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Nyele/Horns

- 17 Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: 17 Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138490 , vital:37642 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-14
  • Description: An experimental recording of the Nyele horns, to demonstrate their tuning, the order of their appearance and general scheme of melody. They are commonly played with drums and not by themselves alone, and are employed upon various ceremonial occasions such as funerals and large gatherings. They vary in size from about 5" to 18" long and are taken from a variety of antelope. Names of Nyele pipes (from smallest to largest) 1. Kampeko. 2. Simulya sikiri. 3. Senseku. 4. Jungainga. 5. Pindakati. 6. Muwere. 7. Siamupa. 8. Mpako. 9. Fulwa. 10. Saina. 11. Mulundu chigabana. 12. Gapalikwa. 13. Fumbira momba. 14. Tiabutiabu. 15. Tandamubbgwa. 16. Tandawanyoko. 17. Tukirauso. Horn ensemble with set of 17 Nyele antelope end-blown horns.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Zumina unditole ulibama (If toy don't love me, send me back to my mother)

- 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls, Hugh Tracey

Ndime mukabaryibaryi basankwa (All the young men like me)

- 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138189 , vital:37605 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-06
  • Description: The grain being pounded was "munga", one of the millets which had first to be sieved in a basket, in order to get rid of the husks. It was poured into the mortar and water was added in order to prevent the powdery meal from flying up. Pounding song with sound of pestle and mortar.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Sheme yasenzana wa mai-we

- 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls, Hugh Tracey

Indakurira shua (I cry for my friend (duet))

- 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: 2 Tonga women and 2 young girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138198 , vital:37608 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-07
  • Description: The grain being pounded was "munga", one of the millets which had first to be sieved in a basket, in order to get rid of the husks. It was poured into the mortar and water was added in order to prevent the powdery meal from flying up. Pounding song with sound of pestle and mortar.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Eneku awato

- Alfred Nyirenda, Tonga boys, folk, Tracey, Hugh

Changa

- Alfred Nyirenda, Tonga boys, folk, Tracey, Hugh

Mapulazi

- Alfred Nyirenda, Tonga boys, folk, Tracey, Hugh

Changa

- Alfred Nyirenda, Tonga boys, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Mapulazi

- Alfred Nyirenda, Tonga boys, Folk, Tracey, Hugh

Iwekeni Nwama Ugu

- Asumani bini Sumaili, Tracey, Hugh

Muzemu

- Balizi ba Milopa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Balizi ba Milopa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Livingstone f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138837 , vital:37677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-08
  • Description: The Muzema is a Tonga or Tonka item which has been adopted by the Museum players for their own performance. The dance is a popular entertainment dance in the Zambezi Valley around the Victoria Falls region. Muzemu dance for young men and women with 3 Milupa conical drums (1) Sikumwa (2) Kajakiri (3) Omutuwa and the Namalwa friction drum. Also Mulai double basket rattles and Silimba xylophone x 12.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Takundambi kumulumi wako (Never mention me to your husband)

- Blakufus Simukolo and "White" Korio, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Blakufus Simukolo and "White" Korio , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138270 , vital:37618 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-15
  • Description: "I cannot marry a Luvale girl, or a Shona, because they put on ties. Their only duty is to cut grass, therefore I cannot marry a woman like that." Both singers were full of good beer. Two notes. 416 and 228 vs. Instrument stopped by the left thumb pressed against the longer section of the string at approximately 3 inches from the straining wire. Party song with Kalumbo bow. One-stringed, gourd resonated, struck with reed.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Takundambi kumulumi wako (Never mention me to your husband)

- Blakufus Simukolo and "White" Korio, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Blakufus Simukolo and "White" Korio , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138279 , vital:37617 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-15
  • Description: "I cannot marry a Luvale girl, or a Shona, because they put on ties. Their only duty is to cut grass, therefore I cannot marry a woman like that." Both singers were full of good beer. Two notes. 416 and 228 vs. Instrument stopped by the left thumb pressed against the longer section of the string at approximately 3 inches from the straining wire. Party song with Kalumbo bow. One-stringed, gourd resonated, struck with reed.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ndlama

- Boys and Girls from Chief Chigugwana (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Ndlama- Maritinji

- Boys and Girls from Chief Chigugwana (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Canjaya Cibunga

- Boys at Mapanza with Bow G. D Kanoma, Composer Not Specified, Tracey, Hugh

Japali bakashi bakumekela

- Bwalya, Gibson, three men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kuzumana makua (Do not agree with Europeans)

- Chakobola Sheni, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chakobola Sheni , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139077 , vital:37702 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-13
  • Description: The singer had his noise pierced (the tip of the septum), which until recently was a common practice among Tonga. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Bamba nzi munyika (What they are saying in the country)

- Chakobola Sheni, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chakobola Sheni , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139082 , vital:37703 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-14
  • Description: The singer had his noise pierced (the tip of the septum), which until recently was a common practice among Tonga. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957
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