List of Titles

Mucungwa

Authors: Tabitha Wairimu , Kikuyu girls , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/368659 , vital:66125 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0256-D6T8
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Muthuu

Authors: Kang' ethe Nduati , Kikuyu boys , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/300004 , vital:57882 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2096-XYZ5542a
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Muthuu

Authors: Kang'ethe Nduati with kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175508 , vital:42587 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-06
Description: Scraps of conversation heard in River Road, Nairobi, when the soilders came back from the war in Burma. Muthuu dance songs for boys and girls with Kiigamba leg rattles (a tin with stones inside).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Mwomboko

Authors: Chinda Kamwana , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiamuthambi f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175572 , vital:42594 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-13
Description: Song to accompany a town dance in which men and women dance together in pairs, after the fashion of Europeans. The accordion is used as a ground which creates a happy noise but has little, if any, melodic or harmonic relationship to the tonality or mode of the voice. Topical song, with accordian and struck iron (-12.16-).
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ndirathire

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175461 , vital:42582 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-01
Description: "I went north where I found Njeri weeping because her love had left her." Story song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ndirathire

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu , Kikuyu boys , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/300022 , vital:57884 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2097-XYZ5543
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ndumo

Authors: Wangari wa Gibson , Kikuyu Girls , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/303446 , vital:58335 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2117-XYZ5550a
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ndumo

Authors: Wangari wa Gibson , Kikuyu girls , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/368689 , vital:66128 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0257-D6T9
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ndumo

Authors: Wangari wa Gibson with kikuyu girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Forest Hall f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175544 , vital:42591 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-10
Description: A girl named after her father's people argues with a girl named after her mother's. Simple school dance song. European insipiration is almost certain in the first item, possibly taken from "There was a farmer who had two sons." Dance song for boys and girls.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ngochu

Authors: Kariuki Karuruna , Kikuyu boys , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/368771 , vital:66137 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0260-D6U2
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ngochu

Authors: Kariuki Karurua , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/303369 , vital:58326 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2111-XYZ5556
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ngochu

Authors: Kariuki, Karurua with kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175499 , vital:42586 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-05
Description: An interesting example of modal (probably 'modern' or 'model') singing. Party song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Nyumba ya mwari witu

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu , Kikuyu boys , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/300031 , vital:57885 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2098-XYZ5544
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Nyumba ya mwari witu

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175526 , vital:42589 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-08
Description: "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows." The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable instead of on the penultimate might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Dance song, Njama for old men.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Nyumba ya mwari witu

Authors: Tabitha Wairimu , Kikuyu Girls , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/303473 , vital:58338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2118-XYZ5549b
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ruimbo rwa ngu

Authors: Rebecca Nyanyega and Kikuyu girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Njeri f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175490 , vital:42585 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-04
Description: A woman whose husband was away complains that she did not want to go out to collect firewood and would not have gone if she had not found the axe lying outside. "In any case, she says, there is no one to meet me at home on my return, only the poles of the hut." Work song, carrying firewood.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Ruimbo rwa ngu

Authors: Rebecca Nyanjega , Kikuyu girls , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/368669 , vital:66126 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , AC0257-D6T10
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Wainaga

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu , Kikuyu boys , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nairobi f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/300040 , vital:57886 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2099-XYZ5545
Description: Indigenous music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Wainaga

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175480 , vital:42584 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-03
Description: This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before the event the people enjoy a great feast of manyu varieties of food and drink after which they sing these songs. Some of the verses are in the form of riddles and others may be both pointed and harsh. Circumcision song for boys and girls.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

Wakaratha

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175470 , vital:42583 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-02
Description: "Archer, let us shoot at each other, then if I kill you, we will sacrifice a ram for you. The meat will be given to the rain-makers, rain will fall, the grass will grow to feed the cattle. The cattle will be used for a wife's dowry and she will make beer for me."
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1950

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Mucungwa

Muthuu

Muthuu

Mwomboko

Ndirathire

Ndirathire

Ndumo

Ndumo

Ndumo

Ngochu

Ngochu

Ngochu

Nyumba ya mwari witu

Nyumba ya mwari witu

Nyumba ya mwari witu

Ruimbo rwa ngu

Ruimbo rwa ngu

Wainaga

Wainaga

Wakaratha