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We ngoma mashiana migoti nokwinta (The dance I have danced throughout the mines)

- C. Yamba, J. Kabalale and G. Lupala, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: C. Yamba, J. Kabalale and G. Lupala , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Kitwe f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140132 , vital:37838 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-10
  • Description: "The song we are going to sing you is so interesting that you will even leave your supper to come and listen to us even the police with their wives and children have left their duties just to come and hear. The Lamba people are making fun of us and saying we Aushi/Lumbo have no copper mine. But Lake Bengwelu is our mine because wheras you Lamba, you get all your wealth from the mines, we get it from our fish. In place of the jack hammers we have a net. The miners use a rock drilling machine underground, and we use a Mukwano net." Kalela dance song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Pindo yaka iwile (My whistle has dropped)

- D. Mwanambuyu, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: D. Mwanambuyu , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139814 , vital:37787 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-10
  • Description: "I have dropped my whistle. I must run back, for otherwise somebody will pick it up." The tuning as follows:- 472, 440, 396, 356, 320, 296, 260, 236, 220, 198, 178, 148, 118 v.p.s. Self-delactative song with Kangombio fan-shaped mbira with external resonator and mirliton.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Tuibale bonse nwe nseba (Let's flock together like nseba birds)

- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men, Hugh Tracey

Mayo mulume wandi nichinshele (Mother, my husband is a good for nothing)

- Edward Shoni and group of 6 Aushi men, Hugh Tracey

Ari Nkumbula na Katilungu balishamyondo (Nkumbula and Katilungu sound the calling drum)

- Group of 11 Aushi men, Hugh Tracey

Wangwa walila (The baby is crying)

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Nisoya na Chingola niyoleka moskito (I am going to Chingola to buy a 'Mosquito')

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Namakawu-wo misali kunyala Liwali (Namakwawu was married to 2 husbands)

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Simbayoka mwisale kwa limubunga (The Simbayoka is a dance for loose women)

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Liwangu wangu weyanga (A married woman who does not respect her parent-in-law)

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

Sina numeya weyeya mama ainanu memaye (A bird without feathers has no home)

- Group of 12 Lozi men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of 12 Lozi men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139787 , vital:37783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-07
  • Description: "Sina numeya weyeya mama sinanu memaya tulai ye sinameya ucyaya sina mumeya bakuto kwisize mwana sinanumeya." "A bird without feathers has no home; and is like a woman who roams about married and without a decent home." This song is also used for the Siamboka dance. Morality song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Fulai sinali meya (An aeroplane flies very fast)

- Group of 6 Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

Naliba kaboma (I cry for my mother)

- Group of 6 Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

Tandabala (Name of a man)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139756 , vital:37779 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-05
  • Description: This song, they said, is sung normally by women at the end of a girl's initiation period - a time when songs mentioning taboo subjects are not frequently found in African societies. It appears that the use of a guitar in a song of this nature is unusual. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Linyalo laka le kimonem libonela (I knew our marriage would not last)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-sa
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139731 , vital:37775 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-03
  • Description: "I always knew our marriage would not last, because even before we married you doubted me-Now, please hold my hand or I shall die. Siyomboka dance song with 1 xylophone on a stand, 3 Milupa drums, conical and pegged.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ki mangi ya uawize mali (Who stole the money?)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

Kwimbo layetu nqwe tulinqa (If we were singing at home, we would be singing better)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-sa
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139709 , vital:37771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-01
  • Description: The gist of this song is much the same as that of the Jews who say: "How can we sing the songs of Zion in a strange land?" The tuning of this xylophone can be taken from a recording of each note before the item. Siyomboka dance song with 1 xylophone on a stand, 3 Milupa drums, conical and pegged.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Chinjilile mwalyanjo (You had better be careful)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139770 , vital:37780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-06
  • Description: When the girl's initiation is at an end, she is led in the evening to a nearby stream to wash, and whilst she is washing, this song is sung. The initiation period amongst the Lozi lasts for 6 months during which time the girl is taught all domestic skills she will need in later life. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Bamgufya ba kwoti bana pengili amapa (I have got white hair)

- John Lushi, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: John Lushi , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Lake Bangwelu f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140152 , vital:37840 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-12
  • Description: "Tungusa chipembele mwela mucalo tungusa bali twamba bali naka muchalo chabene." "I have got 'white hair with wings' in a strange world but I am sorry that I am very fat and cannot fly." The meaning of this appears to be that the singer is a stranger in a strange land, with no friend and nowhere to go. The phrase 'white hair with wings', they say, is local saying or proverb. Wistful song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kapokola na ku Kitwe naitundika (A certain policeman of Kitwe)

- John Lushi, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: John Lushi , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Ushi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Lake Bangwelu f-za
  • Language: Aushi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/140163 , vital:37841 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR053-13
  • Description: " A certain man of Kitwe joined the police force because he did not want to pay his tax, and hoped to evade payment in this way." "Kapola naku Kitwe naitunduka Atina msonko kwa lesa ukapya." Humorous song with guitar and bottle.
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  • Date Issued: 1957
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