Mulima hale
- Salome Nolega with Luya girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Salome Nolega with Luya girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176232 , vital:42676 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-07
- Description: A song sung by a woman as she walks a long way to her garden to dig. She sings about the noises made by the wild animals in the countryside. In this setting the song appears to have been influenced by European glee style of singing. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Salome Nolega with Luya girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176232 , vital:42676 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-07
- Description: A song sung by a woman as she walks a long way to her garden to dig. She sings about the noises made by the wild animals in the countryside. In this setting the song appears to have been influenced by European glee style of singing. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemelildo
- Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177817 , vital:42877 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-06
- Description: A dance song after the familiar Kipsigis pattern of praising people, places and other familiar things held in affection by the local community. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177817 , vital:42877 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-06
- Description: A dance song after the familiar Kipsigis pattern of praising people, places and other familiar things held in affection by the local community. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemelil
- Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177808 , vital:42876 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-05
- Description: This song was described as a happy song sung at harvest time when food is plentiful. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumeiyot and Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177808 , vital:42876 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR166-05
- Description: This song was described as a happy song sung at harvest time when food is plentiful. Chemelil dance song for men and women with whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chepkirui
- Teituk Arap Sumiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177739 , vital:42854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-19
- Description: This kind of song is a favourite with the Kipsigis tribe in which they praise their friends, the countryside and other familiar things which they love. Praise song with Kibugandet 5 string bowl lyre, laced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Burai
- Teituk Arap Sumiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177730 , vital:42853 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-18
- Description: This song, it was claimed, was composed by the singer when he was an askari in the Kings African Rifles. He urges everyone to cheer up for as soon as the war is over they will be going home again. It is sung in a mixture of Kipsigis and Swahili. He plays an attractive little melody on the Kibungandet as accompaniment. Topical song, with Kibungandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177730 , vital:42853 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-18
- Description: This song, it was claimed, was composed by the singer when he was an askari in the Kings African Rifles. He urges everyone to cheer up for as soon as the war is over they will be going home again. It is sung in a mixture of Kipsigis and Swahili. He plays an attractive little melody on the Kibungandet as accompaniment. Topical song, with Kibungandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ligari
- Wasiole Waliaula with Bukusu men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Wasiole Waliaula with Bukusu men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Bukusu (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malakasi f-ke
- Language: Bukusu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176499 , vital:42707 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-01
- Description: "The railway made it easier for people to travel and for goods to be brought into our country." The two strings of the lute were tuned to 256 vs. and 196 vs. giving an interval of 462 cents. There is little melody in this item. It is more of a recitation to a ground. Topical song, with Sihilili 2 string lute and piece of Iron (-12.16-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Wasiole Waliaula with Bukusu men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Bukusu (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malakasi f-ke
- Language: Bukusu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176499 , vital:42707 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-01
- Description: "The railway made it easier for people to travel and for goods to be brought into our country." The two strings of the lute were tuned to 256 vs. and 196 vs. giving an interval of 462 cents. There is little melody in this item. It is more of a recitation to a ground. Topical song, with Sihilili 2 string lute and piece of Iron (-12.16-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950