Re a ya ka Uhogo ya Motho (We go with the head of a person)
- Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165951 , vital:41300 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-04
- Description: "Tell us to return, we go with a person's head. We, go, we go to this village. We go with a person's head." During the song of the women shouts a 'praise'. The 'head of a person or human being', means the bride who they are carrying. The song is connected with the gift, part of the bridal or wedding presents which are given to the uncle of the bride. Marriage song, with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165951 , vital:41300 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-04
- Description: "Tell us to return, we go with a person's head. We, go, we go to this village. We go with a person's head." During the song of the women shouts a 'praise'. The 'head of a person or human being', means the bride who they are carrying. The song is connected with the gift, part of the bridal or wedding presents which are given to the uncle of the bride. Marriage song, with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Sikere ka lenaka (He is carrying it with a horn)
- Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165942 , vital:41299 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-03
- Description: "Mankeke is carrying a bucket with a horn, we have seen him. He is carrying the bucket with a horn." Initiation ceremonies bring out a number of somewhat strange songs whose meaning appears to be symbolic and only understood by the locals, if at all. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
- Language: Tswana/Kgatla
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165942 , vital:41299 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-03
- Description: "Mankeke is carrying a bucket with a horn, we have seen him. He is carrying the bucket with a horn." Initiation ceremonies bring out a number of somewhat strange songs whose meaning appears to be symbolic and only understood by the locals, if at all. Initiation song with drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
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