Zimba we na manyama
- Mudalaswale, Sikwaza, Swahili and Ngwana women, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Mudalaswale, Sikwaza , Swahili and Ngwana women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208250 , vital:47249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT076-C92 , Research no. C4G18b
- Description: Girls circumcision ceremony.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14
- Authors: Mudalaswale, Sikwaza , Swahili and Ngwana women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-08-14
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Not specified f-za
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/208250 , vital:47249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT076-C92 , Research no. C4G18b
- Description: Girls circumcision ceremony.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-08-14
Gongwa halina waume
- Hemed, Shaibu, Swahili men, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Hemed, Shaibu , Swahili men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-10-13
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Not specified f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/213299 , vital:47817 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT230-D152 , Research no. D7N4
- Description: A hazwa sword dance song for men accompanied by drums played with hands and sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-10-13
- Authors: Hemed, Shaibu , Swahili men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-10-13
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Not specified f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/213299 , vital:47817 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT230-D152 , Research no. D7N4
- Description: A hazwa sword dance song for men accompanied by drums played with hands and sticks.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-10-13
Hadithi ya umbu (The story of the mosquito)
- Ramadhani Fataki and Saidi Salum Nana, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ramadhani Fataki and Saidi Salum Nana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179856 , vital:43241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-12
- Description: "How a mosquito overturned a lorry." A lorry was involved in a serious accident, when several of the passengers were badly hurt with broken limbs and other injuries. This was all caused by a mosquito biting off the road into the ditch. Humorous sketches, with a mandoline and Udi.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Ramadhani Fataki and Saidi Salum Nana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179856 , vital:43241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-12
- Description: "How a mosquito overturned a lorry." A lorry was involved in a serious accident, when several of the passengers were badly hurt with broken limbs and other injuries. This was all caused by a mosquito biting off the road into the ditch. Humorous sketches, with a mandoline and Udi.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kitungule changu
- Mzee Juma with Shirazi men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mzee Juma with Shirazi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Zanzibar f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179965 , vital:43279 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-10
- Description: "My onion."Like the French who sometimes call their lovers "little cabbage" the Swahili also frequently refer to their beloved as a vegetable such as an 'onion', or 'corn con' or other food studd. Most instruments of this kind are brought to the island of Zanzibar by migrant labourers. It was known what tribal orign the Kidebe may have had. Ndebe dance song with Kidebe Mbira and Kayambi tin rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Mzee Juma with Shirazi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Zanzibar f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179965 , vital:43279 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-10
- Description: "My onion."Like the French who sometimes call their lovers "little cabbage" the Swahili also frequently refer to their beloved as a vegetable such as an 'onion', or 'corn con' or other food studd. Most instruments of this kind are brought to the island of Zanzibar by migrant labourers. It was known what tribal orign the Kidebe may have had. Ndebe dance song with Kidebe Mbira and Kayambi tin rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Dawa mziwanda kula,kula upata afia
- Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179265 , vital:43023 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-02
- Description: "Oh! my yongest child, take medicine, take it so that you may be healthy." This poem as sent in a letter in reply to his friend Saadani Abdu Kandoro's Poem "Sili nisichotamani". Mashairi sung poems.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179265 , vital:43023 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-02
- Description: "Oh! my yongest child, take medicine, take it so that you may be healthy." This poem as sent in a letter in reply to his friend Saadani Abdu Kandoro's Poem "Sili nisichotamani". Mashairi sung poems.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Dada Mwajuma nifichie siri yangu mpenzi
- Chipukizi Rumba, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179595 , vital:43122 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-05
- Description: "Keep it secret, my love Mwajuma. What we did yesterday is known. Tell mother only, because she is kind. Do not tell father or I will be thrashed." This cheerful noise made by a band of youngsters is typical of he bands found in the small towns of Tanganyika who cannot afford the common run of European dance instruments and make do with whistles. kazoos and anything that comes handy. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179595 , vital:43122 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-05
- Description: "Keep it secret, my love Mwajuma. What we did yesterday is known. Tell mother only, because she is kind. Do not tell father or I will be thrashed." This cheerful noise made by a band of youngsters is typical of he bands found in the small towns of Tanganyika who cannot afford the common run of European dance instruments and make do with whistles. kazoos and anything that comes handy. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Staharaki kwa tendo
- Saadani Abdu Kandoro, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Saadani Abdu Kandoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179463 , vital:43067 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-10
- Description: "I act with care." Short poem revealing an interesting side of the African poet's mind. Mashairi sung poem
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Saadani Abdu Kandoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179463 , vital:43067 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-10
- Description: "I act with care." Short poem revealing an interesting side of the African poet's mind. Mashairi sung poem
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Lukas ana wasi wasi
- Rhythm Experts band, Mwakamjoya, Lukas, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Rhythm Experts band , Mwakamjoya, Lukas , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-10-15
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Not specified f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/213493 , vital:47839 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT233-D155 , Research no. D7P1
- Description: A love song about Lukas being worried about his girl accompanied by a saxophone, guitar and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-10-15
- Authors: Rhythm Experts band , Mwakamjoya, Lukas , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-10-15
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Not specified f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/213493 , vital:47839 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT233-D155 , Research no. D7P1
- Description: A love song about Lukas being worried about his girl accompanied by a saxophone, guitar and drums.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-10-15
John Odundo
- Owiti, Ishmael, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Owiti, Ishmael , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-06-01
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
- Language: Swahili , Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/217022 , vital:48237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT294-F60 , Research no. F3F1
- Description: Praise song with guitar accompaniment for John Odundo who has been the singer's kind friend.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-06-01
- Authors: Owiti, Ishmael , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-06-01
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
- Language: Swahili , Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/217022 , vital:48237 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT294-F60 , Research no. F3F1
- Description: Praise song with guitar accompaniment for John Odundo who has been the singer's kind friend.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-06-01
Mawaidha
- Kaluta Amir Bin Abedi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaluta Amir Bin Abedi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179415 , vital:43061 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-05
- Description: "With the name of the Lord I should begin. And with his name I should finish. That I may compose them evenly with good things exultingly." Much of the Mashairi poetry, they say, is religious in nature. The African authors demonstrate the extent to which Arab culture has penetrated along the old trade routes. The speaker was fluent in Arabic and his Swahili appears to be more 'classical' than usual. Mashairi sung poems
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kaluta Amir Bin Abedi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179415 , vital:43061 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-05
- Description: "With the name of the Lord I should begin. And with his name I should finish. That I may compose them evenly with good things exultingly." Much of the Mashairi poetry, they say, is religious in nature. The African authors demonstrate the extent to which Arab culture has penetrated along the old trade routes. The speaker was fluent in Arabic and his Swahili appears to be more 'classical' than usual. Mashairi sung poems
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mpenzi wangu umepotea mjini I
- Obiero, Lang, Luo men, Lumbukeni, Robert, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Obiero, Lang , Luo men , Lumbukeni, Robert , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-26
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Yala f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222535 , vital:48879 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT325-F125 , Research no. F4Z10a
- Description: A town dance accompanied by a rattle and guitars.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-09-26
- Authors: Obiero, Lang , Luo men , Lumbukeni, Robert , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-26
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Yala f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222535 , vital:48879 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT325-F125 , Research no. F4Z10a
- Description: A town dance accompanied by a rattle and guitars.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-09-26
Nimepata mpenzi, mtoto mdogo, mzuri simwachi (I have found my love, a beautiful girl)
- Chipukizi Rumba, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179604 , vital:43123 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-06
- Description: This tune, an adaptation of a South American type of rumba, is perhaps the most popular of all town dance songs at the present time (1950) being sung in all the tons of Tanganyika and on the island of Zanzibar. The young men playing this version of the song did not know the words and sanf 'ia-la-la' instead. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chipukizi Rumba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179604 , vital:43123 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-06
- Description: This tune, an adaptation of a South American type of rumba, is perhaps the most popular of all town dance songs at the present time (1950) being sung in all the tons of Tanganyika and on the island of Zanzibar. The young men playing this version of the song did not know the words and sanf 'ia-la-la' instead. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Doa jeupe
- East Coast Orchestra African Band, Badi, M. N., Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: East Coast Orchestra African Band , Badi, M. N. , Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-05-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Mombasa f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/216162 , vital:48140 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT287-F52 , Research no. F3B2b01
- Description: Swahili Rumba music with orchestra dance band accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-05-24
- Authors: East Coast Orchestra African Band , Badi, M. N. , Tsedi, Mahommed Ngala , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-05-24
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Mombasa f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/216162 , vital:48140 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT287-F52 , Research no. F3B2b01
- Description: Swahili Rumba music with orchestra dance band accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-05-24
Mahaba
- Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179442 , vital:43064 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-08
- Description: "What awakens love, is fair and kind. When the heart's seed is touched. How wondorous sweet and how it burns. He loves not foolishly who loves the giver. The Mashairi poem gives greater scope for love poetry than the usual African song. Short poem revealing an interesting side of the African poet's mind. Mashairi sung poem
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kaluta Amri Bin Abedi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179442 , vital:43064 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR169-08
- Description: "What awakens love, is fair and kind. When the heart's seed is touched. How wondorous sweet and how it burns. He loves not foolishly who loves the giver. The Mashairi poem gives greater scope for love poetry than the usual African song. Short poem revealing an interesting side of the African poet's mind. Mashairi sung poem
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kama ulisema
- Zuze, Solomon, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Zuze, Solomon , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-08-04
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Elisabethville f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245876 , vital:51414 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT535-L157 , Research no. L3J3
- Description: Indigenous topical folk song with singing accompanied by a guitar, a friction stick and a struck bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-08-04
- Authors: Zuze, Solomon , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-08-04
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Elisabethville f-cg
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/245876 , vital:51414 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT535-L157 , Research no. L3J3
- Description: Indigenous topical folk song with singing accompanied by a guitar, a friction stick and a struck bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-08-04
Tahadhari, tahadhari, dunia ina maahara
- Saadani Abdu Kandoro, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Saadani Abdu Kandoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179273 , vital:43025 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-03
- Description: "Beware, beware! The world is full of troubles." The reciter of these Mashairi poems, the poets themselves are known as "Staharaki". They take their art seriously and beleive implicity in its moral purpose. Mashairi sung poems.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Saadani Abdu Kandoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Kigoma f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179273 , vital:43025 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-03
- Description: "Beware, beware! The world is full of troubles." The reciter of these Mashairi poems, the poets themselves are known as "Staharaki". They take their art seriously and beleive implicity in its moral purpose. Mashairi sung poems.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nasikitika kunisema
- Humplik, Francis, Frank and sisters, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Humplik, Francis , Frank and sisters , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Moshi f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/216986 , vital:48233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT294-F60 , Research no. F3E17b
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment about disapproval of someone's poisonous and malicious ways.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-05-28
- Authors: Humplik, Francis , Frank and sisters , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Moshi f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/216986 , vital:48233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT294-F60 , Research no. F3E17b
- Description: Topical song with guitar accompaniment about disapproval of someone's poisonous and malicious ways.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-05-28
Bwana ukinipa usitie moyoni
- Three Wamusha Daku criers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Three Wamusha Daku criers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:43088 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-02
- Description: The metal shallow drum (of Tambourine type)is made from the top of a metal can or bucket and is pegged African fashion and not laced like the metal cylindrical drum whose duble heads are laced onto the metal, and is played slung over one shoulder. The chants were sung to the same tune. The size of the cylindrical drum was 13" x 8". The size of the shallow drum was 11 1/4" x 3 1/2". Moslem chants (Wamusha Daku), with 1 metal cylindrical drum, laced, 1 metal frame drum, pegged (-14.91-), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Three Wamusha Daku criers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Tanzania , Swahili-speaking peoples , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Tabora f-tz
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:43088 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-02
- Description: The metal shallow drum (of Tambourine type)is made from the top of a metal can or bucket and is pegged African fashion and not laced like the metal cylindrical drum whose duble heads are laced onto the metal, and is played slung over one shoulder. The chants were sung to the same tune. The size of the cylindrical drum was 13" x 8". The size of the shallow drum was 11 1/4" x 3 1/2". Moslem chants (Wamusha Daku), with 1 metal cylindrical drum, laced, 1 metal frame drum, pegged (-14.91-), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Barua za mapenzi
- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222835 , vital:48919 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT328-F128 , Research no. F5A7
- Description: A rumba song played by a dance band accompanied by trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, piano, accordion, guitar, drums and a rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-09-27
- Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222835 , vital:48919 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT328-F128 , Research no. F5A7
- Description: A rumba song played by a dance band accompanied by trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, piano, accordion, guitar, drums and a rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-09-27
Mamie sistali mai deali
- Coast social orchestra, Ayub, Alexander, Tracey, Hugh
- Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Not specified f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222806 , vital:48916 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT327-F127 , Research no. F5A3b
- Description: Dance band music with orchestra accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-09-27
- Authors: Coast social orchestra , Ayub, Alexander , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1952-09-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Not specified f-ke
- Language: Swahili
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/222806 , vital:48916 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT327-F127 , Research no. F5A3b
- Description: Dance band music with orchestra accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1952-09-27