Africa‘s Heritage No. 6: The blues
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Allan Lomax , American Folk , Wailing Wall , Blame , Blues , Penny whistle , Johannesburg , Swazi , The Cool Brothers , Folk music , Cape Town , Coon Carnival , Kaapse Klopse , Vitality , Banjo , Delinquency , Instruments , Concertina , Eastern Cape , Transkei , Ciskei , Harmonica , Forest City Joe , Mouth organ , Arkansas , Mississippi Valley , Steven Tsotsi , The Vagabond , Country blues , Civil War , Slaves , Follow The Drinking Gourd , The Great Bear , The Big Dipper , Constellation , The Wayfarers Trio , Slave song , The Hammer Song , Prison , Uganda , Heritage , Malimba , Likembe , Roots of the Blues , Oree , Swazi Penny Whistle , Isicatula , Blues roll on , Sittin‘ on top of the world , Marita , Tsotsi , Blue and Grey , Mercury , Alur tune , Pete Seeger
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15102 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008530 , Reel number: BC132
- Description: 6th programme in the ‘Africa‘s Heritage‘ Series with African music in America and Africa, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Africa‘s Heritage No.7: Coming to terms with Africa's heritage
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: African , Heritage , Violence , Robbery , Ineptitude , Prejudice , Demagogue , Defensive , Political , Newspapers , Ambitions , Resilience , Magic , Charm , Witchcraft , Values , Singing , Clapping , Divination songs , Xhosa , Traditional costume , Sangoma , Durban , Johannesburg , Mai Mai , Herbs , Ilulwane , Lagos , Nigeria , Shakespear , Macbeth , Bantu , Scientific knowledge , Empirical knowledge , Valid , Evidence , Rattles , Panpipes , Vasco da Gama , Paintings , Dance , Recordings , Zulu , Wars , History , Kalahari Dessert , Topographical heritage , Karanga , Sandawana , Portuguese , Explorers , National Parks
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15115 , BC133 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011524 , Reel number: BC133
- Description: 7th programme in the ‘Africa‘s Heritage‘ Series, broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Bidera
- Authors: Baranganani Mudzanani (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Self delectative , Indigenous folk music , Mbira , Nsako , Johannesburg , Transvaal (Gauteng) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15389 , MOA28-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017695 , MOA28
- Description: Self delectative song by Baranganani Mudzanani, with mbira (24 reeds, 2 manuals, board resonator) , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Change in music among Africans in the Unions
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Change , African , Music , Southern Africa , Suburban values , Compose , Composers , Songs , Vanish , Written down , Semi professional , African musician , American dance , Local , Film , Hymn , Choirs , European , Town music , Country music , Modern , Ancient , Folk music , Wedding song , Meaning , White teachers , African words , Foreign tune , Music standard , Foreign style , Eminent linguist , Serial repugnance , Social contaminated , Indigenous music , Distortion , Sotho , Heathen music , Nationalist , Politics , Prejudice , Sense , Nosense , Natural , Recordings , Penny whistle , Guitar , Kwela , Johannesburg , Initiation song , Mafikeng , Tswana
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15135 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012455 , Reel number: BC162
- Description: Broadcast entitled 'Change in music among Africans in the Union', broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Chibudu movement - 'O ufumile mukoma'
- Authors: Chopi players (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi of Mozambique , Timbila (xylophone) , Rattles , Indigenous folk music , Dance movement , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15179 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017300 , MOA12-02 , MOA12
- Description: The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi tribe of Portuguese East Africa , The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi of Mozambique, by Chopi players, with timbila xylophones, accompanied by rattles , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Incaba ka Ncofula
- Authors: Swazi men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: A national song , Indigenous folk music , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15182 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017303 , MOA12-05 , MOA12
- Description: English translation of title: 'The fortress of Ncokufa' , A national song by a large group of Swazi men, no accompaniment , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Madumwa kalwa machonogola
- Authors: Shangaan dancers led by Patela (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Mutshongolo Stamping Dance of the Shangaan from lower valley of the Limpopo River in Mozambique , Indigenous folk music , Small horns , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15186 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017307 , MOA12-09 , MOA12
- Description: Second of two dance movements from the Kwaya Mining and Group Singing Dance of the Shangaan , Dance movement of the Shangaan, by Shangaan dancers led by Patela, accompanied by small horns , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Mtsitso movement
- Authors: Chopi men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi tribe of Mozambique , Indigenous Music , Timbila xylophones , Rattles , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15178 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017299 , MOA12-01 , MOA12
- Description: The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi tribe of Portuguese East Africa , The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi tribe of Mozambique by Chopi men, with timbila xylophones, accompanied by rattles , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Music in Soweto
- Authors: Mngoma, Khabi
- Subjects: Khabi Mngoma , Choir , Singing , Johannesburg , Soweto , Western music , Jazz , Pop , Tribal folk music , Meadowlands , Zulu , Men‘s hostels , Mbaqanga , Penny-whistle bands , Weddings , Folk music , Dance , Invention , Radio , Curriculum , Education , Eisteddfodd , Musical training , Church , Father Hardesen , Rand Music Society , Leseding Anglican Mission , South African Salvation Army , Adjudication , Judges , Radio Bantu , Brass band , Route playing , Naledi Hospital , Violin , Cello , Orchestra , Theory of music , Voice , Piano , Bach Cantatta , Four Seasons , Mendelssohn‘s Hymns of Praise , Opera , Verdi‘s Requiem , Charity , Charitable organisations , Hugh Tracey , Study of Man in Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Music , Lecture
- Identifier: vital:15105 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008533 , Reel number: BC161
- Description: A talk by Khabi Mngoma about music in Soweto, given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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Mzeno movement - 'Hi ngabuta na muchizwe'
- Authors: Chopi xylophonists and dancers led by Teno Maposo (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi of Mozambique , Timbila (xylophone) , Rattles , Indigenous folk music , Dance movement , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15180 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017301 , MOA12-03 , MOA12
- Description: The Mgodo orchestral dance of the Chopi tribe of Portuguese East Africa , Mzeno movement by Chopi men, with timbila xylophones, accompanied by rattles , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Ndhlamini
- Authors: Baca men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Baca dance , Stamping , Clapping , No instrumentation , Indigenous folk music , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15189 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017310 , MOA13-01 , MOA13
- Description: Baca dance by Baca men, with stamping and clapping, no instrumentation , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Pojo mtagati
- Authors: Shangaan dancers led by Patela (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Indigenous folk music , Rhythmic stamping , Hand action (open right hand hitting closed fist of the left) , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15185 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017306 , MOA12-08 , MOA12
- Description: First of two dance movements from the Kwaya Mining and Group Singing Dance of the Shangaan , Dance movement of the Shangaan, by Shangaan dancers led by Patela, accompanied by rhythmic stamping and a hand action whereby the open right hand hits a closed fist made with the left , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The evolution of African music and its function in the present day
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: African Music Society , International Library of African Music , Evolution , African music , Styles , Beauty , Instruments , Perishable material , Lithophones , Nigeria , Stones , Bushman paintings , Chopi , Limpopo , Birds , Imitation , Onomatopaeia , Zimbabwe , Bird calls , Long eared owl , Temple , Nile , Egyptian civilization , Sub-Suharan Africa , Stringed instrument , Indonesian theory , Langauge , Mission , Catholic music , Arabs , Swahili , Portuguese , Brazilian , Guitar , Father Andre Fernandes , Missionary , Dove , Nile Basin Theory , Egypt , Slaves , Musicians , Harps , Lyres , Loots , North East , Sub-Saharan Africa , String , Tanganyika , Sea farers , Xylophone , Congo , Participation , Dance music , Repetitive , Rhythmic , Tradition , Relocation , Intergration , Continuity , English music , Afrikaans music , Sarie Marie , Change , Static , Classics , Popular music , Greensleeves , A Bicycle made for Two , Latin singing , Latin chant , Chant , British Empire , Negro Spiritual , Folk songs , Anti-slavery movements , David Livingstone , Musical migrtatiatioh , Hand piano , Zambezi Valley , Nyasaland , Nguni , Kampala , Bands , Chitimkhulu , Bemba , Blindness , Court band , Blinded musician , South Africa , Choral , Forests , Drums , Xylophones , Fighting song , Agriculture , Semi-nomadic , Politicians , Hastings Banda , Fooding and drinking party , European hymns , Ghana , Degree , Complexity , Simplicity , Poly-rhythms , Rural areas , Churches , Competitions , Eisteddfodd , Inferiority , Johannesburg , Drama , King Kong , Jazz importations , Voice , Skill , Instrument makers , Commercialisation , Gramophone , Radio , Creolisation , Modern Jazz , Louisiana , French , Spanish , Genius , Town songs , Country songs , Social climbers , Patriotism , Kwela , Penny-whistle , America , Politics , Pitch , Archive , BP Southern Africa , Evangelists , Indoor music , Mine , Continuation , Notation , Migration , Study of Man in Africa , Mr. Michael Lane
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Lecture , Music
- Identifier: vital:15104 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008532 , Reel number: BC160
- Description: Lecture by Hugh Tracey given for the Institute for the Study of Man in Africa (ISMA) , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Inzumba Step Dance
- Authors: Tswa men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Inzumba step dance of the southern Tswa people , Timbila (xylophone) , Rattles , Drums , Indigenous folk music , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15181 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017302 , MOA12-04 , MOA12
- Description: The Inzumba step dance of the southern Tswa people, by tswa men, with timbila xylophone, accompanied by rattles and drums , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The Isicathulo Gum-boot dance
- Authors: Baca men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: Gum-boot dance , Indigenous folk music , Slapping of Wellington rubber boots with hands , Clapping feet together , Guitar , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15201 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017322 , MOA13
- Description: Gum-boot dance by Baca men with Wellington rubber boots (slapping them with hands and clapping feet together), accompanied by a guitar , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The Many Sides of African Music No. 1
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Tu es Petrus , Nyasaland , Dedza , Nyasa songs , African choir , Tanganyika , Basutoland , Roma Mission Station , Thou art Peter , The first African bishop in Basutoland , Monseigneur Mbatwani , Father Mbatwani , Cecilia , African voices , Fourfold Amen , Vesper , John Murray Duncan , Eria Kayisi , Old English ecclesiastical music , Kampala , Yulele Lungu , Blind man , Kalimba , Bearded snake , Northern Rhodesia , Zambezi valley , Shadow , Irish , Lusaka radio station , The sun , The moon , Saronde , Southern Rhodesia , Gutu Zaka district , The Lundi , Bikita district , Blind musician , Lake Nyasa , Beti Kamanga , Tonga of the chinteche district , The Union , Johannesburg , Bangwe , Sotho girl , Seven stringed zither , Migrated folk , Singing about wonderful heaven , Uganda , Rhodesia
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15069 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008497 , Reel number: BC049
- Description: The Many Sides of African Music No. 1 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Many Sides of African Music No. 2
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
- Subjects: Basutoland , Sothos , Northern Rhodesia , Mines , Luchazi , Kabompo river , Zambesi , Copperbelt , Copper mines , Johannesburg , Nyasaland , Husband , Wife , Mother in law , Gourds , Horns , Malipenga horns , Nyasalande , The Union , Limpopo , Nuanetsi , Lion , Story , Soldiers‘ marching song , Kings‘ African Rifles , Nkondo KaLibya , Battalions , Malaya , Wemba language , Mr. Sharman , Lamant , Libya , Domestic unhappiness , Pestle , Mortar , Congo , Swahili , Jinja , Uganda , Budongo mbira , Northern Congo , Chipendani bow , Mbuiya
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15070 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008498 , Reel number: BC050
- Description: The Many Sides of African Music No. 2 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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The Muchongolo Pipe Dance
- Authors: Pedi men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Muchongolo pipe dance of the Pedi of the Mpumalanga Province , Indigenous Music , Pipes (end-blown single note) , Leg rattles , Bells , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15183 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017304 , MOA12-06 , MOA12
- Description: The Muchongolo pipe dance of the Pedi people, by Pedi men, with pipes (end-blown, single note), accompanied by leg rattles and bell-ringers , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The Mutshongolo Stamping Dance
- Authors: Shangaan men (Performer) , Composer not specified
- Subjects: The Mutshongolo Stamping Dance of the Shangaan , Shield and sticks (struck together) , Indigenous folk music , Witwatersrand Gold Mines , Johannesburg , Transvaal Province (Gauteng Province) , South Africa
- Type: Sound , Music
- Identifier: vital:15184 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017305 , MOA12-07 , MOA12
- Description: The Mutshongolo stamping by Shangaan men, accompanied by the sound made when they strike their sticks against their shields , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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The resilience of African music
- Authors: Tracey, Hugh
- Subjects: Marimba , Malimba , Public opinion , History , Origin of music , Nguni , Swazi , Zulu , Xhosa , Pentatonic modes , Strutting-singing , Johannesburg , Domestic workers , Hymn , Negro spiritual , Praise chants , Poetry , Karanga song , Southern Rhodesia , Sotho , Colonialism , Church of Shembe , Church of Nazareth , Amakholwa , Country dance , Zulu hymns , Ihubo , Regimental song , Praise recitation , Christian dance , Zulu dance , Pilgrimage , Drums , Wailing , Singing , Saxophone , Jazz band , Skokiaan , Happy happy Africa , Nairobi , Modality , Choral music , Arabian music , Egyptian music , Mombasa , Hand piano , Congo , Likembe , Ensemble , Town dance , Leopoldville , Chopi , Xylophone , Portuguese , Shembe , Bulawayo Jazz , Heptatonic , Amen , Swahili , Salve Regina , East Africa , Sixteenth century
- Language: English
- Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
- Identifier: vital:15085 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008513 , Reel number: BC076, BC077
- Description: Broadcast entitled ‘The resilience of African music‘ broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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