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Palileni wanjiwa

- Chilwa, Pikifoti, Group of Tonga men, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Chilwa, Pikifoti , Group of Tonga men , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-06
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mulfulira f-za
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237589 , vital:50531 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT470-L91 , Research no. L2M6
Description: A topical song about telling the people.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-07-06

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Pikifoti Chilwa

- Chilwa, Pikifoti, Group of Tonga men, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Chilwa, Pikifoti , Group of Tonga men , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-06
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mulfulira f-za
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237584 , vital:50530 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT470-L91 , Research no. L2M5
Description: A topical song about himself .
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-07-06

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Tayamba kumba vifya, tamu Chifila

- Nkata, Oxendale Mateu, Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Nkata, Oxendale Mateu , Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-06
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mulfulira f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237610 , vital:50534 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT470-L91 , Research no. L2M7
Description: A topical song similar to the malipenga dance.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-07-06

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Kayuni Tolo wakawona kwenda nzira

- Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-06-29
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/235556 , vital:50317 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT463-L84 , Research no. L2J5
Description: English translation of song: 'have you seen the bird Tolo when it goes on its way?'.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-06-29

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Kuma

- Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-06-29
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/235524 , vital:50313 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT462-L83 , Research no. L2J2
Description: A mayanze drinking song accompanied by a gayanda drum.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-06-29

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Nguruwe

- Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-06-29
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/235533 , vital:50314 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT463-L84 , Research no. L2J3
Description: A mayanze drinking song accompanied by gavanda drum and sticks.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-06-29

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Kwerekwere munga, kwerekwere musamu

- Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-06-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/234814 , vital:50235 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT460-L81 , Research no. L2G1
Description: Indigenous folk song for launching canoes, with unaccompanied singing.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-06-24

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Walianzi sunu Gengere?

- Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-06-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/234142 , vital:50166 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT459-L80 , Research no. L2F17
Description: Indigenous folk drinking song with singing accompanied by 1 handbeaten mundundu drum.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-06-24

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Yalila ngololo kutwaga belega

- Group of Tonga men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of Tonga men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-06-23
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Zambezi Valley f-za
Language: Tonga (Zambia)
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/233686 , vital:50117 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT455-L76 , Research no. L2E9
Description: A bugogo party dance song accompanied by sticks and gogogo drums.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-06-23

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Kayuni Tolo wakawona kwenda nzira (Have you seen the bird Tolo when it goes on its way)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 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/10962/138234 , vital:37613 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-11
Description: The owner of the new canoe, whose name was Kayuni Tolo, was standing by while this song was sung. This Kayuni Tolo is a bird, they said, which comes out in the evening. A bigger bird od similar variety is called "Kariorio". It has not been identified, but may possibly be either the night jar or the owl of which there are considerable numbers in the valley. Canoe launching song (Bgwato-canoe).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Kuma (Beat)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 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/10962/138411 , vital:37634 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-06
Description: The drum was bent over towards the drummer and played with hands only. While three men with short pieces of stick tapped out rhythms on the body of the drum, each simple stick rhythm fitting into the next to build up a complex syncopation. Mayanze drinking songs with a Gayanda drum, hand beaten, the Gayanda being conical, single, open, pegged with 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Kwerekwere munga, kwerekwere musamu (Pull, pull the munga-tree, pull, pull the rollers)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 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/10962/138225 , vital:37611 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-10
Description: Two singers were doing a pantomime of pulling a canoe over the sand. The munga tree is the one used for making canoes and appears to be the tamarind which grows to a considerable height and girth in the alluvial soils near the Zambezi and its small tributaries in the valley. In this part of the valley, very few canoes are used and they are not large: 20-30 feet only. Canoe launching song (Bgwato-canoe)
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Mayanze

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 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/10962/138406 , vital:37633 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-05
Description: The drum called here called Gayanda is similar if not identical to the one called Musuntu which is used for the Makundu dance. The reason for this variation in naming was not explained. Mayanze drinking songs with a Gayanda drum, hand beaten, the Gayanda being conical, single, open, pegged with 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Nguruwe (The pig)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 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/10962/138433 , vital:37636 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-08
Description: Throughout Africa drinking songs are often the most gay and light-heated of all local songs and this is no exception. Mayanza drinking song with 1 Gavanda drum, conical, single, open, pegged and 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Walianzi sunu Gengere (Where did you eat Gengere)

- Group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of 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/10962/138386 , vital:37629 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-04
Description: Bugande drinking song with 1 Muntundu drum, hand beaten.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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