Pasi pali kugona nkhulina
- Yafeti Zimba, Jafeti Zimba, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Yafeti Zimba , Jafeti Zimba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kazimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185222 , vital:44341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-20
- Description: The drinking songs of this area are largely composed of shouting and chanting without intelligable words. "Good people are lying dead under the ground! My wife boil the water for our beer." The two voices cause a celeste between them similar to the sound of over-modulation. Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Yafeti Zimba , Jafeti Zimba , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kazimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185222 , vital:44341 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-20
- Description: The drinking songs of this area are largely composed of shouting and chanting without intelligable words. "Good people are lying dead under the ground! My wife boil the water for our beer." The two voices cause a celeste between them similar to the sound of over-modulation. Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Dale wanga ghamunyenga maSotho
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184626 , vital:44242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-07
- Description: "My darling boy has married a Sotho girl on account of her money. When we go to Johannesburg by the W.N.L.A. (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association - a large recruiting concern form mine labourers). We all talk "aha-aha!" all the time (exclamation of surprise). No less than 8,000 men from this district have left permanently in the past few years, and married foreign women in South Africa of the Rhodesias, according to the local authorities. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184626 , vital:44242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-07
- Description: "My darling boy has married a Sotho girl on account of her money. When we go to Johannesburg by the W.N.L.A. (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association - a large recruiting concern form mine labourers). We all talk "aha-aha!" all the time (exclamation of surprise). No less than 8,000 men from this district have left permanently in the past few years, and married foreign women in South Africa of the Rhodesias, according to the local authorities. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ife totumika (We have been invited)
- Four Tumbuka women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Four Tumbuka women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156243 , vital:39966 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-05
- Description: "We have been invited by Chief Mabuli." To have been invited to a party by a chief appears to have been honour enough to warrant a song. Pendeka is a smart hat worn on the side of the head, very chic, and no doubt set the tone of the wedding party. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Four Tumbuka women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Zomba, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156243 , vital:39966 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-05
- Description: "We have been invited by Chief Mabuli." To have been invited to a party by a chief appears to have been honour enough to warrant a song. Pendeka is a smart hat worn on the side of the head, very chic, and no doubt set the tone of the wedding party. Wedding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Waba waplumu (They have stolen the cassava)
- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156234 , vital:39965 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-04
- Description: This is a story about some young lads who were sleeping in an open place down by the lake. The people of the village were complaining that these boys were stealing their goods at night, their soaked cassava, their firewood and ground nuts, in fact everything was blamed upon them. They tried to explain it away, not in a manner altogether satisfactory to the villagers. Story song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156234 , vital:39965 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-04
- Description: This is a story about some young lads who were sleeping in an open place down by the lake. The people of the village were complaining that these boys were stealing their goods at night, their soaked cassava, their firewood and ground nuts, in fact everything was blamed upon them. They tried to explain it away, not in a manner altogether satisfactory to the villagers. Story song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Timbenge tingaruwa (Let us sing lest we forget)
- Authors: E. A. Nkuzana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156262 , vital:39969 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-07
- Description: "Let us sing lest we forget, we have deserted our country. Let us all remember. Let us sing lest we forget, mother. Remember our mother and father. Let us no longer stay here in Bulawayo." (Kuchona). In this foreign land (Bulawayo) the singer thinks of his home and longs to be back with his own people. Self delectative song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: E. A. Nkuzana , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dowa, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156262 , vital:39969 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-07
- Description: "Let us sing lest we forget, we have deserted our country. Let us all remember. Let us sing lest we forget, mother. Remember our mother and father. Let us no longer stay here in Bulawayo." (Kuchona). In this foreign land (Bulawayo) the singer thinks of his home and longs to be back with his own people. Self delectative song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Wanganya welaninge
- Gondwe, E. M., Henga men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Gondwe, E. M. , Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185123 , vital:44330 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-09
- Description: "My friends, come, Nyasaland is now spoiled, women are very unfaithful." Morality songs are often couched in musical terms learnt at the missions, and are based upon generalisations of hymn tunes. Morality song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Gondwe, E. M. , Henga men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185123 , vital:44330 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-09
- Description: "My friends, come, Nyasaland is now spoiled, women are very unfaithful." Morality songs are often couched in musical terms learnt at the missions, and are based upon generalisations of hymn tunes. Morality song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
A buthu wa cimbira
- Nancy Luhoma, Mwenela Kaunda, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nancy Luhoma , Mwenela Kaunda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185204 , vital:44339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-18
- Description: "The girls have run away." Buthu refers to girls living at a boarding school. Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nancy Luhoma , Mwenela Kaunda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185204 , vital:44339 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-18
- Description: "The girls have run away." Buthu refers to girls living at a boarding school. Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kamukando (The small spear)
- Authors: 8 Tumbuka boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Henga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tumbuka/Henga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156318 , vital:39976 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-13
- Description: "The small spear de-de (is broken). The small spear 'Mazira'. Mother is calling de-de, the smal spear Mazira." There would appear to be a double meaning behind the simple songs of which, no doubt, the young singers were innocent. Drinking son with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: 8 Tumbuka boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Henga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tumbuka/Henga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156318 , vital:39976 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-13
- Description: "The small spear de-de (is broken). The small spear 'Mazira'. Mother is calling de-de, the smal spear Mazira." There would appear to be a double meaning behind the simple songs of which, no doubt, the young singers were innocent. Drinking son with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
A Mdoka (Mdoka and the bee sting)
- R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156225 , vital:39964 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-03
- Description: Some young men came to see the chief who asked each in turn how their homes were. They said they were all alright except for Mdoka who had been stung by a bee on his lips. This gave rise to a song about his misfortune. The others also told the chief their stories including one about the fish they were catching and he sang a canoe song "Kanye Kanye madoda, Kanye kanye haiye." 'A' before a name is the local honorific equivalent of Mister. Story song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: R. W. Katenga-Kaunda and 3 Tonga lads , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Tumbuka (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chinteche District f-rh
- Language: Tonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156225 , vital:39964 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-03
- Description: Some young men came to see the chief who asked each in turn how their homes were. They said they were all alright except for Mdoka who had been stung by a bee on his lips. This gave rise to a song about his misfortune. The others also told the chief their stories including one about the fish they were catching and he sang a canoe song "Kanye Kanye madoda, Kanye kanye haiye." 'A' before a name is the local honorific equivalent of Mister. Story song with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Meri wandinyenga
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184821 , vital:44275 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-02
- Description: "We long for our homes. We should call ours homes 'Towns'. Mary has deceived me." The attraction of the towns is decimating the male population of Tongaland. The singer makes a plea for the claim of their village homes in the face of foreign attractions. He is blind and he hoped Mary would have married him, but she could not bring herself to do so. Nostaligic song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Musical instruments , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja , Tonga (Nyasa)
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184821 , vital:44275 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR187-02
- Description: "We long for our homes. We should call ours homes 'Towns'. Mary has deceived me." The attraction of the towns is decimating the male population of Tongaland. The singer makes a plea for the claim of their village homes in the face of foreign attractions. He is blind and he hoped Mary would have married him, but she could not bring herself to do so. Nostaligic song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mande mpa khomo
- Shawa, Govati, Chewa women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Shawa , Govati , Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186480 , vital:44503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-07
- Description: "When I die, dig my grave before my door as I do not wish to be buried with all the others." A song for singing on the way home after a drinking party. The two leading singers sing as if they were having a friendly argument pointing at each other and generally helping each other along. The custom of burying a person near his own door or beside his own hut is also found in the Zamgesi River Valley among the Tonga. Drinking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Shawa , Govati , Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186480 , vital:44503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-07
- Description: "When I die, dig my grave before my door as I do not wish to be buried with all the others." A song for singing on the way home after a drinking party. The two leading singers sing as if they were having a friendly argument pointing at each other and generally helping each other along. The custom of burying a person near his own door or beside his own hut is also found in the Zamgesi River Valley among the Tonga. Drinking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ndarira (I cry)
- Dawusi Chirongo, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Dawusi Chirongo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Sena , Tumbuka (African people) , Sena (African people) , Nyungwe (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Pondola, Furancengo f-mz
- Language: Sena , Nyungwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156454 , vital:40004 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR091-04
- Description: The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning of the instrument:- 440, 408, 368, 328, 276, 220. Self delectative song with Kalimiba Mbira with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: Dawusi Chirongo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Sena , Tumbuka (African people) , Sena (African people) , Nyungwe (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Pondola, Furancengo f-mz
- Language: Sena , Nyungwe
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156454 , vital:40004 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR091-04
- Description: The player was a man about 55 years. His father taught him to play the instrument as a child. Tuning of the instrument:- 440, 408, 368, 328, 276, 220. Self delectative song with Kalimiba Mbira with external resonator.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Kanthu pa Ingalandi
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184588 , vital:44238 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-03
- Description: He recalls the 1939-45 war when many thousands of Italian prisoners of war were taken. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wagona muntowa
- Gindiloni Ngoma, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Gindiloni Ngoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185231 , vital:44355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-01
- Description: The Ugubu was a popular instrument with the Zulu of Natal several generations ago but few are now left in Natal. With the exception of one or two minor details this instrument is in the same as that of the Zulu. The chief modification is the use of a straining bridge to increase the tension of the bark string. This bow was made of a length of Tete reed 5 ft. 2 1/4 inches long and about 1 1/4 ins. diameter, and had an unusual method of straining the single string. There was a small bridge inserted between the reed and the string near the lower end and the resonating gourd was attached by means of a wore which also acted as a moveable tuning device dividing the string into two segments. The top segment was 3 ft. 10 ins. long and emitted a note of 71 vs. (81 vs. when stopped by clasping between the finger and thumb). The lower segment was not used. The interval between the two notes used is 220 cents. Self delectative song with Ugubu, musical bow, stressed and resonated
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Gindiloni Ngoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185231 , vital:44355 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-01
- Description: The Ugubu was a popular instrument with the Zulu of Natal several generations ago but few are now left in Natal. With the exception of one or two minor details this instrument is in the same as that of the Zulu. The chief modification is the use of a straining bridge to increase the tension of the bark string. This bow was made of a length of Tete reed 5 ft. 2 1/4 inches long and about 1 1/4 ins. diameter, and had an unusual method of straining the single string. There was a small bridge inserted between the reed and the string near the lower end and the resonating gourd was attached by means of a wore which also acted as a moveable tuning device dividing the string into two segments. The top segment was 3 ft. 10 ins. long and emitted a note of 71 vs. (81 vs. when stopped by clasping between the finger and thumb). The lower segment was not used. The interval between the two notes used is 220 cents. Self delectative song with Ugubu, musical bow, stressed and resonated
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Para vilipo (If there is anything left)
- Authors: 8 Tumbuka boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Henga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tumbuka/Henga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156309 , vital:39975 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-12
- Description: "If there is any left at all, give to a stranger." A drinking song with a genuine ring. What hope had the stranger, an outsider of getting a share. Drinking son with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
- Authors: 8 Tumbuka boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Henga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Mzimba District f-rh
- Language: Tumbuka/Henga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156309 , vital:39975 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR090-12
- Description: "If there is any left at all, give to a stranger." A drinking song with a genuine ring. What hope had the stranger, an outsider of getting a share. Drinking son with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
A pongozi mbanonoko
- Nancy Luhoma, Mwenela Kaunda, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Nancy Luhoma , Mwenela Kaunda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185190 , vital:44338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-17
- Description: In the this song one of the girls pounding became quite breathless with the effort and she could hardly sing the response. "My husband's people are difficult." Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Nancy Luhoma , Mwenela Kaunda , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185190 , vital:44338 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-17
- Description: In the this song one of the girls pounding became quite breathless with the effort and she could hardly sing the response. "My husband's people are difficult." Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ndalame ndi satana
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184615 , vital:44241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-06
- Description: "Young men go to Johannesburg to look for money, Money is the devil! Even Jesus was sold for thirty shillings." Money, even on the beautiful shores of Lake Nyasa, is still 'the root of all evil.' 'Chuma' or 'ndalama' is money. 'Chuma chatimara' - money spoils us. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184615 , vital:44241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-06
- Description: "Young men go to Johannesburg to look for money, Money is the devil! Even Jesus was sold for thirty shillings." Money, even on the beautiful shores of Lake Nyasa, is still 'the root of all evil.' 'Chuma' or 'ndalama' is money. 'Chuma chatimara' - money spoils us. Topical song, with Bangwe Raft Zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kamsingi kaya
- Joel Jere, Ngoni men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Joel Jere , Ngoni men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Nkata Bay f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185059 , vital:44322 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-02
- Description: This game is played with the logs in the same postion but a dancer stands over the centre log and dances, alternate feet banging the centre log down while the others hold it up at either end. This kind of singing game, they say has been done for twenty years or more. Singing game for children, with sticks beaten on the ground
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Joel Jere , Ngoni men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Nkata Bay f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185059 , vital:44322 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-02
- Description: This game is played with the logs in the same postion but a dancer stands over the centre log and dances, alternate feet banging the centre log down while the others hold it up at either end. This kind of singing game, they say has been done for twenty years or more. Singing game for children, with sticks beaten on the ground
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Title 1. Skekelele Canthemwa, Title 2. Zamuone magege
- School children at Mwase Central School, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: School children at Mwase Central School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186547 , vital:44510 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-12
- Description: a. "We are glad to see our Chief, who has come to collect taxes." It is clear the song is sung by the children and not by the tax payers. b. "Come and see the stones." This song usually accompanies a singing game done with stones which are passed on from child to child in the circle. The leader started this song before the first had finished. The style of singing in both these songs originated from the school rather than the villages. Two Walking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: School children at Mwase Central School , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Chewa , Chewa (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka , Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186547 , vital:44510 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR191-12
- Description: a. "We are glad to see our Chief, who has come to collect taxes." It is clear the song is sung by the children and not by the tax payers. b. "Come and see the stones." This song usually accompanies a singing game done with stones which are passed on from child to child in the circle. The leader started this song before the first had finished. The style of singing in both these songs originated from the school rather than the villages. Two Walking song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mai fulendi kemu
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184570 , vital:44236 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-01
- Description: This singer is blind and is well known for his songs all over the district. In spite of his blindness he makes his own Bangwe zither himself. He was born in 1902 and after the age of 5 was blind. He is now 48 years old (1950). The words and the title of this song are intended to be in English but are hardly recognisable as such. His zither was made of 8 papyrus stalks firmly tied together in a raft, with a gourd resonator into which the far end of the zither is placed. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Beti Kamanga , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Songs, Tonga (Nyasa) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Chinteche f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/184570 , vital:44236 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR186-01
- Description: This singer is blind and is well known for his songs all over the district. In spite of his blindness he makes his own Bangwe zither himself. He was born in 1902 and after the age of 5 was blind. He is now 48 years old (1950). The words and the title of this song are intended to be in English but are hardly recognisable as such. His zither was made of 8 papyrus stalks firmly tied together in a raft, with a gourd resonator into which the far end of the zither is placed. Topical song with Bangwe raft zither, 7 strings
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950