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Ah la la Mama

- Mpunyuka Madonsela, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mpunyuka Madonsela , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Bremersdorp District f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152686 , vital:39331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-09
  • Description: "No woman is any better than any other woman. The only difference is whether you love them or not." This piece of homely philosophy no doubt reflects far more than a merely personal opinion. Topical song with concertina.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Babe kasenankomo (Father has no cattle left)

- Masitela with 2 boys and 3 girls, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Masitela with 2 boys and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152330 , vital:39247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-18
  • Description: A "reed ceremony" song, sung for the Mhlanga or reed ceremony. The words of the song imply that father has gone to court over various cases so often that all his cattle have been attacked. The reed ceremony is carried out when the girls of the tribe all go together to the reed beds to cut reeds for the palings of the villages which are a feature of the Swazi Kraals. Mhlanga song for the reed ceremony.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Babe lidzela nyoni (Father neglects the bird)

- Four married girls, one unmarried and men of the Queen mother's village, Hugh Tracey

Barberton Special

- The Star Brothers, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: The Star Brothers , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock mine f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152756 , vital:39339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-04
  • Description: This "gnome-like"" music, so easily played and accompanied has swept into popularity since 1956. It has an immediate effect upon young Africans, especially those under twenty and perhaps even more so upon the under ten year olds. Every tune on the whistle-flutes or penny whistles enjoys the mane of "special: a trick learnt from gramophone record titles. They all imitate other tunes in an urban/folk manner until there is no telling which tune came first, which is the original, and which is the imitation. Town dance with 2 guitars (-10.58-), 2 penny whistle-flutes.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Belebe la yee-lo! (He is far, far away)

- Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years), Hugh Tracey

Belebe la yee-lo! (He is far, far away)

- Cushane Dlamini (woman of about 24 years), Hugh Tracey

Bengiyo shela

- Group of 8 young Swazi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 8 young Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153042 , vital:39376 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-13
  • Description: The singers, who were sitting on the ground, all bent their heads on their folded arms while singing this song. It is the first opening movement of this dance before actully dancing. The dance itself is a variation of the Ndlamu stamping dance found all through Zululand and as far south as Thabankulu in the Transkei. "Bengiyo shela. Bengiyo shela ka lo bamba. Ngiyoshele malangena." Youn men's dance. Isibacha.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Bungalile utshuala (Drinking is not good for me)

- Group of 10 young Swazi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 10 young Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine, Endhlagene District f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153028 , vital:39374 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-11
  • Description: "Drinking doesn't agree with me, when I'm drunk I can't stop talking. I tell everything." The impeccable sentiments expressed in this song seem to be universal. Each of the singers held a pair of hardwood clappers. The drum was a bass drum type common to the present day Nguni. Dance for young people. Ibaca with drum amd wooden clappers.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Demelabantu ungangezwe (Attack, for you are as great as the world)

- Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 men, Hugh Tracey

Imale yami idliwa yingwababane (My money has been eaten up by courtesans)

- Five young girls and group of women, Hugh Tracey

Imbube Ingonyama (You are the lion)

- Five girls from the Queen mother's village, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Five girls from the Queen mother's village , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152240 , vital:39237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-08
  • Description: The song goes on:- "You are growing up to eat man and kill people." The song is sung by the brides' party when the king's daughter is going to be married. The song is addressed to the bridegroom. Lamkhwanse Tsemba was the leader. The prefix "la" indicates she is married. Four of these girls were married and wore their hair in the "Swati dome", the other had her hair painted and combed to form a circular cap. Wedding song.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Imiziyabola kaNgwane (Kraals are being destroyed)

- Large group of Swazi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152455 , vital:39280 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR069-07
  • Description: "Imiziyabola kangwane ngendzaba yempi Uyexa jaha wasalele kuyichitisi miti nasise nyakathwo." "Kraals are being destroyed in the country of the Ngwane (Swaziland), because of the war. You understand, you young men, you who stayed behind to destroy our villages while we were up north." (This seems to refer to a faction fight when the houses of the soilders up north were burnt while they were away). Umgubo group song.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Incaba KaNcofula (We capyured the fortress of Ncofula)

- Group of young Swazi men and girls, Hugh Tracey

Incaba no Ncofula (Come out of your cave Ncofula)

- Large group of Swazi men, Hugh Tracey

Indlaliso (Games)

- Swazi men of the "Lindimbi" age group., Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Swazi men of the "Lindimbi" age group. , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152509 , vital:39303 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR070-01
  • Description: The singers belonged to the Lindimbi group or regiment. The chant is one of these performed in their barracks when dancing is over. It seems each regiment has many such chants. They accompany the military exercises or drill by which the young men used to keep themselves in fighting trim. The chant with its frequent changes of rhythms which mark the change to a different movement. This performance was very well done. The men were all between the ages of 18 and 30, and belonged to the age group Lindimbi. They perform a number of movements, leaping forward and backward, tuning into file, marching around in a circle and many other actions. It is a most attractive dance drill. ENTONJENI is the old royal kraal. The hill nearby is still used as a burial ground for some members of the royal lineage. Tiga chant to accompany military games or drill.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Inganile Intombi Yami Nokuzula (My girl Nokuzula has left me)

- Yelanjani Matula, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Yelanjani Matula , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1958
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine f-sq
  • Language: Swati
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152666 , vital:39329 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR071-07
  • Description: A phrase in this song refers to the custom of reserving a portion of an animal, the heart or chops for the younger people. So comparing this to the loss of the girl, he says, waiting in anticipation of his share of the chops, he is disappointed. Topical song with concertina.
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  • Date Issued: 1958

Inkonjana emnyama (Black swallow)

- Obed Mazia, Jameson Hlope and Wilton Macabo, Hugh Tracey

Intombi isonile KaNgwane (A girl has been led astray in Swaziland)

- Lompahlo Dlamini (women of about 28 years), Hugh Tracey

Intombi zegoli zilalemagenwane (The girls of Johannesburg are immoral)

- Four married women and one young girl, and men of the Queen's village, Hugh Tracey

Iyahlomi dlovu yekh' maye (The elephant arms itself)

- Men and women of the Queen Mother's village, Hugh Tracey

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