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Baroka rifeng-rifeng (Rainmaker-give us, give us)

  • Authors: About 40 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165489 , vital:41249 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-10
  • Description: "Rainmaker, give us, give us. We come from the river of water." This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Etso ga ke batle e ejwa (I don't want to give my cow)

  • Authors: Group of Lete men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165317 , vital:41232 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-04
  • Description: "This dark cow of mine must not be given for lobola because it belongs to the rain. It cannot be given to cowards." This refers to the old custom of sacrificing a dark-coloured or black beast for the rain ceremony. It is sung when the bride-price has been to the girl's parents. At the end of the song one of the men declaims a praise, Maboko, for the grandfather of the present Chief - Chief Ikaneng who died about 1896. Engagement song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Ke nare e lona (I am a big Buffalo)

Konyane ga ga bo ke kae (Where is Konyane's home?)

Loseka lwa e boka (You should not praise this cow)

  • Authors: Group of Lete men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165326 , vital:41233 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-05
  • Description: 'You should not praise this cow for you do not know it. It is hornless. It is the cow belonging to nong." 'Nong' is a generic term for any large bird but more specifically means 'Vulture'. This song also is sung when the bride-price is paid. It ends with a Maboko praise and the cries of the women. The praise was for Baitlutli, grand uncle of the present Chief and uncle of Ketshwerebothata, ex-Regent of Ramoutsa. Engagement song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Majone (Johnnie)

  • Authors: Moroke Molebatsi and group of 19 men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165228 , vital:41220 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-11
  • Description: "Johnnie's mother weeps, where did Johnnie die? (she says). Johnnie died when they were cattle-raiding (she says). They killed him when he was following the spoor of his captured cattle. I refused you, so you hated me and went away disappointed." These 19 pipes were made of lenghts of copper tubing. The pitch of each pipe was recorded before each item. From two measurements of the same set of pipes within three weeks, it is clear that the tuning varies from performance to performance, the pitch of each pipe being adjusted by means of the plug a wire ramrod is kept for this purpose. The pipes are used on any occassion, for parties, or recreational purposes. The performerswalk around sideways in a circle, using a simple stamping step or shuffle or leaping like frogs in an anti-clockwise direction. Pipe dance with closed end blown "Ditlhaka" flute ensemble.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Mmemogolo golo gana kobo (My grandmother has no blanket)

Mogalepetla nong tsa noka e kgolo (The Mogalepetla birds live near the great river)

Nkwe e jele Rantshilane (The leopard has eaten Rantshilane)

  • Authors: Kebaakantse Dikhudu and group of 20 men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165241 , vital:41222 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0111-12
  • Description: "A leopard has eaten Rantshilane. It held him, it ate him. Oh! Mokampa--wee!" The pitches of the 19 flutes were as follows:- 1728, 1568, 1280, 1136, 864, 760, 664, 584, 432, 380, 332, 292, 224, (216)? 194, 172, 144, 108, 98, 84. The pitch of each pipe can be varied by the player both by the position of the lips and tongue over the emboucher and by the force of the wind, especially noticeable in the higher pitched pipes. The general mode adopted can be gauged roughly but few conclusions as to a Tswana pipe scale can be made from this evidence alone. No names other than Tswana numerals were given to the pipes except to that of the leader playing the highest pipe - Mutenyane. Pipe dance with ensemble of 19 "Ditlhaka" flutes.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Nthakwedi-Nthakwetsane

  • Authors: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165484 , vital:41248 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-09
  • Description: "Hurry up! Hurry! The Chief has gone to the kraal. When will the rain come?" The leader of this group of women was the wife of the Chief's uncle Ketshwerebothata. This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Pududu we re sentu (Old Chief Ikaneng)

  • Authors: Group of 12 men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165511 , vital:41251 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-12
  • Description: "We have killed the people of the Kalahari." Makgalagadi is a team of contempt apparently used by some Tswana tribes for any tribe which lives further west than themselves. This old song refers to the feuds between the Lete and the Ngwaketse tribes. The Chief Ikaneng was always called "Pududu" - 'the old man' by his people. At the end of the song one of them recites a praise to the old chief "Pududu Ikaneng." Fighting song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Pulana yoo rara bule (Let there be gentle rain)

  • Authors: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165475 , vital:41247 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-08
  • Description: "Let there be gentle rain upon the earth, clouds on earth, rain on earth. We are pierced by thorns. Clouds on earth. Herd of cattle bring themselves home." This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Sebata (The clawed lion)

  • Authors: Group of Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165520 , vital:41252 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-01
  • Description: This song is introduced by an old woman. The word "Sebata" used for the lion, is a generic name for all clawed carnivorous animals. "Mariwi" - the "manned one". "Sebata" - the "clawed one" (with special reference to the lion). "The clawed one, the manned one. Lion! It ate the cattle of my in-laws when I was looking after them. Alas! It did not run away." Men's initiation song, sung on returning from the hills.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Sechomane, ke kabo ke itsi (Sechomane, if I knew how to write)

  • Authors: Group of about 30 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Lete
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165344 , vital:41235 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0112-07
  • Description: "Sechomane, if I knew how to write, I would write to the Chief." The melody of this song suggests a similarity with songs from the Masai - Arusha region of Tanganyika. There may be no direct connection whatsoever; it is only the musical impact which suggests the comparison. People's dance with clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tebele ya sila ya gaila (The Ndebele girl is grinding and crushing)

Godumaduma gwa Mosadi

  • 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

  • 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.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1948
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