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Ngawadila ngwiza wane

- Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men, Nyanda, Luchenje, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men , Nyanda, Luchenje , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950-07-29
Subjects: Wikasha dance song for men , Lyrics only , Indigenous folk music , Kisesa (Tanganyika) , Mwanza (Tanganyika) , Tanganyika (Tanzania)
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15153 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013482 , MOA1 , Tape number: 87 , Master number: 5179-303 , Research number: D4O1 , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za
Description: Wikasha dance song for men by Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men (no instrumentation) , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music
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Uhimila isekanakali nasukumbe

- Juma bin Nyela with Sukuma men, Bin Nyela, Juma, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Juma bin Nyela with Sukuma men , Bin Nyela, Juma , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950-07-22
Subjects: Indigenous folk music , Ucheyeki dance song , Ritual song , Williamson Diamond Mine (Tanganyika) , Tanganyika (Tanzania)
Language: Sukuma , Nyamwezi
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15154 , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , MOA01-11 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013483 , MOA1 , Tape number: 78 , Master number: 5122-300 , Research number: D4G2
Description: Ucheyeki dance song by Juma bin Nyela with Sukuma men (no instrumentation) , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel
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Awana wane wakuluganga

- Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Luchenje Nyanda with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173632 , vital:42391 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-03
Description: Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Charms and counter charms to a people who know no physical chain of cause and effect and only a vague one, are still considered valuable. The Wigasha dance is performed sitting down with most of the action confined to stretching up the arms and twisting the torso. The team of dancers performs routine actions in unision with arms and body. The song reflects the considerable ability of Sukuma people to compose and sing intricate songs.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Balihaya huu, welelo yabela twishinye mbina

- Mazigwa Kaswende with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mazigwa Kaswende with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa Baraza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173441 , vital:42371 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-02
Description: "The world is at peace once more, let us dance." It was composed and sung after the 1939-45 war, called "The Bombing of the English and Americans." Topical song..
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Date Issued: 1950

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Bana wane namuhekesha

- Bunwenge Meng'weta with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Bunwenge Meng'weta with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa Baraza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173459 , vital:42373 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-04
Description: "Let me tell you, my children, I am thin on account of my charms, I want to find better charms to use at my dances." The Sukuma are great believers in charms of all kinds for all occasions. Bugika dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Hadithi ya Manyanya (A Manyanya story)

- Manyanya Masuka with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Manyanya Masuka with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173486 , vital:42376 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-07
Description: An example of Sukuma speech. A translation of this impromptu sketch was not available at the time of recording and part towards the end is in Swahili. The Sukuma, they said are fond of making up sketches such as this as an evening's entertainment. Humorous sketch.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Hubaba tube mbele bana (Rock our babes to sleep)

- Ntainta Buchili with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ntainta Buchili with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173504 , vital:42378 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-09
Description: The player is a cripple who is well known in the district for his playing of the musical bow, which he frequently does for dances. The words sung by this cripple player are most indistinct, as he has no teeth. The tune is used in the Kazori dance performed in lines in front of the drums, girls in a double line and boys in another double line behind. The lines keep time with the music and leap and move to left and right together. Kazori dance song for men and women, with Ndono one string musical bow and tin rattle (-12,54-).
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Date Issued: 1950

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Jilumba Bukaga Mkukimdaga (Jilumba, come out here)

- Mwigolo Bin Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mwigolo Bin Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Maswa f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173685 , vital:42402 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-07
Description: Jilumba, they say, was a liar. He told lies about his father and his sisters and was no good to anybody. Wigisha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Kamenemene kanokimilembe

- Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Maswa f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173791 , vital:42411 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-12
Description: 'A faithless husband is known by the way he neglects his house, drinks carelessly and talks to anyone." The picture of a disolute man. The Wigasha dance is done sitting, the feet and arms only being used to make gestures in unision. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Kuchonga Wigasha (The sitting dance)

- Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Maswa f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173813 , vital:42413 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-14
Description: "Come and see us dance the sitting dance." This is done by men sitting on a bench or other suitable seat. They move their feet and arms and upper part of the body, particularly flinging their arms up and around in concerted rhythmic actions. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Kwinga Lwanungu (Lwanungu left)

- Kono Ikhongorwa with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kono Ikhongorwa with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173714 , vital:42405 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-08
Description: "Lwanungu left the district because he thought some one was killing off his friends by magic and he expected his turn would come soon." Several of the men are singing in falsetto in addition to the high pitched treble of the women. Ucheyeki dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Lemagino lukhanya (Refuse to obey)

- Kono Ikhongorwa with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kono Ikhongorwa with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173746 , vital:42406 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-09
Description: "The chief had told the people to plough the fields, but they defied the chief's orders and refused to do so." Sukumaland is far from being the only region where the people have refused to plough. Ucheyeki dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Lyakulokela malaya heyakulo kela

- Mbilo Bundi with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mbilo Bundi with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173760 , vital:42408 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-10
Description: You are being burnt by the sun, you unfaithful woman." The leader has a very harsh voice no doubt the result of years of singing in this style. The name of the dance is sometimes given as Buchyeke and sometimes as Ucheyeke. Bucheyeke dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Mishia mpindi akamsanga

- Thungu Giti with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Thungu Giti with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173531 , vital:42381 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-12
Description: "You have found me well prepared with my dance charms which will defeat you." The Sukuma are given to forming socities or parties for dancing and singing in competition with each other. The use of charms to help them win are frequently part of the procedure. If irrational i material principal these charms are undoubtedly efficient in concentrating mental effort in the desired direction. This item is an interesting example of lengthy recitative in unision or close parallel. Puba dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Mliho mwitungade awacheye

- Wonkhama Sekenge with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Wonkhama Sekenge with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwadui f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173466 , vital:42374 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-05
Description: "There are many soilders among you who are ready to fight and capture big villages. The singers, many of whom had filed teeth, pronounced their words badly which makes it difficult for a stranger to understand what they are singing. Busati dancing is characterised by the rotation of the shoulder blades. Busati dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Mudala Mukamba, nakangishe

- Arusi Binti Kasimu with Sukuma women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Arusi Binti Kasimu with Sukuma women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173450 , vital:42372 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-03
Description: "How do you do, Mudala Mukamba." It is possible that this style of singing has been modelled upon Swhaili or Arab practice. A kind of 'celeste' is produced between the unison voices of the women, one of them singing at a lower pitch than the others. Kadandi dance song for women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Mwanamigika baba Mabale (Baba Mabale you have been deceived)

- Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Maswa f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173808 , vital:42412 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-13
Description: The chief had told him he should go to the next village where a competition "eating lumps of porridge" was going on. But when he arrived he found there was no such competition. "Eating lumps of porridge" was used for a music competition where singers and instrumentalists compete against each other in friendly rivalry. The style of singing displayed in this item is very similar to that used by young Zulu men in South Africa in the industrial centres, where it is called the 'Mbude' style or 'Bombing'. Volume rather than quality is the criterion of their singing. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Nalilimelwa wa ng’wa kayemba

- Welelo Sucha with Sukuma men and women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Welelo Sucha with Sukuma men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173522 , vital:42380 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-11
Description: "I failed to fight the Masai." The Masai are the famous pastoralists who live on the far side of the Serengeti plains to the east. Last year, 1949, the Masai raided the Sukuma and took over one thousand head of cattle from them. The Puba dance is done in teams. The girls in two lines and the boys in two lines behind them. They move to and fro in file and leap into the air in time with the rhythm of the dance music. Puba dance song for men and women with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Natung’wanha natukima

- Mbilo Bundi with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mbilo Bundi with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173777 , vital:42410 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-11
Description: "I have just met some women who talked to me about an important matter." The subject matter of these frequently long lyrics, they say, is wholely local in interest. The name of the dance is sometimes given as Buchyeke and sometimes as Ucheyeke. Bucheyeke dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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Nene nauja senga senga ntimu (I am now thin because of hard work)

- Juma Bin Kija with Sukuma men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Juma Bin Kija with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shinyanga f-tz
Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173680 , vital:42399 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR152-06
Description: The word Wigasha means 'to sit down'; and the dance is performed in this position, the dancers sitting on a log or bench and moving their arms and legs in rhythm. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
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Date Issued: 1950

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