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Kakonko (The small rough "knot" that spoils good work)

- Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135143 , vital:37241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-09
  • Description: He goes on to say: "If your mother has no wisdom, how can you have wisdom?" " I married a beautiful woman, but I left her for she was diseased."If a small imperfection spoils an otherwise good work, they call the obstruction a "knot", as in a string. Topical song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kapidilai ikula-e (The great hill)

- Chibuye Matolopa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chibuye Matolopa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Instrumental music , Mbira music , Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134584 , vital:37181 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0021-02
  • Description: ""Kapidikai ikulae pambala eka chirikire kunkhondo." "The great hill, the great hill beyond shields me from the war." First composed and sung during the Great War 11. Self-delectative song with Kankowele fan shaped mbira
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Katikalepuke, katikatobeke (About to snap, about to break)

- Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135125 , vital:37239 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-07
  • Description: The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. Leave me by myself, so that I can enjoy the pleasure of it. Let the others indulge in their eartly pleasures. Don't worry about them. I like my girl because she dresses well." Topical song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kutali ndo kuya ku muchila wansamba (I am going very far to the source of the stream

- Group of 5 Lala men and chorus of 6 women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 5 Lala men and chorus of 6 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Africa Zambia Mkushi f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134743 , vital:37196 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0021-11
  • Description: The music of this dance was performed without its accompanying ceremony, as it was recorded in the mine compound and not at home in the village. Nsase dance song for ceremonial dance with 1 goblet drum, pegged, hand beaten and struck bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Lala drum rhythms

- Safuke, Mwape and Kunda, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Safuke, Mwape and Kunda , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Instrumental music , Drum , Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134715 , vital:37193 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0021-08
  • Description: This dance, they say, is done upon ant festive occasion. For Fwandoula dance, with 3 conical drums, hand beaten (Kumgulumi, Tiwira and Chirarira), with Nkonkonto stick and Misewe tin rattle. For Sai dance with 3 conical drums, hand-beaten, with 2 pairs of rattles.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Lala drum rhythms

- Safuke, Mwape and Kunda, Hugh Tracey

Maikele pafuamu (I once settled on a farm)

- Edmond Cileshe, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Drinking songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135281 , vital:37254 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-04
  • Description: He sings he once wanted to settle on a new farm, but there were so many people who came to advise him, that in the end he was confused and did not do the right thing and his efforts to farm were a failure. Every morning a wagtial sat on the roof of his house and asked him when would he have a child? He considers this most unfortunate because not only had his farm failed, but a bird spoke to him in his own language. The singer became blind just when he began to walk as a child. Tuning of he instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mailo nkaya (Tomorrow I'll be going)

- Edmond Cileshe and 4 friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe and 4 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Drinking songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135315 , vital:37257 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-05
  • Description: A certain man was divorcing his wife because she was too talkative. "Before I go away, he sings, I will beat you because you are as stupid as your father." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Maitumbe (Rapture)

- Edmond Cileshe and his wife, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Edmond Cileshe and his wife , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135247 , vital:37251 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-03
  • Description: "we are musicians and although some of our words sound a little romantic, our purpose is not to seduce women but to entertain everyone." Most of what he sings is in an old-fashioned Bemba and not readily translatable. The performer is blind, and has been since he was a child, going blind shortly after he learnt to walk, he said. Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Ndelema dance song-Greeting song with Mumamba mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mayo, mayo (Mother, mother)

- William Siwale and 3 friends, Hugh Tracey

Muyomba walila bukeni, mwebalasa inama (The hornbill is calling, wake up you hunters)

- Chibuye Matolopa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chibuye Matolopa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Instrumental music , Africa Zambia Katanga f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134542 , vital:37175 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0021-01
  • Description: "The hornbill is calling, wake up you hunters!" "You who go out hunting in the bush, you must wake up and get ready, for the hornbill is calling and you have far to go.".
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mwana akula akulilo kutwa (The child grows up but to die)

- Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135134 , vital:37240 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-08
  • Description: Here the words are in a mixture of Bemba and Lamba. "The child grows up but to die. Kazembe, the present chief, has now died; Kabumbo, the chief is also dead." Kazembe XV who recently became paramount chief of the Luunda died recently after only a short period as head of his tribe. The singer cogitates upon the responsibilities of a tribal chief which seem to drive him to a premature grave. Wistful song with guitar and Bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mwehanensu ifitala (Our friends are jealous)

- Group of 5 Aushi boys, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 5 Aushi boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134418 , vital:37147 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-16
  • Description: The singers say they went to compete with others and acquitted themselves very well. Unfortunately their best singer Joni, was not there. Topical song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mwehanensu ifitala (Our friends are jealous)

- Group of 5 Aushi boys, Hugh Tracey

Mwemfwiti

- Gruop of lala men and 1 woman, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Gruop of lala men and 1 woman , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134358 , vital:37132 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-09
  • Description: "We know you, never mind, you wizards." The song, they say, is sung one week after burial. The stick is tapped onto the barrel of the drum. Obsequies after burial, with 1 conical drum, I stick and clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nashe nsapato nashiseka nsuno chalo? (Why not buy shoes that fit?)

- William Siwale and 3 friends, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: William Siwale and 3 friends , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Banroft f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135098 , vital:37237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-05
  • Description: "Why don't people buy their children shoes that fit them properly, instead of badly fitting ones. And when people buy a pair of trousers, why does the tailor cut them so narrow at the ankle?"Topical song with guitar.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Pa kufwa bata nali mwaice (When my father died, I was still small

- Kona Mofya, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kona Mofya , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
  • Language: Lala
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134766 , vital:37202 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0021-14
  • Description: "When my father died I was still small." He mentions that his father died in 1949. Personal lament with Kankowele fan-shaped mbira, with external resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tapali ataleya Ka mumbo (Is there anyone going to my home)

- Group of 11 Aushi men., Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 11 Aushi men. , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Kalela (Dance) , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134376 , vital:37136 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-11
  • Description: This group came from the swamps near lake Bangwelu and belonged to the Lumbo section of the Aushi tribe. Kalela dance song with 3 bass drums, cylindrical, laced, 2 wooden beaters each, double-headed.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tapali ataleya Ka mumbo (Is there anyone going to my home)

- Group of 11 Aushi men., Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 11 Aushi men. , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Kalela (Dance) , Africa Zambia Fort Roseberry f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134385 , vital:37137 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0019-12
  • Description: "Is there anyone going to my house, for I would like to give him a message." The 3 drums were made from steel oil drums of different sizes from 4 gallons to 20 gallons. Their heavy reverberation made it almost impossible to record them effectively with the singers. Each drummer played his own rhythm which in 2 cases included blows on the side of the drum as well as on the membrane. Although double-headed, they were stood up on end for the performance, only one membrane being struck. Kalela dance song with 3 bass drums, cylindrical, laced, 2 wooden beaters each, double-headed.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tito, we miripwa naya kukabanga (Tito, don't imitate)

- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men., Hugh Tracey

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