Emzumbe
- Authors: Christ King School Choir , Composer not specified , Recordist not specified
- Date: 1965
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Johannessburg sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/449078 , vital:74786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Transcription Services, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TS0144-T2484a
- Description: Wedding song, accompanied by whistle
- Full Text: false
Ondorondu komi tumbo ngombe
- Authors: One Man, one boy and three women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1965
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ovambo (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Namibia Otjimbingwe f-sx
- Language: Herero
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/195833 , vital:45609 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR217-18
- Description: Praise song for a cow
- Full Text: false
Ndazwa ngengoma kurira
- Authors: Tabarirevu Muyambo , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Folk songs, Ndau , Chopi (African people) , Ndau (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Mwanditura f-mz
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/194423 , vital:45447 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR205-15
- Description: This is the favourite song of Leonard Simango, the carpenter, who is heard singing it at any time of the day as he works. Even if he starts to sing another song it will not be long before he comes back to this one again. :I heard the sound of drumming. I heard the drum saying 'Guduru'. I heard the sound of the drums, they must be there!" Song for Mashawi souls with Mbira dze chiNdau.
- Full Text: false
O-o Mashego
- Authors: Group of 10 young Pedi initiates (girls) , Four Pedi women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Pedi (African people) , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Bushbuck Ridge f-sa
- Language: Pedi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/189132 , vital:44819 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR195-05
- Description: Sung by the girls after the initiation ceremonies are over. They dress up in skins and wear small mirrors and go about among the houses and people, dancing and asking for presents. The initiation school lasts for two months and follows much the same lines as those of the Tswana. Many young Africans from Kenya southwards use metal whistles for their dances, blowing them continously as in this item; the result is deafening to the audience but apparently most enjoyable to the young who seem to be impervious to the noise. "Oh-oh Mashego has won. He has won by driving the wizards away." Three girls post-initiation song with 2 drums, leg rattles and whistles
- Full Text: false
Bayakhala
- Authors: Ekuthuleni School Choir , Composer not specified , Recordist not specified
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Johannessburg sa
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/449061 , vital:74785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Transcription Services, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TS0096-T2459c
- Description: Traditional song, unaccompanied
- Full Text: false
Lumela Koete(Good morning, sir)
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161575 , vital:40641 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-10
- Description: Koete is a well-dressed man, a smart man. "Good morning, Koete! How tall is my friend? He is very small for so large a name. Good morning to you. Yes, te same to you , Koete. 'Hippy' is a brave man. It is living in difficult surroundings,". Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
Lumela Koete(Good morning, sir)
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161616 , vital:40642 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-10
- Description: Koete is a well-dressed man, a smart man. "Good morning, Koete! How tall is my friend? He is very small for so large a name. Good morning to you. Yes, te same to you , Koete. 'Hippy' is a brave man. It is living in difficult surroundings,". Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
Lumela Koete(Good morning, sir)
- Authors: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161584 , vital:40644 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-10
- Description: Koete is a well-dressed man, a smart man. "Good morning, Koete! How tall is my friend? He is very small for so large a name. Good morning to you. Yes, te same to you , Koete. 'Hippy' is a brave man. It is living in difficult surroundings,". Hoeing song.
- Full Text: false
Teohela Silatsatsi(Go down Silatsatsi)
- Authors: School girls of Qeme , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161821 , vital:40681 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-05
- Description: This singing game is done in a circle, each girl kneeling with a stone in her hand. They beat their stones on the ground and in some cases hand them onto the next girl to their right in an anti-clockwise direction. This singing is also found among the Tswana. Singing game.
- Full Text: false
Teohela Silatsatsi(Go down Silatsatsi)
- Authors: School girls of Qeme , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161834 , vital:40680 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-05
- Description: This singing game is done in a circle, each girl kneeling with a stone in her hand. They beat their stones on the ground and in some cases hand them onto the next girl to their right in an anti-clockwise direction. This singing is also found among the Tswana. Singing game.
- Full Text: false
Chanta andidaine kaya (God is punishing me)
- 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
Kwathu kumangulu (At Mangulu, our country)
- Authors: Frank Nantibule , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155883 , vital:39927 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR088-09
- Description: The country of Mangulu, the land of the Angulu or Lomwe is to the South East of Nyasaland. The song is taken from a young people's dance song. Self delectative song.
- Full Text: false
Namaye Bikitara wakwere bus (We heard the Bikitara has taken a bus)
- Authors: Bikitara Banda 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/10962/158990 , vital:40248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-17
- Description: "We hear that Bikitara has taken a bus and gone home. And if he should die there we would be very sorry." The tuning of the Bangwe was; 488, 456, 416, 380, 324, 304. The top string (above 488) was not in tune. Self delectative song with Bangwe board zither.
- Full Text: false
Joni mwana Seke
- Authors: Group of Aushi boys , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-12
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Fort Rosberry f-za
- Language: Aushi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240617 , vital:50854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT488-L109 , Research no. L2R1a
- Description: A topical song about competing well without their best singer.
- Full Text: false
Ndete Chakutila
- Authors: Group of Bemba men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-05
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Broken Hill f-za
- Language: Lala-Bisa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:50447 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT468-L89 , Research no. L2L13a
- Description: A drinking song accompanied by a conical drum.
- Full Text: false
Kugiga
- Authors: Mwetwa, Samsoni , Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-29
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
- Language: Tonga (Zambia)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/235713 , vital:50334 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT464-L85 , Research no. L2J8
- Description: A mayanze drinking song accompanied by a gayanda drum.
- Full Text: false
Bamba nzi munyika
- Authors: Sheni, Chakobola , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
- Language: Tonga (Zambia)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/233727 , vital:50121 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT456-L77 , Research no. L2F1b
- Description: A self delectative song accompanied by a kulumbo bow.
- Full Text: false
Nguwenda makua
- Authors: Panisi, Edward , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-06-23
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
- Language: Tonga (Zambia)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/233607 , vital:50108 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT454-L75 , Research no. L2E5b
- Description: A self delectative song accompanied by a kulumbo bow.
- Full Text: false
Ha setimela se tsamaea
- Authors: Group of Sotho men , Molai, Lesholu , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229084 , vital:49633 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT436-L57 , Research no. L1X20
- Description: A self delectative song, accompanied by mouthbow, about a train in motion.
- Full Text: false
Khoana
- Authors: Group of small Sotho boys , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228855 , vital:49608 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT434-L55 , Research no. L1X12b
- Description: An unaccompanied song about a striped rat.
- Full Text: false