Yachipondeka 'owe owe'
- Masaria and other Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138126 , vital:37596 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-01
- Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138126 , vital:37596 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-01
- Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mumabale chonga (That one is my friend)
- Masaria and other Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138154 , vital:37600 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-05
- Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138154 , vital:37600 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-05
- Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Malala (The powerful back)
- Masaria and other Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138143 , vital:37598 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-03
- Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Masaria and other Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138143 , vital:37598 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-03
- Description: This song were taken during the actual grinding of millet into meal outside a hut. The millet was a fine brown variety known as Munga in Rhodesia. This small work song is sometimes well known by everyone in the village and commonly used by the women as they grind their corn on the stone outside their hut, or they are individual compositions without a name and with few words to the lyrics. Grinding song accompanied by the sound of grindstone.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndwimo lwa mutetere(Flute tune)
- Mwami Sinefwala Mukuli, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mwami Sinefwala Mukuli , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138460 , vital:37639 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-11
- Description: The flute was 6 feet long, and was made of the section of an old bicycle pump. Walking song. (Also self-delectative after work), with Mutetere transverse flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Mwami Sinefwala Mukuli , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138460 , vital:37639 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-11
- Description: The flute was 6 feet long, and was made of the section of an old bicycle pump. Walking song. (Also self-delectative after work), with Mutetere transverse flute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ndafwa bama (I am dying mama)
- Authors: Notis Chukwa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139097 , vital:37704 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-15
- Description: This item is taken from a dance song-which appears to be a common practice for bow players. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Notis Chukwa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139097 , vital:37704 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-15
- Description: This item is taken from a dance song-which appears to be a common practice for bow players. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Chembere luimbolo (Old people, here is a song)
- Authors: Notis Chukwa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139113 , vital:37706 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-16
- Description: This song was recorded in the shade of a large tamarind tree outside the village of Sinefwala. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Notis Chukwa , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139113 , vital:37706 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-16
- Description: This song was recorded in the shade of a large tamarind tree outside the village of Sinefwala. Self-delectative song with Kalumbo bow vertical, braced and gourd resonated.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Me-me! Warira mpongo, warira mperera (Me-me, the goat is crying for the last piece of green food)
- Pansi Mwetwa and group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Pansi Mwetwa and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138306 , vital:37621 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-18
- Description: During the dry season and particulary before the summer rains begin in October to December, green food is scarce in the valley, and the domestic animals yearn for it, especially the goats. The entertainer no doubt likens himself to the goat straining for the tastely green food. Mendicant's song with sounds of stick in the background.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Pansi Mwetwa and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138306 , vital:37621 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-18
- Description: During the dry season and particulary before the summer rains begin in October to December, green food is scarce in the valley, and the domestic animals yearn for it, especially the goats. The entertainer no doubt likens himself to the goat straining for the tastely green food. Mendicant's song with sounds of stick in the background.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Malala wabila (Malala is crying)
- Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138535 , vital:37647 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-05
- Description: "Malala is crying because she wants a baby. The wife of the headman has run away from her husband, because she has never had a child." Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). The 1st was open, pegged and played with a stick. The 2nd and 3rd, open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138535 , vital:37647 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-05
- Description: "Malala is crying because she wants a baby. The wife of the headman has run away from her husband, because she has never had a child." Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). The 1st was open, pegged and played with a stick. The 2nd and 3rd, open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Upendeka kukama (Nicely combed hair)
- Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138544 , vital:37648 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-06
- Description: Pairs of dancers, girl and boy, came out and danced a rather stiff little dance together and then returned to the crowd, as another pair took their place. "When you go to town, do not tell my lover I am nearly a full grown girl, so that he will continue working and come back and find me quite grown up. Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). Open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138544 , vital:37648 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-06
- Description: Pairs of dancers, girl and boy, came out and danced a rather stiff little dance together and then returned to the crowd, as another pair took their place. "When you go to town, do not tell my lover I am nearly a full grown girl, so that he will continue working and come back and find me quite grown up. Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). Open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tula manina Kongolos (We are going to Congress)
- Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138563 , vital:37650 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-07
- Description: A girl in the crowd was wearing a circlet of cowrie shells placed flat on the crown of her head. Her hair was covered with red orchre. Another girl wore several tubular bead girdles, beautifully worked, from one which hung a short bead apron. This, they say, is the tribal dress of the Tonga, which is seen at its best on the South Rhodesian side of the river or further up the river. This village had been much affected by the activities of the local political body known as the African National Congress (Kongolos), members of which had tried to persuade the Tonga that the waters of the Kariba Dam would not rise, and collected fees from the villagers. Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). Open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Ruth, Jane Muchindu and group of Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138563 , vital:37650 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR044-07
- Description: A girl in the crowd was wearing a circlet of cowrie shells placed flat on the crown of her head. Her hair was covered with red orchre. Another girl wore several tubular bead girdles, beautifully worked, from one which hung a short bead apron. This, they say, is the tribal dress of the Tonga, which is seen at its best on the South Rhodesian side of the river or further up the river. This village had been much affected by the activities of the local political body known as the African National Congress (Kongolos), members of which had tried to persuade the Tonga that the waters of the Kariba Dam would not rise, and collected fees from the villagers. Mankuntu dance song for boys and girls with 3 drums (Gogogo, Musunta, Mpati). Open and pegged, and played by hands.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Bamwioka mwana anku angu (You have taken my chicken and roasted it)
- Samson Mwetwa and group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Samson Mwetwa and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138423 , vital:37635 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-07
- Description: A chicken is supposed to be a fine antidote for a hangover, on the morning after a drinking party. So it is a most serious thing to be deprived of one's sure remedy in this way. Drinking song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Samson Mwetwa and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138423 , vital:37635 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-07
- Description: A chicken is supposed to be a fine antidote for a hangover, on the morning after a drinking party. So it is a most serious thing to be deprived of one's sure remedy in this way. Drinking song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kugiga
- Samsoni Mwetwe and group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Samsoni Mwetwe and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138441 , vital:37637 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-09
- Description: The patter of the dancer's feet on the dusty ground can be heard clearly in this recording.Mayanza drinking son with 1 Gavanda drum, conical, single, open, pegged and 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum. with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Samsoni Mwetwe and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138441 , vital:37637 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-09
- Description: The patter of the dancer's feet on the dusty ground can be heard clearly in this recording.Mayanza drinking son with 1 Gavanda drum, conical, single, open, pegged and 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum. with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Chiyuninzi chikete mukamba (The chiyuninzi owl is sitting on top of the Mukamba tree)
- Samsoni Mwetwe and group of Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Samsoni Mwetwe and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138449 , vital:37638 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-10
- Description: Drinking songs are among the most popular items in the men's repertory no doubt because so many idle hours are spent in this convivial pastime while the women work. Mayanza drinking song with 1 Gavanda drum, conical, single, open, pegged and 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum. with Musuntu drum, cylindrical and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Samsoni Mwetwe and group of Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138449 , vital:37638 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-10
- Description: Drinking songs are among the most popular items in the men's repertory no doubt because so many idle hours are spent in this convivial pastime while the women work. Mayanza drinking song with 1 Gavanda drum, conical, single, open, pegged and 3 sticks tapped on the side of the drum. with Musuntu drum, cylindrical and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Telela (Listen)
- Authors: Samuel Musange , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138608 , vital:37655 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-02
- Description: "Listen, we are going for a meeting, we are all going to dance the Masabe. - Listen, all of you.- "What is that noise? The noise of the aeroplane. We hear the noise but we have never seen the aeroplane." Msabe dance song with 3 drums. (Mgogo: open, pegged and played with sticks. Masunta and Mpati, open, pegged and played with hands.)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Samuel Musange , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138608 , vital:37655 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-02
- Description: "Listen, we are going for a meeting, we are all going to dance the Masabe. - Listen, all of you.- "What is that noise? The noise of the aeroplane. We hear the noise but we have never seen the aeroplane." Msabe dance song with 3 drums. (Mgogo: open, pegged and played with sticks. Masunta and Mpati, open, pegged and played with hands.)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mabulo andeke (The wings of the aeroplane)
- Authors: Samuel Musange , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138599 , vital:37654 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-01
- Description: For this dance all the drums are played with sticks and not with hands. The Masabe is danced when a diviner is consulted or called in for a sick person. Msabe dance song with 3 drums. (Mgogo: open, pegged and played with sticks. Masunta and Mpati, open, pegged and played with hands.)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Samuel Musange , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138599 , vital:37654 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR045-01
- Description: For this dance all the drums are played with sticks and not with hands. The Masabe is danced when a diviner is consulted or called in for a sick person. Msabe dance song with 3 drums. (Mgogo: open, pegged and played with sticks. Masunta and Mpati, open, pegged and played with hands.)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kawala milonga kalila kate (The ferry men are complaining about the Zambezi being in flood)
- Segareti Chirumpu, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Segareti Chirumpu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139001 , vital:37694 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-07
- Description: When the Zambezi is in flood the ferry men cannot paddle their canoes across. They do this ferrying to help people across but we are told, are not paid for their services. Self-delectative song with Kankobela mbira, fan-shaped, external resonator and mirliton.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Segareti Chirumpu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139001 , vital:37694 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR046-07
- Description: When the Zambezi is in flood the ferry men cannot paddle their canoes across. They do this ferrying to help people across but we are told, are not paid for their services. Self-delectative song with Kankobela mbira, fan-shaped, external resonator and mirliton.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Drum rhythms for "Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe" dance
- Seven Tonga drummers, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Seven Tonga drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138481 , vital:37641 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-13
- Description: An experimental recording of drums only. The seven drums were placed in line and each introduced in turn. At the end each was taken out in turn. Drum rhythm. 7 drums "Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Seven Tonga drummers , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138481 , vital:37641 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR043-13
- Description: An experimental recording of drums only. The seven drums were placed in line and each introduced in turn. At the end each was taken out in turn. Drum rhythm. 7 drums "Ngoma dzi ya wontiwe."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mulala syanangoma valikuyalalika (A poisonous snake came and rubbed itself against me)
- Siachema and his friends, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Siachema and his friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138243 , vital:37614 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-12
- Description: "The mulala (a poisonous snake) came and rubbed itself against me and next morning I found I was suffering from sores. Then I told my father to go to the diviner. The diviner said: "Go and dig up some roots of chingwele (a plant)". Then the old woman, when she went to draw water at the river said: "I don't like Siachema." I would like to know why she said this." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Topical song with fan-shaped Kankowela mbira, with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Siachema and his friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138243 , vital:37614 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-12
- Description: "The mulala (a poisonous snake) came and rubbed itself against me and next morning I found I was suffering from sores. Then I told my father to go to the diviner. The diviner said: "Go and dig up some roots of chingwele (a plant)". Then the old woman, when she went to draw water at the river said: "I don't like Siachema." I would like to know why she said this." Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Topical song with fan-shaped Kankowela mbira, with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tomujayi muntu mwana mwanike angu (Don't kill anyone, my brother's son)
- Siachema and his friends, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Siachema and his friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138099 , vital:37593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-14
- Description: "If you kill someone; you will go to prison at Gwembe. They will bring ropes to tie your hands and feet. What has tempted you to kill people? You must think of what I'm telling you now." Tuning of the instrument:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Morality song with Kankowela mbira, fanshaped, with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Siachema and his friends , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138099 , vital:37593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR041-14
- Description: "If you kill someone; you will go to prison at Gwembe. They will bring ropes to tie your hands and feet. What has tempted you to kill people? You must think of what I'm telling you now." Tuning of the instrument:- 592, 528, 480, 432, 400, 356, 320, 296, 264, 240 vps. Morality song with Kankowela mbira, fanshaped, with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ngwani ulala mudundulu (You bachelors, how do you like sleeping alone?)
- Siambelele Nyama, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Siambelele Nyama , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138252 , vital:37615 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-13
- Description: The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride price. You are queer fellows. What do you go to town for - I don't sleep alone. and I am sorry for you. Oh, let me go, I do not want to stay with you bachelors. You had better consult the diviners and ask them to tell you your fortune." "Siambelele" means a sheep, so the singer's name means "Sheep's meat." The tuning of the instrument as follows:- 656, 584, 528, 472, 432, 396, 356, 328, 292, 264 vps. Humorous song with Kankowela mbira. with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Siambelele Nyama , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Music--Zambia , Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138252 , vital:37615 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR042-13
- Description: The singer goes on: "You go to workin towns, but when you return home, you failto pay your bride price. You are queer fellows. What do you go to town for - I don't sleep alone. and I am sorry for you. Oh, let me go, I do not want to stay with you bachelors. You had better consult the diviners and ask them to tell you your fortune." "Siambelele" means a sheep, so the singer's name means "Sheep's meat." The tuning of the instrument as follows:- 656, 584, 528, 472, 432, 396, 356, 328, 292, 264 vps. Humorous song with Kankowela mbira. with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957