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Andanyero Mamamba

- Ebogoma, Gabriel, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Azaringwagate

- Ebogoma, Gabriel, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Dzoli

- Gabriel, Ebogoma, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Dzoli

- Ebogoma, Gabriel, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Jimbo ya Ebogoma

- Ebogoma, Gabriel, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Meria

- Gabriel, Ebogoma, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Meria

- Ebogoma, Gabriel, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nakatiye

- Sukuma, Oboto, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nemangolia

- Ebogoma, Gabriel, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nemegye

- Sukuma, Oboto, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nemejolia

- Sukuma, Oboto, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nenemegyeti

- Sukuma, Oboto, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Adomba

- Njeje Tipoyi and Carriers, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Amyindre dobuzindrine

- Njeje Tipoyi and Carriers, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nadu

- Medje men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Medje men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-08-07
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/220574 , vital:48648 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT317-F98 , Research no. F4I1
  • Description: Indigenous folk song for the 'Marriage dance', with singing accompanied by 4 conical drums, 1 big bell drum, 2 pod-shaped slitdrums, 2 small cylindrical slitdrums, 1 double metal bell, 6 basket rattles and 1 metal handbell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-08-07

Nautu

- Medje men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Medje men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-08-07
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/220579 , vital:48649 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT317-F98 , Research no. F4I2
  • Description: Indigenous dance folk song for circumcisions, with singing accompanied by 4 conical drums, 1 big bell drum, 2 pod-shaped slitdrums, 2 small cylindrical slitdrums, 1 double metal bell, 6 basket rattles and 1 metal handbell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-08-07

Adomba

- Njenje abd Tipoyi carriers, Hugh Tracey

Amana mi adu namgwetia lebobo

- Baziri Teofili, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Baziri Teofili , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Kusu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Buta f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169014 , vital:41672 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0128-17
  • Description: "My mother-in-law came to my house during my wife's absence to ask for a bunch of bananas." A charming patter song, with a light-hearted mother-in-law theme. Humorous song with Lisanzo, 10 note Likembe.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952

Amyindre dobuzindrine

- Njenje abd Tipoyi carriers, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Njenje abd Tipoyi carriers , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166870 , vital:41413 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0120-14
  • Description: "I shall be all alone, when I lie in the grave." The theme of death is common in songs of this part of the Congo and also in Uganda. Until recently the Medje were notorious for cannibalism. Strangers, it is said, had little chance of emerging from the Medje palm forests alive or enjoying a lonely grave. Tipoyi carrying song with basket rattle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952

Andanyero mamamba

- Ebogoma Gabriel, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Ebogoma Gabriel , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166860 , vital:41412 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0120-13
  • Description: Likembe songs such as this are the delight of the evening audiences in the huts at night. The subtle changes of rhythm enhance its otherwise simple theme. He re-tuned his instrument for this song as follows:- 800, 608, 488, 324, 276, 244, 400, 544, 656, 712, 364. (552) (648) (728). This scale was knocked slightly out of tune during playing. (See notes in brackets). There appears to be a note missing between 488 vs, and 400 vs. - unless the player deliberatly requred s hexatonic mode. Topical song wih Neikembe, Likembe.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952
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