Demelabantu ungangezwe (Attack, for you are as great as the world)
- Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 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/10962/152292 , vital:39243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-14
- Description: The sangoma wore a fur hat and feathers. The word, no doubt, in this case was contained by the hills and a few miles outside. Divination song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, with 5 women and 5 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/10962/152292 , vital:39243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-14
- Description: The sangoma wore a fur hat and feathers. The word, no doubt, in this case was contained by the hills and a few miles outside. Divination song
- Full Text: false
- 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.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- 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.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Myekelenahlome Kalakubeka (Let the Chief attack when staying at his mother's house)
- 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/10962/152475 , vital:39282 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR069-08
- Description: "Mye kelenahlome kahakubeka! Sihlangu Sengu enyama Sinyamalele! Lwandle lukhukhumu ke Lwashi'simizi yadoda. Lwashisa sigodlo. "Leave the Paramount Chief to attack whilst staying in his mother's house. The shield of the Paramount Chief has disappeared. The sea has risen and destroyed the houses of men and the king's palace. Umgubo regimental song (or group song).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- 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/10962/152475 , vital:39282 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR069-08
- Description: "Mye kelenahlome kahakubeka! Sihlangu Sengu enyama Sinyamalele! Lwandle lukhukhumu ke Lwashi'simizi yadoda. Lwashisa sigodlo. "Leave the Paramount Chief to attack whilst staying in his mother's house. The shield of the Paramount Chief has disappeared. The sea has risen and destroyed the houses of men and the king's palace. Umgubo regimental song (or group song).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nabaya banjibya ekhhaya (There they are, and they are calling me)
- Ntsandvose Mucina, five Swazi women and 5 men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, five Swazi women and 5 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/10962/152282 , vital:39242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-13
- Description: The clapping of the hands at the end was done by the cupped hand. Two of the women were wearing special white beads and coiffure to show they were patients of the sangoma. The hair was done in many fine plaits and ochred. Divination song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, five Swazi women and 5 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/10962/152282 , vital:39242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-13
- Description: The clapping of the hands at the end was done by the cupped hand. Two of the women were wearing special white beads and coiffure to show they were patients of the sangoma. The hair was done in many fine plaits and ochred. Divination song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
YahlomiNdlovu (The Queen Mother)
- 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/10962/152430 , vital:39278 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR069-06
- Description: "The Queen Mother is ready to attack. The King complains and the regiments vanish because they will not fight against the king." (This is said to refer to an ancient quarrel between the Queen Mother of those times and the Paramount Chief. She ordered her soilders to attack the king, but they refused and ran away). Umgubo regimental song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- 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/10962/152430 , vital:39278 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR069-06
- Description: "The Queen Mother is ready to attack. The King complains and the regiments vanish because they will not fight against the king." (This is said to refer to an ancient quarrel between the Queen Mother of those times and the Paramount Chief. She ordered her soilders to attack the king, but they refused and ran away). Umgubo regimental song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
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