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Cambom vadlei munu

- Young boys at Elias Hazis Bakery, Chopi women, Mwatamula Mahlatini, Tracey, Hugh

Chigama ni michango

- Chopi women, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Chopi women , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zandamela f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/195120 , vital:45530 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR210-07
  • Description: When this item was recorded in 1949 cotton was a new crop which the authorities were encouraging the Chopi to grow. Depots for the collection and sale of cotton were set up throughout the district. It was one of the cash crops which helped to raise the local standard of living in Chopi countryside. Work song for carrying cotton to the depot.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949

Gongondo

- Chopi women, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Chopi women , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zandamela f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/195109 , vital:45528 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR210-06
  • Description: This cider is made from the fruit of the Caju tree, (also spelt Cazhu and Cashew). The fruit consists of an apple, which is fermented for cider, and an external nut, the cashew nut, which is attached to the tip of the apple in a crescent shaped pod. The nut itself is edible but the hard pod in which it is encased is impregnated with virulent oil which must first be expelled by fire or distillation before the nut can be cracked open. It now forms an important part of the local economy. The cashew apples rippen in November and their harvest marks a time of annual indulgence for the Chopi and is frequently mentioned in song. Drinking song.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949

Machatini

- Maviya, Chopi women, Mwatamula Mahlatini, Tracey, Hugh

Malayishe

- Chihihwe wan Papatane, Chopi women, Tracey, Hugh

Mguwekelo

- Chopi women, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Chopi women , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Folk songs, Chopi , Chopi (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Zandamela's village f-mz
  • Language: Chopi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/195101 , vital:45527 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR210-05
  • Description: Although this and the recording is very thin, it represents three genuine styles of Chopi women's songs and has been included for that reason in spite of the poor tone quality of the recording. Chopi women have a musical life of their own, composing and singing their own songs without the assistance of the menfolk. They have a great variety of songs most of which reflect their own personal thoughts, their troubles and enjoyments, their case for their sons and daughters, and the stresses and strains of their daily lives. Lament for dead Chief Machatini.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1949

Olawazuka

- boys at Elias Hazis Bakery, Chopi women, Mwatamula Mahlatini, Tracey, Hugh

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