the one side of the xylophone, the 'leader', the 'wife and the man' all play the same melody in the three octaves. The player on the opposite side, the 'mixer' plays a contra-melody. Each can be distinctly heard in the record. Ntara dance with Ntara xylophone, 16 loose notes on temporary banana stalk supports.
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Nanga nigiye

- Timeyo Mwandila, Timeyo Mwandila's wife, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nanga Nigiye

- Timeyo Mwandila and his wife, Performer not specified, composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ninkutina

- Kabyoma Mashuloma, Haya men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ninkutina

- Kabyoma Mashulamo with Haya men, Hugh Tracey

Nyankabila, mama we

- Peter Manyanga, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Peter Manyanga , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shanga f-tz
  • Language: Rundi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172793 , vital:42283 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-12
  • Description: "Nyankabila lost himself in a far off land. His father longs for his return." This shape of the instrument, they say has been introduced from Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda) to the west. The shape of its resonating box is distinctive, the lower end being arched and concave, in place of the more usual plan rectangle. The scale was:- 600, 528, 464, 396, 368, 300. Self delectative song, with Ikembe Likembe, 10 notes.
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Okuturukya Omukama

- Ntimbo Royal Drummers, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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