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BaNakatekwe

Ematambo waifwe bantu (The bones of the people)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , 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/10962/140067 , vital:37829 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-04
  • Description: "When you go on duty, someone else comes and makes love to your wife-that means a fine of much money. A the beer hall you go to drink eleven quarts of wine and then afterwards, go to make love to someone else's wife. And then-caught-you have to pay, and be despised by your own son and daughter. Morality song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kabula nina kamushalila (I have no mother)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Aushi , Lamba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140076 , vital:37830 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-05
  • Description: 'I have no mother. No matter what I do, whether I pray or whatever I do, I am alone." The singer is a wandering performer who earns his living by singing popular songs of his own composition which give him plenty of scope to introduce local gossip between verses. He is assisted by 2 or 3 friends who share his bohemian life wandering from compound to compound along the Copperbelt. His songs, though often rhythmic, are frequently based upon the slightest of melodies as in this case. This song is sung partly in the local Lamba language - Although Tsotsi Kasumali himself is an Aushi. Lament with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kontae iya konta (Kontae)

Marita ku Mampampa (Marita from Mamampa))

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ruund (African people) , Ushi (African people) , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Ruund
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139967 , vital:37818 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-09
  • Description: "Marita is just like a diamond - You must understand what I am thinking about. Marita's eyes are white, and I wish she would marry me. I once visited her at her village Mampampa-and oh, I wish she would marry. It does not matter if I have to pay all of ten pounds on her because I love her." The whitness of Marita's eyes no doubt refers to her clear eyes free from the pink tinge which so frequently colours the eyes of those who either drink too much or smoke marijuana.Love song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nalina mayo (I had a mother)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ruund (African people) , Ushi (African people) , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140003 , vital:37823 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-13
  • Description: 'I had a mother and she died. She was killed by people who envied me. Women are no good. They leave their own husbands to go and flirt with the loafers in the street. When I have no cash on me everyone laughs at me. One day I went out into the bush hunting and I fired at some guinea fowls but I missed. So people laughed at me because I had nothing to eat at home." "This song comes from the Chief of the Aushi who sent me to come and sing it to you, and I am Steve Tsotsi singing. Topical song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nalinamayo nshale chula (When I had a mother, I did not starve)

Ukuteka imbwa mano (To keep a dog)

  • Authors: Stephen Tsotsi Kasumali and 2 friends , 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/10962/140058 , vital:37828 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-03
  • Description: This song is based on an old traditional song teaching good behaviour. "To keep a dog one must be wise-if you take a stick it will run away. In the same way we must be tactful with our wives. If we use force, we shall fail to control them. A bad wife is not neccessarily the one who talks too much, and a good wife is not neccessarily one who talks less. By all means, let us see what we see, but we should not give our ears to everything we hear." The singer adds: "I heard this song from the Lala." The whole song is performed in a kind of recitative with call and answer. Morality song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957
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