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Nilikwenda kwethu

- Anatole, Kaseba, Tracey, Hugh

Kuenda mamie

- Antonance, Kalenga, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Mwache aukarze mvuma

- Bibi, Mwana, Swahili women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Ufalume ni jambo bora

- Bibi, Mwana, Swahili women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Nitunde upi, kula nitundao una nana

- Bibi, Mwana, Swahili women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

"Hoe hoe"

- Bibi, Mwana, Swahili women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Bibi, Mwana , Swahili women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 0000-00-00
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/213443 , vital:47833 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT232-D154 , Research no. D7N14b
  • Description: This song follows the recording of D7N14a, however no field card or information was recorded for the song.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 0000-00-00

Masanga

- Bosco, Mwenda Jean, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Bosco, Mwenda Jean , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-02-03
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo Jadotville f-cg
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/215277 , vital:48041 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT276-F28 , Research no. MOA5 SIDE2 NO.1
  • Description: A topical song about an impression of things to come in the workd of African guitar music accompanied by guitar.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-02-03

Dada Mwajuma nifichie siri yangu mpenzi

- Chipukizi Rumba, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179595 , vital:43122 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-05
  • Description: "Keep it secret, my love Mwajuma. What we did yesterday is known. Tell mother only, because she is kind. Do not tell father or I will be thrashed." This cheerful noise made by a band of youngsters is typical of he bands found in the small towns of Tanganyika who cannot afford the common run of European dance instruments and make do with whistles. kazoos and anything that comes handy. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Nimepata mpenzi, mtoto mdogo, mzuri simwachi (I have found my love, a beautiful girl)

- Chipukizi Rumba, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179604 , vital:43123 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-06
  • Description: This tune, an adaptation of a South American type of rumba, is perhaps the most popular of all town dance songs at the present time (1950) being sung in all the tons of Tanganyika and on the island of Zanzibar. The young men playing this version of the song did not know the words and sanf 'ia-la-la' instead. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Hayo ni maradhi (Chaupela mpenzi)

- Chipukizi Rumba, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179613 , vital:43124 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-07
  • Description: A typical local band from the African quarter of any Tanganyika townships of the early 1950's. Nobody plays quite in tune but that does not worry the audiences or more especially the players themselves. They pick up their melodies from each other and from gramphone records and a dozen or more variations of the same song can be found throughout the country. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Barua za mapenzi

- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-09-27
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222835 , vital:48919 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT328-F128 , Research no. F5A7
  • Description: A rumba song played by a dance band accompanied by trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, piano, accordion, guitar, drums and a rattle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-09-27

Dada rahema

- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh

Machero nirdauka

- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-09-27
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222861 , vital:48921 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT328-F128 , Research no. F5A8
  • Description: A rumba song played by a dance band accompanied by trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, piano, accordion, guitar, drums and a rattle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-09-27

Mamie sistali mai deali

- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh

Hae-hae Awasi

- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-09-27
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222830 , vital:48918 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT328-F128 , Research no. F5A6
  • Description: A waltz song played by a dance band accompanied by trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, piano, accordion, guitar, drums and a rattle.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-09-27

Vijana wa Eco

- East Coast Orchestra African Band, Badi, M. N., Tracey, Hugh

Doa jeupe

- East Coast Orchestra African Band, Badi, M. N., Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala, Tracey, Hugh

Doa jeupe

- East Coast Orchestra African Band, Badi, M. N., Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala, Tracey, Hugh

Doa jeupe

- East Coast Orchestra African Band, Badi, M. N., Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala, Tracey, Hugh

Doa jeupe

- East Coast Orchestra African Band, Badi, M. N., Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala, Tracey, Hugh

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