Ada a Banda
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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 Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184549 , vital:44234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-17
- Description: "My father, Banda, has gone off to work in the towns, for a long long time, to buy himself clothes." How true a reflection this is upon thousands of Tonga men in this district who go off to mines and towns for their own reasons leaving the women and children to fend for themselves at home. Many send back money, but as many others find local foreign girls and forget their home and children. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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 Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184549 , vital:44234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-17
- Description: "My father, Banda, has gone off to work in the towns, for a long long time, to buy himself clothes." How true a reflection this is upon thousands of Tonga men in this district who go off to mines and towns for their own reasons leaving the women and children to fend for themselves at home. Many send back money, but as many others find local foreign girls and forget their home and children. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Anthu acilendo
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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 Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184540 , vital:44233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-16
- Description: "Men who travel away from home make their women think about them with longing as they sleep in their 'pyjamas' alone." The word 'pyjama' has been adopted locally as 'Majamara'. In point of fact the women do not sleep in pyjamas at all they say, and it is used as a figure of speech. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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 Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184540 , vital:44233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-16
- Description: "Men who travel away from home make their women think about them with longing as they sleep in their 'pyjamas' alone." The word 'pyjama' has been adopted locally as 'Majamara'. In point of fact the women do not sleep in pyjamas at all they say, and it is used as a figure of speech. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ici ncumba
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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 Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184531 , vital:44232 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-15
- Description: "Maria gave birth to her child on the lake steamer. Her midwives were sailors." This incident seems to have given rise to local hilarity. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , 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 Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184531 , vital:44232 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-15
- Description: "Maria gave birth to her child on the lake steamer. Her midwives were sailors." This incident seems to have given rise to local hilarity. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nthumba na lume
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184927 , vital:44288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-14
- Description: Wedding song sung, by the bride's party when they bring the girl to her husbands' village. "I sing with my husband." Wedding song, with drums
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184927 , vital:44288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-14
- Description: Wedding song sung, by the bride's party when they bring the girl to her husbands' village. "I sing with my husband." Wedding song, with drums
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Pendeka
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
- Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
- Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
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