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Akapunda (The conqueror)

  • Authors: Group of 16 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137382 , vital:37518 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-09
  • Description: The leader is Joni Phiri. "Haye Mwazadi mwanozga." "You have done well to come." The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill where it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the mirliton buzzers so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the bases. 4 Movements of the Malipenga dance, the first 2 with Chandi and Muganda drums, with 12 singing horns (calabash), 1 bass drum laced, cylindrical with 2 beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Aminoiye

  • Authors: Mushipi Mukuma , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Luhakano f-ao
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137186 , vital:37496 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-09
  • Description: Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Africa. The mbira or Likembe accompaniment of the second is interesting for its cross rhythm. The scale of the instrument is hexatonic in the lower part of the scale but may well be heptatonic if one extra note in the upper octave is taken in to account. Scale of instrument as follows:- 672, 592, 544, 488, 416, 376, 336, 312, 268, 244. Self-delectative song with Muchapata Likembe Mbira box and mirliton
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Ani siboni nimakuba (My great friend)

  • Authors: Iron Khoma , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137303 , vital:37508 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0037-02
  • Description: "Marry me, my dear friend. At our home is Nyasaland, the sand is white as cement. If you go to Lusaka you will find there Aleck Nkhata, the Tonga who comes from Nyasaland, of the same line as myself. Self-delectative nostalgic song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings, lowest not used.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Anyangwila yanga pano-kwawo (My Anyangwila is going to her mother)

Ayaya wo- mami- yami- e

  • Authors: Three Chokwe men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Sandoa f-cg
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137047 , vital:37482 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-03
  • Description: The drums are introduced one after the other, the third drum being heavily weighted and having a distinct buzzing tone, takes the main syncopation. The voices are introduced a full minute after the drums have set the rhythm. Chisira initiation dance with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned, weighted, hand beaten.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Chani zangaria (I want to be married)

  • Authors: Iron Khoma , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137294 , vital:37507 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0037-01
  • Description: "I want to have a wife. My friends, I want to be married. The fact that I have little hair on my head makes no difference. I have been singing songs with you for a long time. I have been singing songs with Tajiri and Jacobe. At our homes, over there, we have sung songs." Self-delectative nostalgic song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings, lowest not used.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

E mama pilumuna mbundayobe (Turn round, Mama, or face me so that we can dance together

  • Authors: Group of 6 Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Folk music , Folk dance music--Angola , Africa Angola Dilolo f-ao
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137274 , vital:37505 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-13
  • Description: The leader of this group of singers had a remarkable face, deeply chiselled features which gave him a stricking masklike appearence - in fact, a face which made it possible to appreciate the veracity of the art of mask-carving in their home region, surrounding the head waters of both the Zambezi and the Kasai rivers. Kukina and Wangoma dance song.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Elesani banyanja kandhu ka doromo (Look at the Nyanja! There is something coming)

  • Authors: Group of 14 Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137429 , vital:37523 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-13
  • Description: The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill which it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the military band have been substituted by singing horns- with mirliton buzzers- so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the basses. 2nd and 3rd Movement of the Malipenga dance with bass drum (mine type), pegged, closed, wooden beaters and 1 small cylindrical drum, pegged, closed and wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kamusombo wayaya (The tree)

  • Authors: Group of 6 Luvale men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Folk music , Folk dance music--Angola , Africa Angola Dilolo f-ao
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137286 , vital:37506 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-14
  • Description: "There was a certain a certain woman sitting under a tree who said that ever if her husband chased her away she could still take shelter beneath the tree." It looks as if the woman had the better of the affair in the end. The style of singing, so typically Luvale, appears to be most casual and impromptu were it not for the clear understanding between the performers. Kukina and Wangoma dance song
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kamuteketi, Kamuteketi, chalu chinu cha ulendo (I came here as a stranger)

  • Authors: Iron Khoma , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137312 , vital:37509 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0037-03
  • Description: "At our place at home, you will find Beti Kamanga, the son of Balidi. I will stay here till night and sleep until morning. My head is coming through my hair. My father and mother are both dead and I am very poor. Jesus called Moses to leave his fishing and come to Him, on Lake Nyasa." Self-delectative nostalgic song with Bangwe board zither with 7 strings, lowest not used.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kividu Kumuzi (At our home)

  • Authors: Group of 16 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137387 , vital:37519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-10
  • Description: The leader is Joni Phiri. "Haye Mwazadi mwanozga." "You have done well to come." The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill where it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the mirliton buzzers so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the bases. 4 Movements of the Malipenga dance, the first 2 with Chandi and Muganda drums, with 12 singing horns (calabash), 1 bass drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Muganda we Chitonga Banda (The drum of the Tonga Banda)

  • Authors: Group of 16 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137369 , vital:37517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-08
  • Description: The leader is Joni Phiri. "Haye Mwazadi mwanozga." "You have done well to come." The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill where it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the mirliton buzzers so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the bases. 4 Movements of the Malipenga dance, the first 2 with Chandi and Muganda drums, with 12 singing horns (calabash), 1 bass drum laced, cylindrical with 2 beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mungore

  • Authors: Group of 14 Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137421 , vital:37522 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-12
  • Description: The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill which it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the military band have been substituted by singing horns- with mirliton buzzers- so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the basses. 2nd and 3rd Movement of the Malipenga dance with bass drum (mine type), pegged, closed, wooden beaters and 1 small cylindrical drum, pegged, closed and wooden beaters.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Musafu sumu (Bible hymn)

  • Authors: Group of 16 Tonga men and boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137402 , vital:37520 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-11
  • Description: The leader is Joni Phiri. "Haye Mwazadi mwanozga." "You have done well to come." The Malipenga dance of the Tonga and other tribes of north central Nyasaland was originated, they say, in military drill where it imitates. With African genius for converting what is normally a drudgery into a game, these Tonga made barrack square drilling into a form of enjoyable dance, with opportunities for all to shine in the grace of their movements. The instruments of the mirliton buzzers so that anyone who can sing a Tonga tune can equally well participate in the Malipenga band. Short gourds or horns are used for the higher pitched voices and longer for the bases. 4 Movements of the Malipenga dance, the first 2 with Chandi and Muganda drums, with 12 singing horns (calabash), 1 bass drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mwayishe mbungeya mwema

  • Authors: Mushipi Mukuma , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Chokwe (African people) , Folk music , Angola , Congo (Democratic Republic) , Africa Angola Luhakano f-ao
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137170 , vital:37495 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-08
  • Description: Simple song in typical Luvale style of a kind which must have been sung for centuries throughhout Africa. The mbira or Likembe accompaniment of the second is interesting for its cross rhythm. The scale of the instrument is hexatonic in the lower part of the scale but may well be heptatonic if one extra note in the upper octave is taken in to account. Scale of instrument as follows:- 672, 592, 544, 488, 416, 376, 336, 312, 268, 244. Self-delectative song with Muchapata Likembe Mbira box and mirliton
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Mwilu mwatuluka womama yami-e!

O Mama Lina, kuvimba mwaro (Mama Lina, let's sing)

Palileni wanjiwa (Tell the people)

Pikifoti Chilwa (Name)

  • Authors: Pikifoti Chilwa and Tonga men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Tumbuka , Malawi , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137345 , vital:37513 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR037-06
  • Description: It appears to be common practice among these Nyasaland Tonga to sing about themselves and their friends and especially and their friends and especially those who are sufficiently gifted musically to compose new melodies and new words for them. Topical song
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Samukonga lunga lyambala lya Meli (Samukonga is the husband of Mary)

  • Authors: Group of 7 Luvale women and 12 men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Luvale (African people) , Folk music , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Africa Zimbabwe Chavuma f-rh
  • Language: Luvale/Chokwe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/137239 , vital:37503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR036-11
  • Description: This song with long opening recitative by the leader and the repeated use of the word "Mama", make it an unmistakable example of Luvale singing. The percussive accompaniment is interesting for its complexity and the fact that it seems to bear small direct relationship to the melody produced by the voices but appears to act as a rhythmic and complex background for the singers. Gachacha dance song with struck bottle, 2 pieces of metal and 1 small bell. (bicycle).
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  • Date Issued: 1957
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