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Kayuni

- Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi, 5 Tumbuka men, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-08
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239735 , vital:50760 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O15
Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-07-08

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Kayuni

- Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-08
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239048 , vital:50687 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O14b
Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-07-08

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Kayuni

- Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi, Group of 5 Tumbuka men, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , Group of 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-07-07
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237993 , vital:50575 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT474-L95 , Research no. L2N8
Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-07-07

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Kayuni

- R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer), Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers), Hugh Tracey

Authors: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer) , Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers) , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Humorous songs , Songs, Tumbuka , Africa Malawi Rumpi f-mw
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134019 , vital:37060 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR017-01
Description: The song is about the long-tailed widow-bird who found it impossible to manage his long tail when he tried to settle on a perch. The leader makes a series of strange sounds representing the great difficulty the small bird is having in trying to balance itself. The bird in question is the long-tailed paradise bird
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Ndipeko kayuni karimbula

- Nezala Shonga, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Nezala Shonga , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mukotsama f-mw
Language: Tumbuka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185326 , vital:44365 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-09
Description: The singer remarks upon the cleverness of the whitemen in fighting with planes and guns. "Zekaria my friend, they even fly by night." At the end of the song he calls out "I have played very well! It is finished." Humorous aong with Bango board zither
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Wasepuka na mbuzi

- Wareni Mkwandawiri, Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Wareni Mkwandawiri , Henga and Nyanja grils of Blantyre Secondary School , 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 Mzimba f-mw
Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185804 , vital:44432 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR190-02
Description: There was once a pair of twin boys who were herding their goats. They decided to try to find out which was the fatter abd so they cut each other's stomach open to find out. The second twin died from the woound. A bird saw all this and went to tell their parents. When questioned the other twin lied saying that the second twin had been gored by a goat. Thereupon the people took the twin and killed him too for killing his twin brother. (The story was not fully finished on the record). Story with song
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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