Njala Makono (Famine this year)
- Sergent Deza and a friend, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sergent Deza and a friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154721 , vital:39768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-06
- Description: The two friends sit on the ground close together and sing into each other's faces with great abandon, loving every moment of it. This style of intricate singing appears to be almost unique to their tribe. "There is famine this year. My wife, why do you cook too much food? Don't worry yourself I know there is a famine this year, but don't worry. Song for initiation of boys, with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Sergent Deza and a friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154721 , vital:39768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-06
- Description: The two friends sit on the ground close together and sing into each other's faces with great abandon, loving every moment of it. This style of intricate singing appears to be almost unique to their tribe. "There is famine this year. My wife, why do you cook too much food? Don't worry yourself I know there is a famine this year, but don't worry. Song for initiation of boys, with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Njinga ailepele (The bicycle)
- Men and women of Pemba Village, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Men and women of Pemba Village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba. Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154685 , vital:39764 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-02
- Description: The player of the second drum was blind and had been so since childhood. The hero of the song apparently went to find work outside Nyasaland in Southern Rhodesia or elsewhere, but on his first journey he failed to bring back with him the coveted bicycle. On his second journey he was successful. Bari dance with 2 Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Men and women of Pemba Village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba. Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154685 , vital:39764 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-02
- Description: The player of the second drum was blind and had been so since childhood. The hero of the song apparently went to find work outside Nyasaland in Southern Rhodesia or elsewhere, but on his first journey he failed to bring back with him the coveted bicycle. On his second journey he was successful. Bari dance with 2 Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Njinga yalowa (Njinga is dead)
- M. S. Ngomwa and six Mang'anja boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: M. S. Ngomwa and six Mang'anja boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Port Herald f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158131 , vital:40151 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-10
- Description: Njinga was a certain man who had a generous wife. When he died his widow married again and had much trouble with the second husband. So thinking of Njinga she used to sing in her sorrow. "Njinga is dead alas." It is notable that the words of many African songs are only loosely associated with the ceremony in hand. There may have been some close local association at one time which has now escaped their memory and tradition has taken over. "Njinga is dead. Njinga is dead. Alas ee. Mother help me. Njinga is dead. Funeral song (during the burial ceremony). Tin used as drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: M. S. Ngomwa and six Mang'anja boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Port Herald f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158131 , vital:40151 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR093-10
- Description: Njinga was a certain man who had a generous wife. When he died his widow married again and had much trouble with the second husband. So thinking of Njinga she used to sing in her sorrow. "Njinga is dead alas." It is notable that the words of many African songs are only loosely associated with the ceremony in hand. There may have been some close local association at one time which has now escaped their memory and tradition has taken over. "Njinga is dead. Njinga is dead. Alas ee. Mother help me. Njinga is dead. Funeral song (during the burial ceremony). Tin used as drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nkamuona nkadamphwetheka (If I see him I will hurt him)
- E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karongs, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153597 , vital:39484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-08
- Description: These drinking songs are ideal for singing between friends as reality recedes into oblivion. Half way through the song they call for more beer. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karongs, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153597 , vital:39484 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-08
- Description: These drinking songs are ideal for singing between friends as reality recedes into oblivion. Half way through the song they call for more beer. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nkhanu (The crab)
- Miriam Nyalongwe and Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Miriam Nyalongwe and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159667 , vital:40325 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-13
- Description: There was once a crab which was trying to eat the husks of millet and the owner drove it away. When it went back into the water it told its mother that people were driving it away. The mother said "Leave them, they will come to draw water and we will see them." But when they came to draw water they found the crab telling its mother and they were afraid and ran back to the village to tell the boys who came with their bows and arrows to kill the crab, as they were afraid the crab might in some way take its revenge for being denied food. Story.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Miriam Nyalongwe and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159667 , vital:40325 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-13
- Description: There was once a crab which was trying to eat the husks of millet and the owner drove it away. When it went back into the water it told its mother that people were driving it away. The mother said "Leave them, they will come to draw water and we will see them." But when they came to draw water they found the crab telling its mother and they were afraid and ran back to the village to tell the boys who came with their bows and arrows to kill the crab, as they were afraid the crab might in some way take its revenge for being denied food. Story.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nkhanu (The crab)
- Miriam Nyalongwe and Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Miriam Nyalongwe and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159676 , vital:40324 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-13
- Description: There was once a crab which was trying to eat the husks of millet and the owner drove it away. When it went back into the water it told its mother that people were driving it away. The mother said "Leave them, they will come to draw water and we will see them." But when they came to draw water they found the crab telling its mother and they were afraid and ran back to the village to tell the boys who came with their bows and arrows to kill the crab, as they were afraid the crab might in some way take its revenge for being denied food. Story.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Miriam Nyalongwe and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159676 , vital:40324 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-13
- Description: There was once a crab which was trying to eat the husks of millet and the owner drove it away. When it went back into the water it told its mother that people were driving it away. The mother said "Leave them, they will come to draw water and we will see them." But when they came to draw water they found the crab telling its mother and they were afraid and ran back to the village to tell the boys who came with their bows and arrows to kill the crab, as they were afraid the crab might in some way take its revenge for being denied food. Story.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nkhondo ya Amyachusa (The battalion of Nyakyusa)
- Young Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160115 , vital:40386 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-16
- Description: The song refers to the visit, in 1953, to the Southern province of a battalion of Northern Rhodesian soildiers (Wemba, wrongly called Nyakyusa by the local people, they now know) which was sent to Nyasaland to restore order after rioting had broken out. "To Njolomole came the battalion of the Nyakyusa I am sorry, members." Cintala dance for girls with bass drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160115 , vital:40386 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-16
- Description: The song refers to the visit, in 1953, to the Southern province of a battalion of Northern Rhodesian soildiers (Wemba, wrongly called Nyakyusa by the local people, they now know) which was sent to Nyasaland to restore order after rioting had broken out. "To Njolomole came the battalion of the Nyakyusa I am sorry, members." Cintala dance for girls with bass drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nkhuku zalila, kunja kwaca (The cock crows, it is light outside)
- Four elderly men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Four elderly men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomole, Ncheu f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa/Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155624 , vital:39900 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR086-12
- Description: It is likely that this old drinking song came from the Ndau of Southern Rhodesia and Mozambique when this Gomani branch of the Ngoni people came up through their territory capturing wives on their way north about 1830 A.D. Drinking song (Mkhwendo) with 4 bamboo friction sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Four elderly men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomole, Ncheu f-rh
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa/Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155624 , vital:39900 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR086-12
- Description: It is likely that this old drinking song came from the Ndau of Southern Rhodesia and Mozambique when this Gomani branch of the Ngoni people came up through their territory capturing wives on their way north about 1830 A.D. Drinking song (Mkhwendo) with 4 bamboo friction sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nona vela amwana impela (Some mothers have children)
- Authors: Andrea Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153073 , vital:39390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-01
- Description: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Andrea Sitole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153073 , vital:39390 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-01
- Description: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nsafu (Part of the Khoran)
- Wodwala Selemani, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Wodwala Selemani , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154748 , vital:39771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-09
- Description: The man introduced himself in his local language before reciting. When it was over he said he did not know the meaning of what he recited. He always recited it in the Mosque with the others. For the meaning we would have to as the great teacher. The sound of chatting in the market can be heard in the background. Recitation introduced in Yao.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Wodwala Selemani , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154748 , vital:39771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-09
- Description: The man introduced himself in his local language before reciting. When it was over he said he did not know the meaning of what he recited. He always recited it in the Mosque with the others. For the meaning we would have to as the great teacher. The sound of chatting in the market can be heard in the background. Recitation introduced in Yao.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ntakhala ndi mlongo (If only I had a sister)
- E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karongs, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153587 , vital:39483 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-07
- Description: A man complaining that he was born the only child and has no sister. He expresses his sorrow and surprise that it should be so. Usually sung with women to do the mangombe. To be without a sister in this society, a matrilocal one, means the risk of being deprived of a home after the death of the parents. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Karongs, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153587 , vital:39483 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR077-07
- Description: A man complaining that he was born the only child and has no sister. He expresses his sorrow and surprise that it should be so. Usually sung with women to do the mangombe. To be without a sister in this society, a matrilocal one, means the risk of being deprived of a home after the death of the parents. Drinking song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nthandazi kulibe nsoni (Nthandazi has no pity)
- Fani Mzamba and Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Fani Mzamba and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156932 , vital:40069 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-14
- Description: Nthandazi is the name of a local labour recruting agency which has recruited her husband for work in Southern Rhodesia. So she was left alone at home until he returned. So she sings. "Nthandazi has no pity. It has taken away my man. At night I cry. All night I mourn." A baby's voice can be heard during the song, slung on its mother's back. Dance song for Chintala women dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Fani Mzamba and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156932 , vital:40069 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR092-14
- Description: Nthandazi is the name of a local labour recruting agency which has recruited her husband for work in Southern Rhodesia. So she was left alone at home until he returned. So she sings. "Nthandazi has no pity. It has taken away my man. At night I cry. All night I mourn." A baby's voice can be heard during the song, slung on its mother's back. Dance song for Chintala women dance.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyajabula Violet (Happy is violet)
- Tsembani Kunene, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Tsembani Kunene , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152840 , vital:39348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-11
- Description: Self delectative song with Makweyana bow, stressed and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Tsembani Kunene , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152840 , vital:39348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-11
- Description: Self delectative song with Makweyana bow, stressed and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyakwambe Huma (Come out Nyankwabe)
- Group of Ronga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Ronga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica, (Near Lourenco Marques) f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153154 , vital:39400 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-10
- Description: Mutshongolo party dance for young people with hand clapping and whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Group of Ronga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Manica, (Near Lourenco Marques) f-mz
- Language: Ronga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153154 , vital:39400 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-10
- Description: Mutshongolo party dance for young people with hand clapping and whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyamata iwe (You boy)
- Young Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160107 , vital:40384 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-15
- Description: The word 'Jaivi' has been picked up by the youngsters of this country as a new word for 'dancing' although the dance itself is not remotely connected in this case with Jive dancing. "You boy standing there, don't answer me now because I am busy dancing 'Jaivi'." Cintala dance for girls with bass drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Young Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160107 , vital:40384 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-15
- Description: The word 'Jaivi' has been picked up by the youngsters of this country as a new word for 'dancing' although the dance itself is not remotely connected in this case with Jive dancing. "You boy standing there, don't answer me now because I am busy dancing 'Jaivi'." Cintala dance for girls with bass drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyamhoni oweha (Name of a woman)
- Petros Samalaboma, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Petros Samalaboma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mzuzu, Northern Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154017 , vital:39554 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-07
- Description: The meaning of the song is not clear. The singer claims that some of the words of the song were in Tumbuka/Henga. The Kubu bow is a simple tall bow (56 inches) held vertically and strained near the lower end, the main segment of the string being 40 inches long. It has a gourd resonator. The player struck the long segment only, stopping it with the point of his first finger and with his thumb. Self delectative song with musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Petros Samalaboma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Mzuzu, Northern Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154017 , vital:39554 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-07
- Description: The meaning of the song is not clear. The singer claims that some of the words of the song were in Tumbuka/Henga. The Kubu bow is a simple tall bow (56 inches) held vertically and strained near the lower end, the main segment of the string being 40 inches long. It has a gourd resonator. The player struck the long segment only, stopping it with the point of his first finger and with his thumb. Self delectative song with musical bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyamulosa chimbo cha Gotosa (The song Gotosa, the Mondoro)
- Murira, Madzikununga, Muzengedza and Madero, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Murira, Madzikununga, Muzengedza and Madero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155136 , vital:39858 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-02
- Description: Gotosa is said to be the Mondoro spirit of Mkota. Watengera Shawa of Chief Mtize's village is the maker of the instruments. Mondoro song for ancestral rites with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira) and a drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Murira, Madzikununga, Muzengedza and Madero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mtoko, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155136 , vital:39858 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-02
- Description: Gotosa is said to be the Mondoro spirit of Mkota. Watengera Shawa of Chief Mtize's village is the maker of the instruments. Mondoro song for ancestral rites with 3 Matebe dza Mondoro (Mbira) and a drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyandalalani (The disobedient girl)
- Edess Nyalongwe and Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Edess Nyalongwe and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159694 , vital:40327 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-15
- Description: The explanation provided was as follows;- Long ago when a grown girl did not behave herself properly there were persons who had the duty of instructing her in deportment and manners. Is she did not obey her instructors she would be punished or beaten by the elder women. The girl in the stroy was just such one. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Edess Nyalongwe and Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159694 , vital:40327 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR095-15
- Description: The explanation provided was as follows;- Long ago when a grown girl did not behave herself properly there were persons who had the duty of instructing her in deportment and manners. Is she did not obey her instructors she would be punished or beaten by the elder women. The girl in the stroy was just such one. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nyimbo dzambalame ndinyama (Cries of birds and animals)
- H. Kachere and Chewa boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: H. Kachere and Chewa boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160214 , vital:40420 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR097-06
- Description: It is a game among small boys, they say, to imitate the familiar sounds of the countryside, its birds and animals, and for the the others to guess their identity. The group of boys recorded here had little difficulty in doing so, without previous rehearsalvof any kind.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: H. Kachere and Chewa boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza f-mw
- Language: Nyanja/Chewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160214 , vital:40420 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR097-06
- Description: It is a game among small boys, they say, to imitate the familiar sounds of the countryside, its birds and animals, and for the the others to guess their identity. The group of boys recorded here had little difficulty in doing so, without previous rehearsalvof any kind.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nzenzere, linde, linde (Wait, grasshopper, I want to take my bow)
- Authors: Gezani Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154045 , vital:39557 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-10
- Description: "Grasshopper, waiy, wait, Let me get my bow! Grasshopper wait! that small leg! Edo, mother, let me get my bow. Grasshopper, wait." Self delectative song with Sansi.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Gezani Mwale , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154045 , vital:39557 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-10
- Description: "Grasshopper, waiy, wait, Let me get my bow! Grasshopper wait! that small leg! Edo, mother, let me get my bow. Grasshopper, wait." Self delectative song with Sansi.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958