Nabaniyana
- Authors: Chambale, Nkosini , Shangaan men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Lourenco Marques f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197753 , vital:45905 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-007 , Research no. CF1
- Description: Indigenous folk song for the kwaya dance, with unaccompanied singing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-27
Tshikona
- Authors: Eleven Venda men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Sibasa f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187674 , vital:44685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-01
- Description: The drum was beaten by two men, each with one wooden beater. Each player holds one end-blown pipe and adds his single note to the ensemble as with bell ringers. They dance around the drums in an anti-clockwise circle, performing steps in unison changing the routine with different with different movements of the dance. Scale:- 632, 520, 488, 432, 380, 348, 316, 280, 248, 228, 216. Instrumental tune, pipe ensemble, heptatonic with Chikona pipe ensemble and 1 single-headed, pegged drums, closed with two wooden beaters (-14.02103-)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Vuka sithandaze
- Authors: Group of Shaangan men and women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Nelspruit f-sa
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250540 , vital:52010 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT576-M28 , Research no. M2I12
- Description: A mutshongolo dance song for men and women accompanied by drums and hand clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-02
Hikwela shitimela niya Joni
- Authors: Group of young Shangaan men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Nelspruit f-sa
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250196 , vital:51945 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT574-M26 , Research no. M2I3
- Description: A mutshongolo dance song for young men accompanied by a small double bass drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-02
Ungafambi undzisiya katanga
- Authors: Group of young Shangaan men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Nelspruit f-sa
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250210 , vital:51947 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT574-M26 , Research no. M2I4
- Description: A mutshongolo dance song for young men accompanied by a small double bass drum and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-02
Mawulawula
- Authors: Kora, Chipenyani , Shangaan men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Lourenco Marques f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197786 , vital:45909 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-007 , Research no. CF3
- Description: Indigenous folk love song with unaccompanied singing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-27
Anzi lavi
- Authors: Kora, Chipenyani , Shangaan men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Lourenco Marques f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197766 , vital:45907 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-007 , Research no. CF2
- Description: Indigenous folk love song with unaccompanied singing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-27
Hambo nto yini
- Authors: Koza, Mpepo , Shangaan girls , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tzaneen f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187808 , vital:44699 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-11
- Description: Country work songs are usually plentiful all over Africa but few places have songs specifically associated with the picking of oranges. The Tzaneen district of the Transvaal has a great number of citrus orchards which call for casual labour at harvest time and no doubt this song has come to be associated with this season, May, June and July, when the southern hemisphere citrus crop ripens. Work song (collecting oranges)
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963
Hina shirilo, ka Matebula
- Authors: Koza, Mpipo , 9 Shangaan girls , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tzaneen f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187894 , vital:44707 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-14
- Description: The belief in magic and in the alleged power of one person to cause harm to another is growing, they said, in their district. The possibility of assaulting even the chief is not ruled out, although they explained he was a sufficiently strong personality to resist magical force. "We lament at Matebula. The wizard kills even chiefs. Chief Fofoza they would kill for no reason. Lament
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963
Arale Ka Viega
- Authors: Mafilori, Isabela , Young Shangaan girls , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Bilene Macia f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197124 , vital:45841 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-004 , Research no. CG2b
- Description: Indigenous folk song of the chikhalawahlana dance, with unaccompanied singing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-28
Achimati Cha Boana
- Authors: Mafilori, Isabela , Young Shangaan girls , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Bilene Macia f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197141 , vital:45842 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-004 , Research no. CG3b
- Description: Indigenous folk song of the chikhalawahlana dance, with singing accompanied by handclapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-28
Mamane Wa Bebe
- Authors: Mafilori, Isabela , Young Shangaan girls , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-28
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Bilene Macia f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197156 , vital:45845 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-004 , Research no. CG4
- Description: Indigenous work folk song with unaccampanied singing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-28
Hola, hola wambilo
- Authors: Makanana, Daine Mutombeni , Koza, Mpepo , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tzaneen f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187790 , vital:44697 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-09
- Description: "Be still, my heart. Be still, free from anger. Pain, from the gossip of others, pain." Love song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963
Ha-a, twanana
- Authors: Makanana, Daine Mutombeni , Shangaan women , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1963
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Venda (African people) , Tsonga (African people) , Folk songs, Tsonga , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tzaneen f-sa
- Language: Venda , Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/187781 , vital:44696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR193-08
- Description: The name of this singer Makanana means 'Jump for joy'. These Shangan or Tsonga people of the Transvaal are related to the Shangaans of Mozambique many of them having come up onto the highlands during the war of pacification between Gungunyana and the Portuguese at the turn of the century. "When we were still in love, in Johannesburg, it was fine." Love song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963
Nawalata
- Authors: Makuwana, Dakeni , Shangaan women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-25
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Bilene Macia f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197358 , vital:45866 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-004 , Research no. CH3
- Description: Indigenous women's folk song with singing and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-25
Hamba Tsotsi
- Authors: Makuwana, Dakeni , Shangaan women , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-29
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Bilene Macia f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197231 , vital:45852 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-004 , Research no. CH2
- Description: Indigenous folk song for the Masese woman's dance, with singing and clapping, accompanied by drumming.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-29
Matanza yamwangonyama
- Authors: Matosi, Fusi , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh , Shangaan men, women and children
- Date: 1949-05-30
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Cabo Mukoki, Macia District f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197664 , vital:45895 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-006 , Research no. C17
- Description: Indigenous folk story song with unaccompanied singing, introduced by chanting.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-30
Mwalopfanye
- Authors: Matosi, Muzini , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-30
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Cabo Mukoki, Macia District f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197450 , vital:45877 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-006 , Research no. CI6
- Description: Indigenous folk story song with unaccompanied singing, introduced by chanting.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-30
Muwuti wantombi
- Authors: Matosi, Pedro , Shangaan men, women and children , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-30
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique Cabo Mukoki, Macia District f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/197687 , vital:45898 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-006 , Research no. C18
- Description: Indigenous folk song with unaccompanied singing and spoken verse, introduced by chanting.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-30
Verijina chambane
- Authors: Mavunya, Mphahla , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1949-05-27
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Tonga (Mozambique people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Mozambique City not specified f-rh
- Language: Tsonga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/196614 , vital:45785 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT-003 , Research no. CF10
- Description: Indigenous folk love song with chizambe friction bow, singing and rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1949-05-27