Kongoi lakok a Kenya
- Authors: Paolo Arap Maiyo 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/10962/176766 , vital:42750 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-13
- Description: This simple but attractive dance song repeats the few words "Thank you, the boys of Kenya." Moran dance song for men, with Kipkuruguroik leg bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kongoi lakok a Kenya
- Authors: Paulo Arap Maiyo , Nandi boys , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298709 , vital:57733 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2032-XYZ5467
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Longilo
- Authors: Paul Serebu with young 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/10962/176725 , vital:42744 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-08
- Description: The word 'longilo' does not appear to have any meaning and is used in songs for its sound as a kind of 'Hey nonny, nonny'. Moran dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Moran dance song for men
- Authors: Francis Keter , Nandi boys , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298741 , vital:57737 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2035-XYZ5470
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nenda mundani
- Authors: Kalachi Mbaru with Nyika boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kilifi f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176716 , vital:42743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-07
- Description: To go to the garden and take the delicious bean flowers instead of waiting for them to ripen is wanton folly, throwing away the crop with both hands like the action of the rattle players. An amusing patter song with clever cross rhythm. Kayamba dance song for boys and girls in two lines, with Kayamba (school rulers) struck together as castanets.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Polan
- Authors: Paul Serepu , Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/395378 , vital:69077 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0901-D6F14
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Polan
- Authors: Paul Serebu with young 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/10962/176734 , vital:42745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-09
- Description: District Poland found its way into a Nandi dance song when the news of the German invasion which precipitated the 1939-45 war broke in Africa and hundreds of Nandi young men joined the forces. Moran dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- 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.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Singila
- Authors: Francis Keler , Nandi boys , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/395397 , vital:69079 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0902-D6F6
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Sochoi
- Authors: Kiptui Arap Moroko , Nandi men , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/298552 , vital:57715 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2031-XYZ5466
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- 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.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tumbo yangu inanibuma
- Authors: Kalachu Mwinji with Nika boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kilifi f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176698 , vital:42741 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-05
- Description: 'My belly aches, my belly aches, I must not eat pawpaws ever again." A most attractive little song in spite of its uncomfortable subject. It has a kind of mediaeval flavour. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Yuno mwazonga
- Authors: Lukas Mbaru with Nika boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kilifi f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176707 , vital:42742 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-06
- Description: A man's father had died and he offered a reward to anyone who could tell him who had killed his father. An attractive unison song in which the school boys have used their rules as castanets. European influence in the imabic melody is suspected. The song has one verse only, repeated several times. Raba dance song for boys and girls in two lines, with Kayamba (scholl rulers) struck together as castanets.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950