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Uya muona Mbelwa (You will see my Chief Mbelwa)

- Timeyo Muandila, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Timeyo Muandila , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mbelwa f-mw
  • Language: Zulu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160862 , vital:40555 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-12
  • Description: This Gubu bow seems to be related to the Zulu 'Ugubu' in name, but Natal would be called Makweyena. The bow was tuned to two fundamental notes 93 and 74 vs. with a stopped note of 98 vs. It was 5 ft. 7 inches long and the stopped note was produced by pressing the knuckle of the second finger of the right hand onto the string. "You have seen a young man waering feathers." Praise song with Gubu stressed musical bow.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Uyababona

- Ncube, M., Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Uyalelano

- Timeyo, Mwandila, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Uyalelano (What are you crying for?)

- Timeyo Muandila and his wife, Hugh Tracey

Uyanyi mdese vane nyota

- Ruwadzano Choir, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Uyezwa ngendumo macaba ngendumo

- Joel M, Ngoni men, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Joel M , Ngoni men , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
  • Language: Nsenga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184482 , vital:44227 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-10
  • Description: This somg is taken from an old Ngoni regimental song which would, in the old days, have been used only as a song after hunting. This style of singing is indigenous to Zululand rather than Nyasaland and was brought up north in the early nineteenth century migration of the two distinct groups, the Jiri and the Gomani. The Jiri came up through the highlands of what is now Southern Rhodesia and sacked the settlement at Zimbabwe on their way. In one or two words the change over from the Zulu "L" to the Nyasa "R" can be discerned. After hunting and killing a lion the party will dance the Mgubo before the chief and earn an ox in reward. Mgubo dance song, after hunting leopard or lion
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Uyezwa ngendumo mancaba ngendumo

- Ngoni men, Gogo men, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Uyo mayo kuwa bieyi

- Mukhungarilwa, Nyamwezi women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Uyo mayo kuwa boyi

- Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women , 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 Tabora f-tz
  • Language: Nyamwezi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172975 , vital:42305 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-08
  • Description: "The woman worked as a 'boy'." In this area most of the domestic work in European houses is done by men, familiarly called 'boy'. The woman mentioned in the song became a domestic servant, but, the song says, she repented her decision and preferred to get married and have a home of her own. The connection between this song and the divination of the old woman who sanf it is not clear. Migabo is said to be the name of a group of older people, mostly women, who believe in the power of divination to assist their friends and relatives. Migabo divination songs, with 3 conical laced drums, and 4 gourd rattles (-12.54-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Veneneka

- Entenga Royal Drummers, Bomba people, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vevale Yesu avenyile

- Lineless Sadiki, Yao and Lomwe girls, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vevale Yesu avenyile

- Sadiki, L, Yao and Lomwe girls, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vigwada mucenjele navyo

- Tumbuka women, performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vigwada mucenyele navyo

- Tumbuka women with men in the background, Hugh Tracey

Vula matambo

- Bulawayo Sweet Rythms, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Vumani ngoma

- The Ngodo of Zandamela, Chopi people, Fomeni, Faduko, Tracey, Hugh

Wa salenge, mina kitaba cha Mauridi

- Selemani, Idi, Nyamwezi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wa salenge, mina kitaba cha mauridi

- Selemani, Idi, Nyamwezi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wa selenge nina kitabu cha mauridi

- Idi Selemani, Nyamwezi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Wa selenge nina kitabu cha mauridi

- Idi Selemani, Nyamwezi men and women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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