Yamata ku poka
- Authors: Mayoso and Party , Composer not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1965-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi City not specified f-sa
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/211162 , vital:47583 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR0972 , Research no. FR1020A
- Description: Yao dance song by men accompanined by a guitar, rattle and a shaker
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1965-00-00
Henure
- Authors: Hassani and Munyoso , Composer not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1960-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi City not specified f-sa
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/211235 , vital:47591 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR0986 , Research no. FR1033A
- Description: Nyanja dance song by men accompanied by a guitar and a concertina
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-00-00
Tinjaule ku limbe
- Authors: Hassani and Munyoso , Composer not Specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1960-00-00
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Dance music , Dance music--Caribbean Area , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi City not specified f-sa
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/211244 , vital:47592 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR0986 , Research no. FR1034B
- Description: Yao dance song by men accompanied by a guitar
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-00-00
Adisi adisi
- Authors: Milazi, Ali Sinoia , Four Yao men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252289 , vital:52221 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT594-M66 , Research no. M3H13
- Description: A story song about a girl liking the guinea fowl spots.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
Najele
- Authors: Chimpanda, Ezara , Two Chewa men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252299 , vital:52223 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT594-M66 , Research no. M3H14
- Description: A drinking song about Najele.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
Panali mwanace
- Authors: Milazi, Ali Sinoia , Four Yao men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Visanza f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/252200 , vital:52212 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT593-M65 , Research no. M3H12
- Description: A story song about a boy who had bad misfortune .
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-05-28
Acikanja (A name)
- Authors: 3 Yao women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154739 , vital:39770 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-08
- Description: Interesting piece of part singing by wives of African police constables. Nsondo dance song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Adisi adisi (The girl and the guinea fowl)
- Authors: Ali Sinoia Milazi and 4 Yao men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154766 , vital:39773 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-11
- Description: A stroy of a girl and the protective colouring of guinea fowl spots. One of the few stories, perhaps, which makes a reference to cannibalism. There was once a girl who went to the garden to fetch mealies. Now there came some guinea fowls and she was facinated by their spots. She said "oh! can't you make me some lovely spots like yours?" They said, "No! we cannot because we are afraid of your father and mother." But the girl said, "Don't you be afraid of my parents." So they made them for her. Then she went off to an old woman who was a cannibal and was delighted to see the girl but the girl put on her spots and escaped. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ambikanire une (Listen to me)
- Authors: Wodwala Seleman and 5 Yao men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154676 , vital:39763 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-01
- Description: The song started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcission to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic). Initiation of Boys.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Lupanda
- Authors: Sergent Deza and his wife , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154712 , vital:39767 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-05
- Description: A husband and wife happily sing a strange antiphonal duct together which would, upon first aquaintance, appear to be a lively quarrel but is in fact the very opposite. Bark cloth once so frequently used in this region now seems to be used only occassionaly for funerals and other ceremonies according to our informant. "That woman dresses herself in bark-cloth thinking she will die alone." Song for initiation of boys, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Mwana angu ngale (My child Ngale)
- Authors: Waziya Bilaimo and Nyundo Katona , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chiwambo Village, Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154702 , vital:39766 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-04
- Description: A verse used in a Mohammedon initiation ceremony at the time of circumcision, as used mostly by the Yao element. Although several Yao claim to speak a kind of Swhaili few understand it and repeat religious chants parrot-wise. When asked what the verse meant the singer replied, "You must not ask me, ask the Fundi (teacher). Mohammedon Initiation.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ngwasi (Fish eagle)
- Authors: 3 Yao women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154730 , vital:39769 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-07
- Description: Interesting piece of part singing by wives of African police constables. Nsondo dance song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Njala Makono (Famine this year)
- Authors: Sergent Deza and a friend , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Police Headquarters, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154721 , vital:39768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-06
- Description: The two friends sit on the ground close together and sing into each other's faces with great abandon, loving every moment of it. This style of intricate singing appears to be almost unique to their tribe. "There is famine this year. My wife, why do you cook too much food? Don't worry yourself I know there is a famine this year, but don't worry. Song for initiation of boys, with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Njinga ailepele (The bicycle)
- Authors: Men and women of Pemba Village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba. Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154685 , vital:39764 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-02
- Description: The player of the second drum was blind and had been so since childhood. The hero of the song apparently went to find work outside Nyasaland in Southern Rhodesia or elsewhere, but on his first journey he failed to bring back with him the coveted bicycle. On his second journey he was successful. Bari dance with 2 Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nsafu (Part of the Khoran)
- Authors: Wodwala Selemani , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154748 , vital:39771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-09
- Description: The man introduced himself in his local language before reciting. When it was over he said he did not know the meaning of what he recited. He always recited it in the Mosque with the others. For the meaning we would have to as the great teacher. The sound of chatting in the market can be heard in the background. Recitation introduced in Yao.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Panali mwanace (The son's fortune)
- Authors: Ali Sinoia Milazi and 4 Yao men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154775 , vital:39774 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-12
- Description: There was once a man and his son who went to the lake for fishing, they caught nothing and went home. The son bought an egg but dropped it on the path, but inside the egg were cows and goats in plenty. So he sang a song saying, "We went to the lake but got no fish, but when I bought this egg I had no idea what was in it." Now the father became jealous of his son. He took some glue and glued his son to a tree, but all the cattle and goats stayed with the son and the father still got none. So he left his son in the bush. When he was asked by is wife where his son was, he said, "Oh! he was ahead of me." The woman replied, "You walk too much with my son and now you have lost him." The listeners often call out the typical Yao response og 'Go'. Story song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Sikiri
- Authors: Kadyakolo and Yao men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Salima, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154757 , vital:39772 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-10
- Description: The typical grunting which accompanies these Mohammedon Chants can be heard, though in an adapted African style. The leader was blind. The words were in a mixture of Chewa and Swhaili, commonly employed by the Yao. "Ariba kurudi tukufurai." Sikiri Mahammedon Chants.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Wa Ciyawo mkujaliani (The Yao despise me)
- Authors: Men and women of Pemba Village , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Yao (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba. Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154694 , vital:39765 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR083-03
- Description: The player of the second drum was blind and had been so since childhood. The Yao despise me when I put on short trousers as if it is for the Mochomanga dance. Tell him to take them off they say. Bari dance with 2 Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ata pikure katenge
- Authors: Ganiziechi, Chimwala , Lokote, Mwamadi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-08-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Kariba f-rh
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/246141 , vital:51444 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT540-L161 , Research no. L3L6
- Description: A topical song about casting a spell accompanied by bangwe board zither and resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-08-08
Che Chipala
- Authors: Ganiziechi, Chimwala , Lokote, Mwamadi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-08-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Kariba f-rh
- Language: Yao
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/246131 , vital:51442 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT540-L161 , Research no. L3L5
- Description: A praise song for the chief about the chief having a sense of justice accopmanied by a bangwe board zither and resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-08-08