Sengere Part II
- Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
- Language: Hehe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174894 , vital:42519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-12
- Description: The singer is well known for his ability to sing these old songs which he does with considerable skill. He is the younger brother of the deposed chief, and uncle to the present paramount chief Adam Sapi. He sings partly in Hehe and partly Sanga (50/8/3) in which language they say, old poems are often sung. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Shilinga etaganya
- Authors: Zakaria Kasasa, 'Endongo za Baganda'. , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Folk songs, Ganda , Ganda (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Kampala f-ug
- Language: Ganda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170509 , vital:41930 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0136-13
- Description: In the background can be heard the shrill continous noise of the cicada beetles in the trees nearby. "The man who gives you a child is better than one who only gives you money. Prostitutes are bad. Money is better than women. If you buy a bicycle you can carry milk to market." Here again the penetrating sound of the cicada beetles or crickets compete with the music. Morality song with 8 string Endongo bowl lyre, 1 string Ndingidi bowl lute, 1 conical Ntenga drum, laced, single.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Shing’angali nadosano
- Authors: Kulola Kulaja with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi , Sukuma
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173558 , vital:42384 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR151-15
- Description: Sukuma people are broadly divided into, two, competitive socities, like the supporters of 'Light Blues' and 'Dark Blues' on boatrace day. Members of the same family may belong to either society. Before dancing in competition with each other there are frequent arguments as to who shall start first. This song is said to be very popular in the district. Wigasha song
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- Date Issued: 1950
Shundu na Wamukoya
- Authors: Jeremiah Mukanda with Wanga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Wanga (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nyanza f-ke
- Language: Wanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176412 , vital:42692 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-12
- Description: The old chief Mumia would not allow to mention the name of the head of the other branch of the family, Sakwa's family is the senior and should provide the paramount chief. The Wanga are said to have fought their way into their present home all the way from Tiriki. This Litungu lyre, like the Indungili is also played upright when the player is seated on the ground. Shundu and Wamukoya were brothers who had separate kingdoms among Wanga, one in the east and the other in the north of the country. Shundu was the father of the great chief Mumia. The song recalls their tribal fighting and feuds. Historic feud songs, with Litungu 8 string lyre, Isendeche leg bells (-12.55-), inverted bowl (-12.151-), side blow horn (-11.122-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Siamawe siya
- Authors: Yuspina Gadwin with Ghaga girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Songs, Gogo , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Marangu f-tz
- Language: Gogo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174309 , vital:42465 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR155-08
- Description: "All the men are joining the army and leave us behind to do the work." Marangu is the small village on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The first of these songs may not be an authentic Chaga song, but is rather similiar to songs in the schools. Temo dance song for girls with stamping and bass drums, laced, played with sticks, (-14.05303-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sigilai
- Authors: Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177662 , vital:42844 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-13
- Description: This song refers to the man Sigilai who first introduced the Chemonget, one of the Kipsigis lyres. They sing "who brought the Chemonget? Sigilai!" Children anywhere are usually poor subjects for recording and there are no exception. These two items are included to show how small Kipsigis girls perform Both songs show a possibility of school (foreign) influence. Topical song
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sila abingo
- Authors: Omolo Ogado with Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177898 , vital:42887 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-15
- Description: "There are too many clerks around in this location and some of them ought to be thrown out, so that if you want to see the chief you can do so without interference by clerks." So says Achocha Ondago. Wend Kong drinking songs, with Gara leg bells.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Simba lumi
- Authors: Sanyenke Gethula with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173397 , vital:42366 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-14
- Description: "The lion has spots like a leopard. He is a brave fighter." Tribal fighting is still within living memory of the Sukuma and the old songs can still be heard occasionally in the country.Their neighbours still raid them for their cattle and have to be fought off. Why the lion should have spots like a leopard is not clear, except that a young lion retains for a while the spotted marks with which it is born. Fighting song.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Singila
- Authors: Francis Keter with Nandi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176779 , vital:42751 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-14
- Description: Another simple repetitive song by the Nandi which is sometimes used as a party or drinking song. Moran dance song for men.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sinibonani mtimba (Good morning bride)
- Authors: The seven wives of the Chief , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Malawi , Songs, Zulu , Zulu (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Zulu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160898 , vital:40559 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR099-16
- Description: The spokesman of the bridegroom presents his man, and the women sing their acceptance of him, sitting on the ground. The song ends with 'Bayete' (hail). The song long associated with the Zulu wedding custom in Natal but separated by over 100 years and a thousand miles, show how persistent and nostalgic old songs can be in a strange land inhabited by African 'colonials'. Wedding song.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sinyenye mama
- Authors: Mukhunganilwa with Nyamwezi women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172970 , vital:42303 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR148-07
- Description: "When it became clear that my friend had no drums, I went to her to tell her that we had drums." In this area most of the domestic work in European houses is done by men, familiarly called 'boy'. The woman mentioned in the song became a domestic servant, but, the song says, she repented her decision and preferred to get married and have a home of her own. The connection between this song and the divination of the old woman who sanf it is not clear. Migabo is said to be the name of a group of older people, mostly women, who believe in the power of divination to assist their friends and relatives. Migabo divination songs, with 3 conical laced drums, and 4 gourd rattles (-12.54-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Siolo
- Authors: Chebitet Arap Maina , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177835 , vital:42880 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-08
- Description: The Ketuba 8 string lyre has the same order of notes as the Thum played by the luo people to the west near the lake Victoria. The first and second strings are duplicated by the seveth and eigth. The singer extrolls the finess of the places and people in his district. Praise song with Ketuba 8 string bowl lyre (-10.621 x 8-).
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- Date Issued: 1950
Siwe woronka
- Authors: Serina Mako with Hangaza women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Zinza (African people) , Rundi (African people) , Nyamwezi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Shanga f-tz
- Language: Rundi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/172832 , vital:42287 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR147-16
- Description: It is significant that an Ndau man from the South East of Southern Rhodesian on hearing these songs claimed that the style of singing and the sound of the words were very like his own. It is believed that the five related tribes of Southern Rhodesia, now called Shona a common Hima strain from the north, and may well indicate a link with the legend of the Hima Bachwezi, who, the Rundi and Tutsi maintain, came down with them from the north but did not stay and went on south. The features of the singers showed a strong Hamite strain although clearly semi-Bantu. The fourth song has unusally clever little melody. These people come from the border of Rundi-Urundi (Rwanda) in Ngala district. Topical song, with clapping
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sochoi
- Authors: Kiptui Arap Moroko with Nandi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176761 , vital:42749 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-12
- Description: A dance song with words of no special meaning whose only function is to keep the dance alive. The Moran dance with its leaping young men springing into the air like pogo sticks is one of the more spectacular performances which frequently have the simplest and most unattractive music as background. This item is typical. Moran dance song for men.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sore cherono
- Authors: Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177683 , vital:42846 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-14
- Description: This song "I go for Cherono" is about a woman who went to fetch a girl called Cherono and was met on the path. When asked what she was doing she replied "Sore cherono". This word Sore "I go for" sounds like the English word 'sorry' and now implies a double meaning, as the English word has slipped into the local language. The girls were doing a jerky little dance as they sang which is reflected in their singing. Children anywhere are usually poor subjects for recording and there are no exception. These two items are included to show how small Kipsigis girls perform Both songs show a possibility of school (foreign) influence. Topical song
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- Date Issued: 1950
Speech
- Authors: Rukirabasaija Agutamba Tito, Gafabusa II, C.B.E., Mukama of Bunyoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Music--Uganda , Nyoro (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Uganda Hoima f-ug
- Language: Nyoro
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169765 , vital:41821 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0133-02
- Description: An impromtu speech made by the Mukama on the subject of the indigenous music of his country and the virtut of its preservation and encouragement. Speech.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Suchi
- Authors: Chepkorir and 4 small Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177544 , vital:42831 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-03
- Description: Two little girls sing to each other, each trying to outdo the each other in extravagant boasting about their personal charms until in the normal way, the song breaks down in laughter. In this instance they were too shy to laugh. Children's song.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Sumpalumi
- Authors: Sanyenke Gethula with Sukuma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Nyamwezi (African people) , Sukuma (African people) , Folk songs, Sukuma , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kisesa f-tz
- Language: Nyamwezi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173410 , vital:42367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR150-15
- Description: "Waya, waya, Shitende is up on the hill. Birds are flying below him. Shitende, waya, waya." Their neighbours still raid them for their cattle and have to be fought off. Why the lion should have spots like a leopard is not clear, except that a young lion retains for a while the spotted marks with which it is born. Fighting song.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Talatany chebwomut
- Authors: Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177061 , vital:42787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-18
- Description: The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers. Humourous song, with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Tamanaito angare nanyoki
- Authors: Baiyani Medurek with Arusha men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Maasai (African people) , Songs, Maasai , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Arusha f-tz
- Language: Masai
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174112 , vital:42442 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR154-06
- Description: "Whenever you walk around the country never forget that I am the best singer and the one most loved by the girls." Several handsome young men sang the solos and all boasted of their charms. Osingolio Longishu cattle song.
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- Date Issued: 1950