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Indilimbo y' Ingeruzabahizi (The song of the 'Ingeruzabahizi)

  • Authors: 3 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136902 , vital:37439 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-12
  • Description: The song refers to the recruiting of the men of Ruanda-Urundi for work on the cooper mines of the Katanga Province in the south of the Congo Belge. The Union Miniere asked the Mwami of Ruanda for strong men for this work and when they arrived at the airfield they asked their leader which way they would travel. "It was not by land nor by water, he replied, but by air they would go." So they were taken from Usumbura to Elisabethville by air. Topical song
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Impunguza matwi (Open your ears)

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Umusambi (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136870 , vital:37437 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-10
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Zigezikaragwe (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136816 , vital:37430 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-03
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Urukina (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136855 , vital:37434 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-07
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Agasiga (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136829 , vital:37431 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-04
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Umuganura (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136865 , vital:37436 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-09
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Drummers (Musicians) , Folk music--Africa , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136801 , vital:37425 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-01
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. The 11 tattos are;- 1. Ibiteyo, 2. Umosuko, 3. Zigezikaragwe, 4. Agasiga, 5. Agasiga k'i gaseke, 6. Akanimba, 7. Urukina, 8. Urukantege, 9. Umuganura, 10. Umusambi, 11. Imilindi. Ekeven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Urukantege (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136860 , vital:37435 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-08
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Imilindi (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136893 , vital:37438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-11
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Akanimba (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136847 , vital:37433 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-06
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Agasiga k'i gaseke (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136834 , vital:37432 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-05
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. Eleven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Imilishyo y'ingoma - Umosuko (Rhythms of drums)

  • Authors: 8 Hutu men and Bijyiobenda Simeon , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: World music , Anthropology , Performing arts , Cultural anthropology , Drum--Performance , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136811 , vital:37429 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR034-02
  • Description: This group of Hutu drummers who call themselves the "Ingeruzabahizi", "The Terrifiers", were recorded by us in 1952 and their tattoos were published in the Music of Africa Series on LP records No. 1120 "Drums of Africa." The present recording shows an improvement in technique since that day, under the same leader Bijiyobyenda Simeon. The 11 tattos are;- 1. Ibiteyo, 2. Umosuko, 3. Zigezikaragwe, 4. Agasiga, 5. Agasiga k'i gaseke, 6. Akanimba, 7. Urukina, 8. Urukantege, 9. Umuganura, 10. Umusambi, 11. Imilindi. Ekeven drum rhythms with 2 conical drums, 5 cylindrical drums, laced, closed, with wooden beaters , 1 treble drum, cylindrical, laced, wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mpundu

Mpagatare

Mpundu

  • Authors: Batwa women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-07-15
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/217664 , vital:48309 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT309-F81 , Research no. F3V2
  • Description: Indigenous folk song of praise for the chief, with singing and handclapping .
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  • Date Issued: 1952-07-15

Igiterane

  • Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148903 , vital:38784 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-04
  • Description: A song to praise chiefs and notables. The chiefs in this country are still all Hamitic Tutsi, whose height (generally between 6 and 7 foot tall) is in great contrast to the short pigmoid Twa whom they have ruled for over five centuries. The modality of this song and the complex pattern of the clapping are both notable. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1952

Amaliza

Amaliza

  • Authors: Batwa women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-07-15
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/217639 , vital:48306 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT309-F81 , Research no. F3V1
  • Description: Two indigenous folk songs of praise, with singing and handclapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1952-07-15

Benimana

  • Authors: Batwa women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Kinyarwanda--Rwanda , Rundi (African people) , Folk songs, Rundi , Africa Rwanda Shangugu f-rw
  • Language: Kinyarwanda
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148881 , vital:38782 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR058-03
  • Description: "May the Omwami go in peace, may he prosper and be with God." The Batwa are Pigmoids and the court singers were drawn from their ranks. In this instance the women were all wives of potters, pottery being one of the Twa crafts. Praise song for chief with handclapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1952
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