Gone yapa
- Kaphatikila Kanyingi, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaphatikila Kanyingi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186635 , vital:44520 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-20
- Description: The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a resonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second segment of the second and fouth fingers. Self delecatative song with Karigo one stringed bowed Lute
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kaphatikila Kanyingi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186635 , vital:44520 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-20
- Description: The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a resonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second segment of the second and fouth fingers. Self delecatative song with Karigo one stringed bowed Lute
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- Date Issued: 1950
Timuke nanu oiya
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186523 , vital:44508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-11
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "Although I am so quiet, Mother, I still have many troubles because of my poverty." Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186523 , vital:44508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-11
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "Although I am so quiet, Mother, I still have many troubles because of my poverty." Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
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- Date Issued: 1950
Tiye kwanu mtengwa
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186518 , vital:44507 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-10
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "My wife go to your home and tell them there all your troubles (don't bother me with them.)" Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186518 , vital:44507 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-10
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "My wife go to your home and tell them there all your troubles (don't bother me with them.)" Simple song by a man who earns part of his living by playing and singing as one of his feet is affected by leprosy and he can do no other work. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
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- Date Issued: 1950
Tangu kwata m'cembele
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186498 , vital:44505 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-09
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "I married three girls, later I found that all three were unfaithful to me so I decided to marry one fully grown woman instead." Tuning:- 704, 584, 520, 448, 384, (352 missing), 332, 292, 260, 224, 176. This pentatonic sansi mbira is mounted in the mouth of a gourd resonator with a number of pieces of tin as buzzers, Mangwere, attached to two thirds of the periphery of the gourd. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Khwele Kwenda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186498 , vital:44505 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-09
- Description: The Sansi was fixed onto the Chigubu resonator by three point suspensions, 2 at the straining bar and 1 at the foot, all secured by bark string. The Njela (s. and pl.) reeds were made from the spokes of an umbrella and the player said that in times past the reeds used to be made of bamboo. "I married three girls, later I found that all three were unfaithful to me so I decided to marry one fully grown woman instead." Tuning:- 704, 584, 520, 448, 384, (352 missing), 332, 292, 260, 224, 176. This pentatonic sansi mbira is mounted in the mouth of a gourd resonator with a number of pieces of tin as buzzers, Mangwere, attached to two thirds of the periphery of the gourd. Self delectative song, with Sansi mbira
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- Date Issued: 1950
Zamapembe sesiyandinda
- Kiti Shunga, Ngoni men and women, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kiti Shunga , Ngoni men and women , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184522 , vital:44231 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-14
- Description: "We have brought your wife. You must love her and treat her well." It is clear to Zulu speaking people from the pronunciation that these songs are sung by people of mixed origin. The wedding songs of the Nguni appear to have been influenced by their mothers 'side of the family-the Tumbuka and Chewa speaking tribes. Wedding song
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kiti Shunga , Ngoni men and women , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184522 , vital:44231 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-14
- Description: "We have brought your wife. You must love her and treat her well." It is clear to Zulu speaking people from the pronunciation that these songs are sung by people of mixed origin. The wedding songs of the Nguni appear to have been influenced by their mothers 'side of the family-the Tumbuka and Chewa speaking tribes. Wedding song
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- Date Issued: 1950
Iyelele
- Kiti Shunga, Ngoni men and women, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kiti Shunga , Ngoni men and women , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184508 , vital:44230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-13
- Description: Sung when the bride's party arrive at the husband's village. Wedding song
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kiti Shunga , Ngoni men and women , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184508 , vital:44230 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-13
- Description: Sung when the bride's party arrive at the husband's village. Wedding song
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- Date Issued: 1950
Pini ochama (I was without hope)
- Authors: Lang Obiero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178863 , vital:42994 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-14
- Description: This dance tune, together with the three previous items are included on this disc to demonstrate the type of urban dance music which was played by the more gifted Luo musicians and was popular in Nairobi in the early 1950's. Ton dance, with 2 guitars and rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lang Obiero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178863 , vital:42994 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-14
- Description: This dance tune, together with the three previous items are included on this disc to demonstrate the type of urban dance music which was played by the more gifted Luo musicians and was popular in Nairobi in the early 1950's. Ton dance, with 2 guitars and rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Nyiri to rieho (No girl more beautiful)
- Authors: Lang Obiero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178855 , vital:42993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-13
- Description: In praise of two fair ladies from the village of Regi near Yalla in Gem, not far from the Lake Victoria Nyanza, western Kenya. Ton dance, with 2 guitars and rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lang Obiero , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178855 , vital:42993 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-13
- Description: In praise of two fair ladies from the village of Regi near Yalla in Gem, not far from the Lake Victoria Nyanza, western Kenya. Ton dance, with 2 guitars and rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Nyon anyona
- Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178837 , vital:42991 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-11
- Description: "I sing of of Wally's sister, It is of the sister of Wally I sing. Walk proudly, daughter of Peter. Recently you bought a pair of shoes which made you look like a Goan. And the new dress you wore one day made you look as elegant as a Goan. Walk proudly when I am with you. Yuniah walks proudly, like a queen. Welcome, welcome my love, Oh, welcome, welcome. Walk proudly hen I am with you. My love walks as proudly as a dancer. Where is Yuni (Yuniah) sister of Wally of Kadimo. The lady of whom I sing? Let me sing of Yuniah Adhiambo. Oh! let me sing of the daughter of Peter. Walk proudly when I am with you, darling, walk proudly as the people of Regi." Regi or Rega is a village 4 miles from Yala in Gem, where the people are said to be noted for their pride of race and country and are very disdaniful of their neighbours. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178837 , vital:42991 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-11
- Description: "I sing of of Wally's sister, It is of the sister of Wally I sing. Walk proudly, daughter of Peter. Recently you bought a pair of shoes which made you look like a Goan. And the new dress you wore one day made you look as elegant as a Goan. Walk proudly when I am with you. Yuniah walks proudly, like a queen. Welcome, welcome my love, Oh, welcome, welcome. Walk proudly hen I am with you. My love walks as proudly as a dancer. Where is Yuni (Yuniah) sister of Wally of Kadimo. The lady of whom I sing? Let me sing of Yuniah Adhiambo. Oh! let me sing of the daughter of Peter. Walk proudly when I am with you, darling, walk proudly as the people of Regi." Regi or Rega is a village 4 miles from Yala in Gem, where the people are said to be noted for their pride of race and country and are very disdaniful of their neighbours. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Mpenzi wangu umepotea mjini
- Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178847 , vital:42992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-12
- Description: "My love you are lost in the town. My love here are my last words, I am not bound to say them but I do, because I know what love is. I know you so well. And all the troubles of love too I know. My love you have killed me. Come and heal me, Mary Arabia. You have not cured me of my love and my trouble. You did not choose to heal me, nor did you dream of it when you were aleep. I miss you for you are lost in the town. And now my sister Reda, we have loved each other for a long time. And now, because we are parting, I wish you happiness and beg you to answer me." The singers are all Luo, but sing this item in Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178847 , vital:42992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-12
- Description: "My love you are lost in the town. My love here are my last words, I am not bound to say them but I do, because I know what love is. I know you so well. And all the troubles of love too I know. My love you have killed me. Come and heal me, Mary Arabia. You have not cured me of my love and my trouble. You did not choose to heal me, nor did you dream of it when you were aleep. I miss you for you are lost in the town. And now my sister Reda, we have loved each other for a long time. And now, because we are parting, I wish you happiness and beg you to answer me." The singers are all Luo, but sing this item in Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
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- Date Issued: 1950
Anthu acilendo
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184540 , vital:44233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-16
- Description: "Men who travel away from home make their women think about them with longing as they sleep in their 'pyjamas' alone." The word 'pyjama' has been adopted locally as 'Majamara'. In point of fact the women do not sleep in pyjamas at all they say, and it is used as a figure of speech. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184540 , vital:44233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-16
- Description: "Men who travel away from home make their women think about them with longing as they sleep in their 'pyjamas' alone." The word 'pyjama' has been adopted locally as 'Majamara'. In point of fact the women do not sleep in pyjamas at all they say, and it is used as a figure of speech. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Pendeka
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
- Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184940 , vital:44290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-15
- Description: "We are the jealous ones, we have been sent here." The pendeka is a kind of team-o-shanter worn by women. The force with which these women sing their simple songs shows how accustomed they are to sing them and the natural part such songs play in their lives. Kwaya dance for younger men and women
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ici ncumba
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184531 , vital:44232 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-15
- Description: "Maria gave birth to her child on the lake steamer. Her midwives were sailors." This incident seems to have given rise to local hilarity. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184531 , vital:44232 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-15
- Description: "Maria gave birth to her child on the lake steamer. Her midwives were sailors." This incident seems to have given rise to local hilarity. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ada a Banda
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184549 , vital:44234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-17
- Description: "My father, Banda, has gone off to work in the towns, for a long long time, to buy himself clothes." How true a reflection this is upon thousands of Tonga men in this district who go off to mines and towns for their own reasons leaving the women and children to fend for themselves at home. Many send back money, but as many others find local foreign girls and forget their home and children. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Nsenga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184549 , vital:44234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-17
- Description: "My father, Banda, has gone off to work in the towns, for a long long time, to buy himself clothes." How true a reflection this is upon thousands of Tonga men in this district who go off to mines and towns for their own reasons leaving the women and children to fend for themselves at home. Many send back money, but as many others find local foreign girls and forget their home and children. Chioda dance song for young women with drum rhythm beaten on a box
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- Date Issued: 1950
Nthumba na lume
- Lucy Nyamangwe, Tonga girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184927 , vital:44288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-14
- Description: Wedding song sung, by the bride's party when they bring the girl to her husbands' village. "I sing with my husband." Wedding song, with drums
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lucy Nyamangwe , Tonga girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184927 , vital:44288 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-14
- Description: Wedding song sung, by the bride's party when they bring the girl to her husbands' village. "I sing with my husband." Wedding song, with drums
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Malilo
- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184680 , vital:44248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-13
- Description: "Why do people bundle up dead bodies in mats. As if the poor fellows had disgraced themselves?" The Karigo lute is played with the instrument inverted with the string below instead of in the more normal postition with the string uppermost. The utter simplicity of the Tonga songs reflects the cultural level of the participation. Lament with Karigo, one stringed lute, bowed
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184680 , vital:44248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-13
- Description: "Why do people bundle up dead bodies in mats. As if the poor fellows had disgraced themselves?" The Karigo lute is played with the instrument inverted with the string below instead of in the more normal postition with the string uppermost. The utter simplicity of the Tonga songs reflects the cultural level of the participation. Lament with Karigo, one stringed lute, bowed
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ncembele imbi kamphundu
- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184653 , vital:44245 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-10
- Description: The slight pauses in the song are the points where the bow of bamboo needed a little more spittle, necessitating its removal from the string. Most simple string lutes of this kind are bowed with a sisal bow, but occassionaly, as in this case, with a short lenght of bamboo, a sliver taken from the outside of the stalk. Instead of natural rezin the players use spittle. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184653 , vital:44245 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-10
- Description: The slight pauses in the song are the points where the bow of bamboo needed a little more spittle, necessitating its removal from the string. Most simple string lutes of this kind are bowed with a sisal bow, but occassionaly, as in this case, with a short lenght of bamboo, a sliver taken from the outside of the stalk. Instead of natural rezin the players use spittle. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wenayu sanje
- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184635 , vital:44243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-08
- Description: A story about the wives of a certain man who are jealous of the attentions paid to the others. The balance of this recording gives too much preference to the simple one stringed lute, but at the same time emphasises the utter simplicity of the accompaniment to which songs of this kind are sung by Tonga people. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184635 , vital:44243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-08
- Description: A story about the wives of a certain man who are jealous of the attentions paid to the others. The balance of this recording gives too much preference to the simple one stringed lute, but at the same time emphasises the utter simplicity of the accompaniment to which songs of this kind are sung by Tonga people. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ndaluza ine
- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184671 , vital:44247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-12
- Description: "Talking behind your back is not good, this is my wife's song, let us sing it well. The old men sing it at drinking parties." The simple tune played on the Karigo follows the tone pattern of the words of the refrain. Drinking song with Karigo one stringed lute, bowed
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184671 , vital:44247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-12
- Description: "Talking behind your back is not good, this is my wife's song, let us sing it well. The old men sing it at drinking parties." The simple tune played on the Karigo follows the tone pattern of the words of the refrain. Drinking song with Karigo one stringed lute, bowed
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Benu
- Maluba Mwale, Tonga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184689 , vital:44249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-13
- Description: "What am I going to tell them? Where am I going to complain? I am singing like a church organ." Benu is the name of a jumping action in the dance. This instrument was particulary well played and well made of its kind. The one stringed lute appears to come from the upper Nile and has not been found south of Nyasaland and the Zambesi valley. Chioda dance song for young women with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maluba Mwale , Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chiundasi f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184689 , vital:44249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-13
- Description: "What am I going to tell them? Where am I going to complain? I am singing like a church organ." Benu is the name of a jumping action in the dance. This instrument was particulary well played and well made of its kind. The one stringed lute appears to come from the upper Nile and has not been found south of Nyasaland and the Zambesi valley. Chioda dance song for young women with Karigo one stringed lute
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950