Muleygame dibwela
- Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kandakanda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182043 , vital:43793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-12
- Description: "If a woman is supposed to work and yet just remains idle with her hands hanging, time will not wait for her." Chorus - "The brothers-in-law of my mother-in-law." "Les beaux freres de ma belle mere" was the translation given. For these two tunes (B5 and 6) the players returned their Likembe to another mode. 656, 592, 488, 432, 392, 380, 328, 296, 244, 216. Topical song, with 2 Likembe mbira and wooden clapper (-12.02-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kandakanda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182043 , vital:43793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-12
- Description: "If a woman is supposed to work and yet just remains idle with her hands hanging, time will not wait for her." Chorus - "The brothers-in-law of my mother-in-law." "Les beaux freres de ma belle mere" was the translation given. For these two tunes (B5 and 6) the players returned their Likembe to another mode. 656, 592, 488, 432, 392, 380, 328, 296, 244, 216. Topical song, with 2 Likembe mbira and wooden clapper (-12.02-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Chibemba
- Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kandakanda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182025 , vital:43791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-11
- Description: "My brothers and sisters belong to a family of great repute." A simple accompaniment of bell like quality mainly on two notes. The sound of one of the players thumb nails striking the surface of the sound of the sound board after plucking the note can be clearly heard towards the end of the recording. Topical song, with 2 Likembe mbira and wooden clapper (-12.02-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Kayoka Ladislaus, with Kapungo Isidore and Beya Marcel (Likembe players) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kandakanda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182025 , vital:43791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-11
- Description: "My brothers and sisters belong to a family of great repute." A simple accompaniment of bell like quality mainly on two notes. The sound of one of the players thumb nails striking the surface of the sound of the sound board after plucking the note can be clearly heard towards the end of the recording. Topical song, with 2 Likembe mbira and wooden clapper (-12.02-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Visimu vyangu vyotola
- Kitwe School Bemba Choir, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kitwe School Bemba Choir , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kawambwa f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183771 , vital:44067 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-13
- Description: This song accompanies a game played with stones. The players squat in a circle and pass stones round from man to man in time with music. It has its orgin in some mission school and is not likely to be authentically Bemba. Singing game with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Kitwe School Bemba Choir , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Bemba (African people) , Folk songs, Bemba , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kawambwa f-za
- Language: Lozi , Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183771 , vital:44067 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR182-13
- Description: This song accompanies a game played with stones. The players squat in a circle and pass stones round from man to man in time with music. It has its orgin in some mission school and is not likely to be authentically Bemba. Singing game with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Souvenirs de Chasseur
- Les Chanteurs a la Croix du Cuivre, Joseph Kiwele (Conductor), Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Les Chanteurs a la Croix du Cuivre , Joseph Kiwele (Conductor) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mission St. Jean f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183969 , vital:44102 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-10
- Description: The songs are in the Luba/Sanga language, but with words of Bemba here and there. The titles of the first words of each 'memory' were given by Joseph Kiwele. In this composition, Joseph Kiwele collected together all the hunting songs of his home district and combined them in a composite whole. They were sung by his choir of school boys who made their name famous by being the first to sing an African composed Mass, also composed by Kiwele, "Missa Katanga". The choir partially disbanded about 1950 and the remnants only appear in this recording. Joseph Kiwele nine years later became Minister of Education in Katanga under President Tshombe but died suddenly of a strokein 1962 after an outstanding musical career. A miscellany of twenty-two hunting songs, with 2 Goblet drums and 1 wooden slit drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Les Chanteurs a la Croix du Cuivre , Joseph Kiwele (Conductor) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Mission St. Jean f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183969 , vital:44102 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-10
- Description: The songs are in the Luba/Sanga language, but with words of Bemba here and there. The titles of the first words of each 'memory' were given by Joseph Kiwele. In this composition, Joseph Kiwele collected together all the hunting songs of his home district and combined them in a composite whole. They were sung by his choir of school boys who made their name famous by being the first to sing an African composed Mass, also composed by Kiwele, "Missa Katanga". The choir partially disbanded about 1950 and the remnants only appear in this recording. Joseph Kiwele nine years later became Minister of Education in Katanga under President Tshombe but died suddenly of a strokein 1962 after an outstanding musical career. A miscellany of twenty-two hunting songs, with 2 Goblet drums and 1 wooden slit drum
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Muta
- Authors: Louis Mulowa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182998 , vital:43901 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-15
- Description: When the people were dancing together they were called because it was time to go. They were sorry to break up the party and leave the dance. It is not easy to understand the relationships between the pitch of the instrument and the pitch of the players voice. It appears to be consistant and must therefore bear some relationship in his mind. The scale of his Chisanzhi was:- 424, 380, 344, 304, 280, 266, 232, 212 vs. The tips of the players fingers were constantly moist and sticky and he kept a supply of dry sand beside him to rub on his finger tips before playing. Personal laments, with Chizanzhi Mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Louis Mulowa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182998 , vital:43901 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-15
- Description: When the people were dancing together they were called because it was time to go. They were sorry to break up the party and leave the dance. It is not easy to understand the relationships between the pitch of the instrument and the pitch of the players voice. It appears to be consistant and must therefore bear some relationship in his mind. The scale of his Chisanzhi was:- 424, 380, 344, 304, 280, 266, 232, 212 vs. The tips of the players fingers were constantly moist and sticky and he kept a supply of dry sand beside him to rub on his finger tips before playing. Personal laments, with Chizanzhi Mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kanenga
- Authors: Louis Mulowa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182985 , vital:43900 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-14
- Description: A player was sorry when his friend finished his food so he sat down to sing to his Chisanzhi Mbira. It is not easy to understand the relationships between the pitch of the instrument and the pitch of the players voice. It appears to be consistant and must therefore bear some relationship in his mind. The scale of his Chisanzhi was:- 424, 380, 344, 304, 280, 266, 232, 212 vs. The tips of the players fingers were constantly moist and sticky and he kept a supply of dry sand beside him to rub on his finger tips before playing. Personal laments, with Chizanzhi Mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Louis Mulowa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/182985 , vital:43900 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-14
- Description: A player was sorry when his friend finished his food so he sat down to sing to his Chisanzhi Mbira. It is not easy to understand the relationships between the pitch of the instrument and the pitch of the players voice. It appears to be consistant and must therefore bear some relationship in his mind. The scale of his Chisanzhi was:- 424, 380, 344, 304, 280, 266, 232, 212 vs. The tips of the players fingers were constantly moist and sticky and he kept a supply of dry sand beside him to rub on his finger tips before playing. Personal laments, with Chizanzhi Mbira
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Chihibalumuna bembi
- Louis Mulowa and Lunda men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Louis Mulowa and Lunda men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183004 , vital:43902 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-16
- Description: "A man who wears a waistcoat without a jacket looks a perfect fool." The most trivial remarks are quite enough to suggest a good dance tune. The lower notes of this Chisanzhi were tuned with wax attached to the underside of the tips of the reeds. Sikinta dances with Chizanzhi Mbira and gourd.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Louis Mulowa and Lunda men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Ruund (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mwinilunga f-za
- Language: Lunda , Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183004 , vital:43902 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR179-16
- Description: "A man who wears a waistcoat without a jacket looks a perfect fool." The most trivial remarks are quite enough to suggest a good dance tune. The lower notes of this Chisanzhi were tuned with wax attached to the underside of the tips of the reeds. Sikinta dances with Chizanzhi Mbira and gourd.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Maria Mbombwe
- Authors: Luba women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kasai f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181921 , vital:43780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-01
- Description: These gourds are peculiar to this tribe. The performer vibrates her lips in the mouth of the gourd (as if playing a trumpet) thus producing the resonant note of the gourd. At the same time she pats the side of the gourd rhythmically with one hand or with a piece of stick or metal. The two gourds and rhythm appears to be:- //1, ; 3, 4, ; 6, 7, ,//. Funeral song with two singing gourd.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Luba women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kasai f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181921 , vital:43780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-01
- Description: These gourds are peculiar to this tribe. The performer vibrates her lips in the mouth of the gourd (as if playing a trumpet) thus producing the resonant note of the gourd. At the same time she pats the side of the gourd rhythmically with one hand or with a piece of stick or metal. The two gourds and rhythm appears to be:- //1, ; 3, 4, ; 6, 7, ,//. Funeral song with two singing gourd.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Bilumbu
- Luba/Hemba men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Luba/Hemba men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kongolo f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183977 , vital:44104 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-11
- Description: The singers of this item had come north, down the Lualaba river ans were over 400 miles from their home in Kongolo, near the junction of the Lualaba with its tributory which drains the overflow flood waters from Lake Tanganyika. This simple repetitive song is similar to many others associated with divination - the repititions in themselves exercising a kind of hypnotic effect suited to teh occassion. Song and dance for herbalist or diviner, with 2 goblet drums, with mirlitons and closed, and rattles (-12.54-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Luba/Hemba men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Luba-Lulua , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kongolo f-cg
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183977 , vital:44104 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR183-11
- Description: The singers of this item had come north, down the Lualaba river ans were over 400 miles from their home in Kongolo, near the junction of the Lualaba with its tributory which drains the overflow flood waters from Lake Tanganyika. This simple repetitive song is similar to many others associated with divination - the repititions in themselves exercising a kind of hypnotic effect suited to teh occassion. Song and dance for herbalist or diviner, with 2 goblet drums, with mirlitons and closed, and rattles (-12.54-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Wirigiringwe
- Mihambari and Rwanda girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Gihini f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148764 , vital:38771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-11
- Description: "Mama, don't be afraid of a leopard you see by day, it's a kind leopard, not like the ones you see by night, and you must try to be like it, i.e. you must try to be as beautiful as the leopard, but without scratching." Wedding song with hand clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Gihini f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148764 , vital:38771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-11
- Description: "Mama, don't be afraid of a leopard you see by day, it's a kind leopard, not like the ones you see by night, and you must try to be like it, i.e. you must try to be as beautiful as the leopard, but without scratching." Wedding song with hand clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Murengerongoma
- Mihambari and Rwanda girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Gihini f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148745 , vital:38770 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-10
- Description: Murengerongoma was a man all of whose children except one, were taken by lions. So the people came and helped him gather firewood and do all household tasks, when they had done this, he danced for them to show his gratitude. Wedding song with hand clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Gihini f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148745 , vital:38770 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-10
- Description: Murengerongoma was a man all of whose children except one, were taken by lions. So the people came and helped him gather firewood and do all household tasks, when they had done this, he danced for them to show his gratitude. Wedding song with hand clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Tarihinda
- Mihambari and Rwanda girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Gihini f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148735 , vital:38768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-09
- Description: Sung in the evening at a girl's party. "You must do your best to look neat and tidy, thouugh you may not be beautiful. If your thread breaks when you are sewing tie it up again. Wedding song with hand clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mihambari and Rwanda girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Gihini f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148735 , vital:38768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-09
- Description: Sung in the evening at a girl's party. "You must do your best to look neat and tidy, thouugh you may not be beautiful. If your thread breaks when you are sewing tie it up again. Wedding song with hand clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Urwintwari
- Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mirimba Francois , Niyondorera Joseph , Gakombe Alexandre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Rwanda , Tutsi (African people) , Hutu (African people) , Batwa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183596 , vital:44012 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR181-04
- Description: This was originally meant to be sung to the harp, but the present words are a football song. The melody is an old folk one, they say, but in its present form suggest institutional adaptation, but no one could confirm this one way or the other. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mirimba Francois , Niyondorera Joseph , Gakombe Alexandre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Rwanda , Tutsi (African people) , Hutu (African people) , Batwa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183596 , vital:44012 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR181-04
- Description: This was originally meant to be sung to the harp, but the present words are a football song. The melody is an old folk one, they say, but in its present form suggest institutional adaptation, but no one could confirm this one way or the other. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Hahirwa Nyiramibambwe
- Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148726 , vital:38767 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-08
- Description: This song, used as a lullaby, is in praise of the present Omwami Mutara's grand mother, and recounts her life, her childhood and girlhood, through its various stages till her death. She was both good and beautiful, say the singers. The queen mother's influence at the courts of the Mwami used to be considerable and was only broken by the Beligian authorities when this lady was banished to Kainembe near lake Kivu in 1931, together with her son Musenga Yushi V who was deposed and banished with her. Praise song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mirimba Francois, Niyondorera Joseph, Gakombe Alexandre , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Folk dance music , Tutsi (African people) , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148726 , vital:38767 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR057-08
- Description: This song, used as a lullaby, is in praise of the present Omwami Mutara's grand mother, and recounts her life, her childhood and girlhood, through its various stages till her death. She was both good and beautiful, say the singers. The queen mother's influence at the courts of the Mwami used to be considerable and was only broken by the Beligian authorities when this lady was banished to Kainembe near lake Kivu in 1931, together with her son Musenga Yushi V who was deposed and banished with her. Praise song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Malemba
- Authors: Mukoko Michel , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kabinda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181977 , vital:43786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-07
- Description: The mirliton of this instrument was broken. The scale may be Hexatonic. The Kalebwe clan are reported to have aggressive tendencies. A complex interplay of several rhythms with the Chisazhi acting as a gourd, although once the singers get going the sound of the instrument is lost. The clapping appears to follow the same basic rhythm found all over Southern Congo, in which a measure of sixteen pulses is accented as follows:- //1, 3, 5, 7, /, 10, 12, 14, , // or more usually // 1, 3, 5, 78, 10, 12, 14, 15, //. In this part of Africa the leader often starts and stops his men by the cry "A,,,r,r,r,r." Malemba song after funeral with Chisazhi Likembe
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mukoko Michel , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luba (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kabinda f-rh
- Language: Luba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181977 , vital:43786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR177-07
- Description: The mirliton of this instrument was broken. The scale may be Hexatonic. The Kalebwe clan are reported to have aggressive tendencies. A complex interplay of several rhythms with the Chisazhi acting as a gourd, although once the singers get going the sound of the instrument is lost. The clapping appears to follow the same basic rhythm found all over Southern Congo, in which a measure of sixteen pulses is accented as follows:- //1, 3, 5, 7, /, 10, 12, 14, , // or more usually // 1, 3, 5, 78, 10, 12, 14, 15, //. In this part of Africa the leader often starts and stops his men by the cry "A,,,r,r,r,r." Malemba song after funeral with Chisazhi Likembe
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Fuzhi inopenduka kwenda lamukiya
- Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183345 , vital:43969 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-06
- Description: "Go and say how do you do to the Administrateur." (the chief administrative officer of the district). The tuning of his bamboo notes was:- 118, 74, 59, 37, 54, 74 vs. Humorous song with Kisanzhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183345 , vital:43969 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-06
- Description: "Go and say how do you do to the Administrateur." (the chief administrative officer of the district). The tuning of his bamboo notes was:- 118, 74, 59, 37, 54, 74 vs. Humorous song with Kisanzhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Maliana kasemele mwana
- Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183336 , vital:43968 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-05
- Description: The player used his bamboo tongued mbira more as a percussion instrument than a musical one, and was able to extraxt humour his nammer of playing it. In only a few places in Central and Southern Africa do you find bamboo or cane reeds used on the use of iron oe whether their use was dictated by lack of metal in the district has not yet been determined. Humorous song with Kisanzhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183336 , vital:43968 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-05
- Description: The player used his bamboo tongued mbira more as a percussion instrument than a musical one, and was able to extraxt humour his nammer of playing it. In only a few places in Central and Southern Africa do you find bamboo or cane reeds used on the use of iron oe whether their use was dictated by lack of metal in the district has not yet been determined. Humorous song with Kisanzhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Kufatcha mama
- Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183354 , vital:43971 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-07
- Description: "My mother is dead." The thin tone of the banboo slats contrasts unfavourably with the metal notes of the usual mbira. The singer, however, is a gifted entertainer and demonstrates how effective a performance can be with so slight an accompaniment. Humorous song with Kisazhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Mulazhi Ronger and two Chokwe women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Chokwe , Chokwe (African people) , Luvale (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Angola Sandoa f-ao
- Language: Chokwe , Luvale
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183354 , vital:43971 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR180-07
- Description: "My mother is dead." The thin tone of the banboo slats contrasts unfavourably with the metal notes of the usual mbira. The singer, however, is a gifted entertainer and demonstrates how effective a performance can be with so slight an accompaniment. Humorous song with Kisazhi Mbira with 6 bamboo reeds
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Lama
- Ndengabaganizi Leonard and group of Tutsi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ndengabaganizi Leonard and group of Tutsi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Rwanda , Tutsi (African people) , Hutu (African people) , Batwa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183574 , vital:44009 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR181-02
- Description: "Why do I love you when you do not respond? I have written you letters and you do not answer? I have sent messengers and you turn them away. I bow to you when we meet and you hide your face. You do not notice me. Love song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ndengabaganizi Leonard and group of Tutsi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Rwanda , Tutsi (African people) , Hutu (African people) , Batwa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183574 , vital:44009 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR181-02
- Description: "Why do I love you when you do not respond? I have written you letters and you do not answer? I have sent messengers and you turn them away. I bow to you when we meet and you hide your face. You do not notice me. Love song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
Nimuze tugweragwere
- Ndengabaganizi Leonard with Rwagasana Michel and Ewagirumukiza Donatien, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ndengabaganizi Leonard with Rwagasana Michel and Ewagirumukiza Donatien , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Rwanda , Tutsi (African people) , Hutu (African people) , Batwa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183568 , vital:44008 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR181-01
- Description: This song was said to be a genuine Tutsi song composed in honour of the Omwami the paramount Chief of the Tutsi when he went to Beligium. It was composed and sung by the ladies of the Omwami's court. The song is strongly reminiscent of Hebridean chants and most unusual. Chief's song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952
- Authors: Ndengabaganizi Leonard with Rwagasana Michel and Ewagirumukiza Donatien , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1952
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Rwanda , Tutsi (African people) , Hutu (African people) , Batwa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Nyanza f-rw
- Language: Kinyarwanda
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183568 , vital:44008 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR181-01
- Description: This song was said to be a genuine Tutsi song composed in honour of the Omwami the paramount Chief of the Tutsi when he went to Beligium. It was composed and sung by the ladies of the Omwami's court. The song is strongly reminiscent of Hebridean chants and most unusual. Chief's song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952