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Authors: Maria Semuyala with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175040 , vital:42533 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-11
Description: "My husband, we quarrel everyday, so much so that people are talking about us." A morality song teaching young girls to be careful of the reputation of their house. Initiation song for girls, with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Mlongahilo with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175058 , vital:42535 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-13
Description: "England send us another District Commissioner in place of the one who is leaving." The two sets of bells worn on either leg are called:- Mangala yi mulalula which are the high noted bells and Mangala ingahola which are the low noted bells. Dance songs are composed from the simplest factual material, in this case from the fact that the local District Commissioner of Iringa had been transferred. Viwunga dance song for men, with Nduntsi and Ndamula single headed, open pegged hourglass drums, and Mangala bells (-12.55-).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Mugabe with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175031 , vital:42532 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-10
Description: "Hunger makes you feel week." Song for hoeing in the fields. This part of Tanganyika is up on the Southern highlands away from the heat of the valleys. The ground is poor and the rainfall only moderate, the last two seasons 1948-50 were both affected by drought. Work song (agricultural).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Mlongahilo with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175067 , vital:42536 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-14
Description: "Dead bodies become earth." This song reflects the European, Christian 'earth to earth' conception. The two sets of bells worn on either leg are called:- Mangala yi mulalula which are the high noted bells and Mangala ingahola which are the low noted bells. Dance songs are composed from the simplest factual material, in this case from the fact that the local District Commissioner of Iringa had been transferred. Viwunga dance song for men, with Nduntsi and Ndamula single headed, open pegged hourglass drums, and Mangala bells (-12.55-).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Maria Semuyala with Hehe women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175049 , vital:42534 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-12
Description: "We fear the earth, for when we die we are buried in earth." Hans Cory, the famous anthropologist who was with us at the recording, suggested that this song had a hidden meaning as well as the literal one. Initiation song for girls, with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Mugabe with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175008 , vital:42530 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-07
Description: "I am glad to have had the chance of looking at a dead elephant." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunting) with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Mugabe with Hehe men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Language: Hehe
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175021 , vital:42531 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR157-08
Description: "I am a good hunter, look at the elephant I have killed." Chigoma hunting song (after elephant hunting) with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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