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Ziriya yapasharo

- Manyoni Zhou and Simoni Mashoko Shawa, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Manyoni Zhou and Simoni Mashoko Shawa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Chilimanzi f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181444 , vital:43734 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-04
  • Description: It is usual for semi-professional entertainers of this kind to keep up running patter of amusing remarks and scandal to the traditional airs played on the Njari in the background. Like many other players of this instrument Manyoni Zhou calls himself "The player of Mbira". The two musicians come from neighbouring districts, Zhou from Chilimanzi and Mashoko from Buhera, the district in which the Njari originated about 1760 A.D. Topical song with two Njari Mbira, one with 33 notes and one with 31 notes.
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  • Date Issued: 1949

Zuwa na mwezi

- Yelele Lungu, Nsenga women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Yelele Lungu , Nsenga women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Nsenga (African people) , Ngoni (African people) , Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Petauke f-za
  • Language: Nsenga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184464 , vital:44225 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR185-08
  • Description: The sun and the moon are contrasted as lovers. The son returns to his mother if he is unsucceful in love and the mother sees in the hooting of the owls the omen of death to come. The player Yelele Lungu is one of two blind muscians in the Petauke district. Blind from birth he has developed an unusual degree of petic imagery. He had bever seen either the sun or the moon and his poetry consequently reflected a blind man's conception of natural phenomena. Unfortunately owing to technical difficulties both his recordings on this disc are poor, but his poetry warranted their inclusion. Love song, with Kalimba of 10 notes
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  • Date Issued: 1949

Zuwa rawira mukaiwe (The sun is setting, wake up)

- Muchuru Zhou with a man and woman, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Muchuru Zhou with a man and woman , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1949
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Zaka f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180501 , vital:43395 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-08
  • Description: There was, once upon a time a baboon who was walking in amongst the hills and found plenty of fruit. Matamba ('Kaffir oranges', strychnos spinosa). He ate a great many and went to sleep on the path, full to the brim. Presently an old woman who was collecting firewood came along and said "My child, why are you sleeping on the path like this?" He did not reply. So she said, "Wake up, the sun is setting." He said, "I don't want to, I am full." Then he said "Come here and listen to my song". So she came near and the baboon sang his song. "The sun is setting, wake up, wake up! Ha-hey-ha, old woman! She makes me laugh. I have discovered this hill here. Which is full of fruit, so I go here and there, eating my fill and laughing." Now when he had finished singing, he woke up, got up and followed the old woman all the way to her home. Son story.
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  • Date Issued: 1949

Godumaduma gwa Mosadi

- Modiseng, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Modiseng , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1948
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Maraisburg f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166275 , vital:41346 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-08
  • Description: There are 4 sets of single end-blown pipes, 4 in each. From 1120 vs. to 93 vs. Each set covers a fifth only and is an octave lower than the one above. All notes bearing approximately the same relationship. Treble pipes are called Metenyane, Alto pipes are called Dinikwana, Tenor pipes are called Meporo, Bass pipes are called Meporo e metelele. Intervals: 259. 240. 209 cents. Total 708 cents. These copper and iron pipes are stopped with wood. In Bechuanaland, the pipes are made of reed-Matlhaka. These two flute tunes were recorded eleven years earlier than the other items on this side. Flute tune.
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  • Date Issued: 1948

Kgokong

- Modiseng, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Modiseng , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1948
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Maraisburg f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166283 , vital:41347 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0117-09
  • Description: There are 4 sets of single end-blown pipes, 4 in each. From 1120 vs. to 93 vs. Each set covers a fifth only and is an octave lower than the one above. All notes bearing approximately the same relationship. Treble pipes are called Metenyane, Alto pipes are called Dinikwana, Tenor pipes are called Meporo, Bass pipes are called Meporo e metelele. Intervals: 259. 240. 209 cents. Total 708 cents. These copper and iron pipes are stopped with wood. In Bechuanaland, the pipes are made of reed-Matlhaka. These two flute tunes were recorded eleven years earlier than the other items on this side. Flute tune.
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  • Date Issued: 1948

Magonde

- Chabarwa Musunda Moyo, Hugh Tracey

Mbiriwiri

- Chabarwa Musunda Moyo, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Moyo , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1948
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Nedgiwe f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181511 , vital:43741 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-09
  • Description: This famous piece of music, here played brilliantly by Chabarwa Musunda Moyo was first recorded by me in 1933 when played by a musician called Chigogo. It is a progressive story of various experiences of a wandering player who meets different people along the path to each of whom he does a service and in turn they all give him a present with which he is able to benefit his next acquaintance. For many years I have attempted to locate the player in order to re-record his music on tape instead of on disc as this one, but so far in vain. No one knows where or how he is. Traditional airs on Njari dza maNjanjae
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  • Date Issued: 1948

Ndoende Sinoia

- Simon Sitole, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Simon Sitole , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1948
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181780 , vital:43767 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR176-10
  • Description: Simon Sitole from Mt. Selinda was working in a native carpenter's shop in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The town of Sinoial is a hundred miles or so to the west of Salisbury and about 300 miles from the singer's home. "I go to Sinoia because my home is too far away." Topical song with Mbira dza WaNdau
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  • Date Issued: 1948

Ndoerera

- Simon Sitole, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Simon Sitole , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1948
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181769 , vital:43766 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR176-09
  • Description: Simon Sitole from Mt. Selinda was working in a native carpenter's shop in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. "Ndoerera, the girl who disappointed me, saying, wash before I accept you. Johannesburg the place that worries me. Joni, Joni, the place I have come to. I was nearly dead when I left it. My father died while I was still young." Topical song with Mbira dza WaNdau
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  • Date Issued: 1948

Neuru

- Chabarwa Musunda Moyo, Hugh Tracey

Shuga

- Chabarwa Musunda Moyo, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Moyo , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1948
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Nedgiwe f-rh
  • Language: Shona
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181520 , vital:43742 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-10
  • Description: This is an old recording taken on disc and not on tape. For this item the player took his Njari out of its resonating gourd with its pieces of shell buzzers, so the sound is clear or Musheshe. 'Shuga' is also an old traditional Karanga tune. Traditional airs on Njari dza maNjanjae
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  • Date Issued: 1948

Amaluka Nkosi

- Zulu people, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Inkomo kaziko

- Zulu people, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Inkondlo ga Manzini

- Chief Mgcinizeni Zungu, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Isiqubolo

- Men and women of Chief Mtubatuba, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Izibongo

- Zulu man, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Mtubatuba

- Zulu girls, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Zulu dance movement II

- Zulu people, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Zulu dance movement III

- Zulu people, Hugh Tracey, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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