Ndinochema amasebe
- Authors: Sitole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132046 , vital:36790 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-10 , Field card no. L1B-6
- Description: "See, I am crying, mother-in-law. Poverty, elder brother, alack. See, Sophiatown is bad, patisoni. In my distress I think of home. Happiness to you all at Marange." The singer sings about the conditions in which he finds himself at Sofiatown, near Johannesburg, where he works as a carpenter's assistant. His home, Marange is in the Chipinga District of Southern Rhodesia, about 400 miles north east of Johannesburg. Three topical songs with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
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- Date Issued: 1957
Ruwe-ruwe
- Authors: Sithole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1955
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
- Language: Ndau
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132073 , vital:36795 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-13 , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Field card no. L1B-7
- Description: "Flowers, flowers for a child to play with. My father died tragically at Makwiani, my mother stoops in the shade of the wood. This music is for worship at Marange." The sad death of his father meant nothing to the children only like a flower to play with. Now his mother walks in the shadow of death, (literally walks bowed down) in the shade of the trees. His music in this song would be used in the worship or devotion of the souls (Mashawi) were he at home, at Marange. Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1955