Koko
- Chewa women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Chewa women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-05-20
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/210970 , vital:47562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT166-D27.2 , Research no. DV10
- Description: Unaccompanied Mfunde rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-05-20
- Authors: Chewa women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-05-20
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/210970 , vital:47562 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT166-D27.2 , Research no. DV10
- Description: Unaccompanied Mfunde rain song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-05-20
Koko
- Authors: Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186398 , vital:44494 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-14
- Description: These Mfunde songs with their closely echoed phrases follow a well understood pattern with two women leading and the others singing after them. They are sung for rain when the dry season is nearly over
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186398 , vital:44494 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-14
- Description: These Mfunde songs with their closely echoed phrases follow a well understood pattern with two women leading and the others singing after them. They are sung for rain when the dry season is nearly over
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mande mpa khomo
- Shawa, Govati, Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Shawa , Govati , Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186480 , vital:44503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-07
- Description: "When I die, dig my grave before my door as I do not wish to be buried with all the others." A song for singing on the way home after a drinking party. The two leading singers sing as if they were having a friendly argument pointing at each other and generally helping each other along. The custom of burying a person near his own door or beside his own hut is also found in the Zamgesi River Valley among the Tonga. Drinking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Shawa , Govati , Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186480 , vital:44503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-07
- Description: "When I die, dig my grave before my door as I do not wish to be buried with all the others." A song for singing on the way home after a drinking party. The two leading singers sing as if they were having a friendly argument pointing at each other and generally helping each other along. The custom of burying a person near his own door or beside his own hut is also found in the Zamgesi River Valley among the Tonga. Drinking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mungabe
- Authors: Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186389 , vital:44493 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-13
- Description: "When the rains come, do not steal the beans." This type of closely echoed singing or incantation is typical of the Chewa. Eight women sang the song, five of them with infants at their breasts. Mfunde rain song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186389 , vital:44493 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-13
- Description: "When the rains come, do not steal the beans." This type of closely echoed singing or incantation is typical of the Chewa. Eight women sang the song, five of them with infants at their breasts. Mfunde rain song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Tate o mwale de
- Shawa, Govati, Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Shawa , Govati , Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186469 , vital:44502 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-06
- Description: This song is sung by people after drinking on their way home; the crowd echoing the words of the two principle singers. This style of singing is very common among the Nyanja people near Zomba. Drinking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Shawa , Govati , Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186469 , vital:44502 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-06
- Description: This song is sung by people after drinking on their way home; the crowd echoing the words of the two principle singers. This style of singing is very common among the Nyanja people near Zomba. Drinking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
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