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Lumela lyambezi mwana boma

- Bennt Falali and Josias Kakambi Capiwe, 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

Maselino yaya yoyayu (Maselino)

- The Four pals, Hugh Tracey

Mayo (My mother)

- Kasonde and Mubangaied, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Kasonde and Mubangaied , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135038 , vital:37229 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-02
  • Description: "My child is sick, you the doctor must look after him.-You, my wife, are a jealous woman-what are you after?" Topical song with rattle pole and bottle struck with spoon.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mayo, mayo (Mother, mother)

- William Siwale and 3 friends, Hugh Tracey

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

Mwe baiyashi cenjeleni (My parents take care)

- B. Kabushi and D. Mwenya, Hugh Tracey

Nafwaya fauya cibamu candi (Looking for my girl))

- Dyson Simwinga and Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Dyson Simwinga and Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira Copper Mine f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151689 , vital:39160 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-02
  • Description: "I went to look for my girl, but they told me she had gone to the beer-hall. So I put on my best suit and took my bicycle called "Hummer sports" and went to the beer-hall to look for her. But I found her drinking with her friends and when they saw me, they put on dark glasses. "She came up to me and said "give me a kiss", but I refused saying: "You have accepted beer from these other men." Love song with guitar.
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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

Ndete Chakutila

- Justine Mwamba, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Nifwe ba four pals (Greetings from the four pals)

- The Four pals, Hugh Tracey

Nkunte njinga Andre Ciku (Andrew Ciku urged us to pedal fast on our bicycles)

- M. Sashi and group of Lumbo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: M. Sashi and group of Lumbo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira mine f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151743 , vital:39166 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-09
  • Description: "Andrwew Ciku urged us to pedal hard. We wanted to cross the Luwongo river to get to the copperbelt, but on the way we broke down, to our regret!" This type of parallel singing is called "Kalela" and is commonly used, they say, for topical songs. These boys were actually singing in a mixture of Bemba and Aushi. Topical song
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Nsanguke Pungwa Maiswetu Nsanguke (I can change myself into a hawk)

- Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Tamulela bantu baKuno

- Justine Mwamba, Group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

Tikonkote (The praying mantis)

- Sashi and group of Lumbo men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Sashi and group of Lumbo men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira Copper Mine f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151698 , vital:39161 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-03
  • Description: "When you see the praying mantis, it means that someone is going to die. I will put a samll bone in the middle of the path so that it will kill an 'eagle' (An eagle is a synonym for a 'witch'") The singers employ the Kalela type of singing in organum. The similarity of magical symbolism of this kind with that of the middle ages in Europe is notable. Topical song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tondwe kasobele ku bulaya (Honey-bird, go tell the people in Europe that I and my family are on our way back)

- 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 Mufulira f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135201 , vital:37247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0024-01
  • Description: "You with your large paunches you sit about at the court, but you do nothing.-You, you Chiefs, you do not dare to say anything, for fear of being deposed. (These words are addressed to certain Chiefs at the Court of the Chitimakulu, Paramount chief of teh Bemba tribe). "And you Mr. Tom, why do you not tell the honey-bird to fly before you to England, to tell them you are on your way, with your wife and children." This allusion is to a certain trader, Thom or Tom, whose business was said to have been ruined by the activities of the African National Congress, a local political body. The player was blind, and sang with his wife. Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Song concerning affairs of tribe, with 'Mumamba' mbira bell.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tulenwo bwalwa we mwana tule (We drink beer, child, until morning)

- Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Shewess Mwali and group of Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Folk songs, Bemba , Bemba (African people) , Africa Zambia Mufulira mine f-za
  • Language: Bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151770 , vital:39169 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR065-12
  • Description: The burden of the song is that there is trouble between the singer and his wife caused by the wife's mother; although it was explained the married couple did in fact love each other very much. "The mist does not rise without cause", they sing, presumably the mist which has obsecured their martial peace. Song on marital trouble.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tuli baBemba (We are Bemba, we are good people, we do not sharpen our teeth

- Group of six Bemba men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of six Bemba men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
  • Language: bemba
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135047 , vital:37230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-03
  • Description: The singers go on to say: "Be careful,we will take out your eyes." The Bamba it appears, are given to boasting. Several tribes in Central Africa file their teeth, sometimes to fine sharp points. Topical song with clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1957
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