Magonde
- 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/10962/181529 , vital:43743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-11
- Description: An old traditional tune of the Njanja. Inspite of the poor quality of this disc recording, the item is included in this selection as it is a folk classic with at least 400 years of tradition behind it. Traditional airs on Njari dza maNjanjae
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- 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/10962/181529 , vital:43743 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-11
- Description: An old traditional tune of the Njanja. Inspite of the poor quality of this disc recording, the item is included in this selection as it is a folk classic with at least 400 years of tradition behind it. Traditional airs on Njari dza maNjanjae
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- 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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Ndoende Sinoia
- 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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- 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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Ndoerera
- 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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- 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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Neuru
- 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/10962/181534 , vital:43744 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-12
- Description: This old disc recording made under difficult conditions in 1948 reflects, through its technical inadequacies, something of the classical styles of Mbira playing common to Southern Rhodesian musicians. Traditional airs on Njari dza maNjanjae
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- 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/10962/181534 , vital:43744 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-12
- Description: This old disc recording made under difficult conditions in 1948 reflects, through its technical inadequacies, something of the classical styles of Mbira playing common to Southern Rhodesian musicians. Traditional airs on Njari dza maNjanjae
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
- 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
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1948
Andisaguta (I am not full)
- Zazi with Karanga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Zazi with Karanga women , 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/10962/180529 , vital:43398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-11
- Description: "I am not yet full, I have not yet had enough. But when I am full, then I will hit those women over there." A song sung in jest. Drinking song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Zazi with Karanga women , 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/10962/180529 , vital:43398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-11
- Description: "I am not yet full, I have not yet had enough. But when I am full, then I will hit those women over there." A song sung in jest. Drinking song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Baya, wa baya, ho-ha-ho!
- Jima Shumba with Duma men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jima Shumba with Duma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180556 , vital:43402 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-14
- Description: This song is known over the whole lenght and breadth of the Karanga country. It was first sung, they say, in the 19th century as a fighting song against the Ndebele under Mzilikatsi from the west and the Shangaans under Ngungunyana from the east. These two Ngoni tribes from Zululand met on the Mtilikwe River and decided to keep to their on side of the river raiding the villages on either hand. "Kuwerure" they cry, when two sides meet in battle. Fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Jima Shumba with Duma men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180556 , vital:43402 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-14
- Description: This song is known over the whole lenght and breadth of the Karanga country. It was first sung, they say, in the 19th century as a fighting song against the Ndebele under Mzilikatsi from the west and the Shangaans under Ngungunyana from the east. These two Ngoni tribes from Zululand met on the Mtilikwe River and decided to keep to their on side of the river raiding the villages on either hand. "Kuwerure" they cry, when two sides meet in battle. Fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Chakacha pamutengeni we mbira
- Jeke Shoko with Duma men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jeke Shoko with Duma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181423 , vital:43732 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-02
- Description: "Walk, walk under the rock rabbit's fruit tree." Three story for a story
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Jeke Shoko with Duma men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Shona (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181423 , vital:43732 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR175-02
- Description: "Walk, walk under the rock rabbit's fruit tree." Three story for a story
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Chaminuka teera wamwe (Chaminuka follows others)
- Manyoni Wanyamande, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180241 , vital:43341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-13
- Description: Chaminuka is the name given to a whole line of religious prophets who for many generations led the spiritual life and thoughts of the Karanga people. One of the Chaminuka prophets is said to have smitten the waters of the Zambezi so that the river parted. The Karanga people came over dry foot. His soul, they say, first flew across the river in the form of a dove. Towards the end of the song, the singer breaks into the local patois, representing a conversation between him and a 'Mujoni'. a policeman on a horse. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180241 , vital:43341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-13
- Description: Chaminuka is the name given to a whole line of religious prophets who for many generations led the spiritual life and thoughts of the Karanga people. One of the Chaminuka prophets is said to have smitten the waters of the Zambezi so that the river parted. The Karanga people came over dry foot. His soul, they say, first flew across the river in the form of a dove. Towards the end of the song, the singer breaks into the local patois, representing a conversation between him and a 'Mujoni'. a policeman on a horse. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Chimwanikoda
- Munthuanengwi Muhlanga, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Munthuanengwi Muhlanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Gwelo f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180348 , vital:43355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-04
- Description: An unusual musical bow on account of the use of a bridge ith which to divide the string into two segements and convey the sound direct to a small drum like resonator attached to the bow near its center. This simple little bow is played with an ox-tail bow near the point of stress. A thin stick is inserted between the gourd's membrane and the wire, conveying the sound down to the resonator and also dividing the single string into two unequal segments. The player stops the shorter of the two, thus producing the fundamental note on the longer segment and two or three notes on the shorter. It is perhaps strange to think that this product could prove entertaining and satisfactory to the performer. Self delectative song, with Chimwanikoda bowed musical bow, braced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Munthuanengwi Muhlanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Gwelo f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180348 , vital:43355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-04
- Description: An unusual musical bow on account of the use of a bridge ith which to divide the string into two segements and convey the sound direct to a small drum like resonator attached to the bow near its center. This simple little bow is played with an ox-tail bow near the point of stress. A thin stick is inserted between the gourd's membrane and the wire, conveying the sound down to the resonator and also dividing the single string into two unequal segments. The player stops the shorter of the two, thus producing the fundamental note on the longer segment and two or three notes on the shorter. It is perhaps strange to think that this product could prove entertaining and satisfactory to the performer. Self delectative song, with Chimwanikoda bowed musical bow, braced.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Chomusikana Mandega I (The Girl, Mandega)
- Boys of Domboshawa Government School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Boys of Domboshawa Government School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180275 , vital:43348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-01
- Description: Physical training at this school was done to the accompaniment of several well known folk songs. The team of boys was supplied with dumbells made of blue gum wood which they clap together. The drummer and song leader stand in front of the clas setting the pace. The whole is converted into a kind of dance routine. Physical training song, with Mutumba drums and dumbbells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Boys of Domboshawa Government School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180275 , vital:43348 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-01
- Description: Physical training at this school was done to the accompaniment of several well known folk songs. The team of boys was supplied with dumbells made of blue gum wood which they clap together. The drummer and song leader stand in front of the clas setting the pace. The whole is converted into a kind of dance routine. Physical training song, with Mutumba drums and dumbbells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Dududu, ndakaringo
- Authors: Duma men , 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/10962/180511 , vital:43396 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-09
- Description: This song, taken from part of a story, is typical of the style among the Karanga. The story contains many references to animals and birds, but the full story is not known. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Duma men , 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/10962/180511 , vital:43396 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-09
- Description: This song, taken from part of a story, is typical of the style among the Karanga. The story contains many references to animals and birds, but the full story is not known. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Gombahari murume (Gombahari, the jealous husband)
- Manyoni Wanyamande, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180250 , vital:43344 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-14
- Description: The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players would tour the country singing at parties as wandering minstrels, receiving gifts in food and kind and then going on to the next village. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Manyoni Wanyamande , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180250 , vital:43344 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-14
- Description: The song is typical of those which are in great demand at any party. In the old days Njari players would tour the country singing at parties as wandering minstrels, receiving gifts in food and kind and then going on to the next village. Humorous song with Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Gororombe yawakuru (Gorombe of the elders)
- Saimoni Mashoka, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Saimoni Mashoka , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Buhera f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180194 , vital:43331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-08
- Description: By 2 men and 3 women. The word 'Gororombe' now refers to a certain flute ensemble dance, but it appears that it may have been used for other dances as well in ancient times. The singers come from the Buhera district of central Southern Rhodesia. Song for Mashawi dance, with two Njari (Mbira), one 29 note and one 23 note.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Saimoni Mashoka , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Buhera f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180194 , vital:43331 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-08
- Description: By 2 men and 3 women. The word 'Gororombe' now refers to a certain flute ensemble dance, but it appears that it may have been used for other dances as well in ancient times. The singers come from the Buhera district of central Southern Rhodesia. Song for Mashawi dance, with two Njari (Mbira), one 29 note and one 23 note.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Iranga rachona
- Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180176 , vital:43329 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-06
- Description: This is the Njari version of the famous "Ilanga la Shona" which became so popular when first sung in Bulawayo in about 1946. Several versions in different languages have appeared since then. The original was sung to the guitar and this setting to the traditional instrument is particularly interesting. The Karanga or 'Shona', as opposed to the Nguni speaking Ndebele of the South west of the country, do not use the letter 'L' but change it to 'R'. Topical song ith Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180176 , vital:43329 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-06
- Description: This is the Njari version of the famous "Ilanga la Shona" which became so popular when first sung in Bulawayo in about 1946. Several versions in different languages have appeared since then. The original was sung to the guitar and this setting to the traditional instrument is particularly interesting. The Karanga or 'Shona', as opposed to the Nguni speaking Ndebele of the South west of the country, do not use the letter 'L' but change it to 'R'. Topical song ith Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Ishe komborera Afrika (Prayer for Africa)
- Boys of Domboshawa Government School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Boys of Domboshawa Government School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180299 , vital:43350 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-02
- Description: The local Zezuru version of the well known Xhosa anthem "Nkosi sikelele afrika" composed in 1897 in the Transkei by a teacher there. Prayer for Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Boys of Domboshawa Government School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180299 , vital:43350 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-02
- Description: The local Zezuru version of the well known Xhosa anthem "Nkosi sikelele afrika" composed in 1897 in the Transkei by a teacher there. Prayer for Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Kutauro no muridzo
- Kutauro no muridzo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kutauro no muridzo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180538 , vital:43399 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-12
- Description: Although the message drums of central and west Africa are unknown south of the Congo basin, young herd boys have long used a whistling language in which the tone of the phrases they wish to convet are whistled to each other at some distance, often at a safe distance on the other side of a river because much of what they whistle may be humorous or even disrespectful to the stronger or older of the small fry. The first part is a whistled conversation, usually done at some distance apart. The second part is a sample conversation in which the boys say the words that they had whistled to demonstrate the rise and fall of tone. Whistling conversation.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Kutauro no muridzo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Bikita f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180538 , vital:43399 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR173-12
- Description: Although the message drums of central and west Africa are unknown south of the Congo basin, young herd boys have long used a whistling language in which the tone of the phrases they wish to convet are whistled to each other at some distance, often at a safe distance on the other side of a river because much of what they whistle may be humorous or even disrespectful to the stronger or older of the small fry. The first part is a whistled conversation, usually done at some distance apart. The second part is a sample conversation in which the boys say the words that they had whistled to demonstrate the rise and fall of tone. Whistling conversation.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Madumbu nemanyere
- Teachers Training College, Penhalonga, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Mangwende f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180592 , vital:43408 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-01
- Description: One of the many variations of the story of the "Lion on the path." The woman is held up by lions on the wrong path she has taken and is rescued by her relatives village where they enjoy beer and dancing. In the dance song he admonishes her not to argue about his instructions but always take the road that he tells her to take, or one day she will be eaten by lions. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Teachers Training College, Penhalonga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Mangwende f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180592 , vital:43408 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR170-01
- Description: One of the many variations of the story of the "Lion on the path." The woman is held up by lions on the wrong path she has taken and is rescued by her relatives village where they enjoy beer and dancing. In the dance song he admonishes her not to argue about his instructions but always take the road that he tells her to take, or one day she will be eaten by lions. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
Masongano
- Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180167 , vital:43328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-05
- Description: Of all the multiple souls, or Mashawi, with which each man and woman is blest, the Masangano or Parental souls are the most important. Continuity of the tribe is with most people a central belief and conviction. With the Karanga this is crystalized in the ritual of Masongano and of the Midzimu -the immediate dead. The Masongano are in the path. Mother, let me step over it. You, woman, when you are pregnant you are in the firplace, of that I am sure. When you eat pumpkins you must be uncomfortably full! Fair skinned women are thoughtless. Early in the morning they get up and go to the fireplace outside, you men. Short women are alert, and if I was asked about Zinembgwa, I would say it is a mature girl who cannot make fire. Leave your husband and let us dance. Anything that happens we will account for. What I have said is very little. Not enough to make you leave home! If women were eaten like meat, I would chose the rump steak. The rest of it I would throw to the dogs. Song for Mashawi souls with Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949
- Authors: Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1949
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Shona (African people) , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Language: Shona
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180167 , vital:43328 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR172-05
- Description: Of all the multiple souls, or Mashawi, with which each man and woman is blest, the Masangano or Parental souls are the most important. Continuity of the tribe is with most people a central belief and conviction. With the Karanga this is crystalized in the ritual of Masongano and of the Midzimu -the immediate dead. The Masongano are in the path. Mother, let me step over it. You, woman, when you are pregnant you are in the firplace, of that I am sure. When you eat pumpkins you must be uncomfortably full! Fair skinned women are thoughtless. Early in the morning they get up and go to the fireplace outside, you men. Short women are alert, and if I was asked about Zinembgwa, I would say it is a mature girl who cannot make fire. Leave your husband and let us dance. Anything that happens we will account for. What I have said is very little. Not enough to make you leave home! If women were eaten like meat, I would chose the rump steak. The rest of it I would throw to the dogs. Song for Mashawi souls with Njari (Mbira).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949