Bengiyo shela
- Authors: Group of 8 young Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153042 , vital:39376 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR073-13
- Description: The singers, who were sitting on the ground, all bent their heads on their folded arms while singing this song. It is the first opening movement of this dance before actully dancing. The dance itself is a variation of the Ndlamu stamping dance found all through Zululand and as far south as Thabankulu in the Transkei. "Bengiyo shela. Bengiyo shela ka lo bamba. Ngiyoshele malangena." Youn men's dance. Isibacha.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Nkulunkulu waba fundisa
- Authors: Siswati church music workshop participants , Donancia, Sister , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/400874 , vital:69671 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC097b-06
- Description: Siswati church music workshop performance, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Babe lidzela nyoni = Father neglects the bird
- Authors: Masitsela with 2 boys and 3 girls , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Mbabane sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/406618 , vital:70291 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC106a-10
- Description: A wedding song sung by the bride's party.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Title not specified
- Authors: Siswati choral group , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/408002 , vital:70438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC108b-06
- Description: Composition workshop session, with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Ngoneni ngoneni bakithi (What have I done in Mataffin?)
- Authors: Roselina Ndohle and Juana Nkosi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa South Africa Mataffin, Nelspruit, Transvaal f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152872 , vital:39351 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-14
- Description: This attractive and delightfull little melody may well form the motif of some future Swazi composition of much larger proportion. The two elderly Swati women who san it were friends and little knew how excellent was their rustic melody. Self delectative song with Makweyana bow.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Indlaliso (Games)
- Authors: Swazi men of the "Lindimbi" age group. , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152509 , vital:39303 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR070-01
- Description: The singers belonged to the Lindimbi group or regiment. The chant is one of these performed in their barracks when dancing is over. It seems each regiment has many such chants. They accompany the military exercises or drill by which the young men used to keep themselves in fighting trim. The chant with its frequent changes of rhythms which mark the change to a different movement. This performance was very well done. The men were all between the ages of 18 and 30, and belonged to the age group Lindimbi. They perform a number of movements, leaping forward and backward, tuning into file, marching around in a circle and many other actions. It is a most attractive dance drill. ENTONJENI is the old royal kraal. The hill nearby is still used as a burial ground for some members of the royal lineage. Tiga chant to accompany military games or drill.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Ah la la Mama
- Authors: Performer not specified , composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: Date not specified
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Swaziland city not specified f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396552 , vital:69194 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM03-09-NIF1N8
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: Date not specified
Nkosi siphe impilo enhle
- Authors: Siswati church music workshop participants , Baladesi, Jemma, CPS , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404301 , vital:70052 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC101-06
- Description: Siswati church music workshop performance, accompanied by the drum and rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Inkonjana emnyama (Black swallow)
- Authors: Obed Mazia, Jameson Hlope and Wilton Macabo , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Eswatini Usutu Forest, Mbabane f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152769 , vital:39340 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR072-05
- Description: Dance with 2 penny whistles and guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Babe uNkulunkulu
- Authors: Siswati church music workshop participants , Ngomozulu, Steven T. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/401654 , vital:69759 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC099a-04
- Description: Siswati church music workshop performance, accompanied by the drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Luthando lwa Nkulunkulu lukulu
- Authors: Siswati church music workshop participants , Ngomazulu, Steven T. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/400934 , vital:69677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC097b-11
- Description: Siswati church music workshop performance, unaccompanied. Kyrie.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Nakhona Singanga Giba
- Authors: Group of young Swazi men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-03-26
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Lobamba f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/248528 , vital:51695 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT558-M10 , Research no. M2B6b
- Description: A song for walking all young men do when loping from one village to another.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-03-26
Sandla makhelwane wako
- Authors: Siswati church music workshop participants , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/402335 , vital:69842 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC100b-01
- Description: Siswati hymn, adapted from Xhosa original composition and accompanied by the drum. Antiphon from the Langa Xhosa Workshop 1979.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Ngiyalobola litye ziyawela
- Authors: Shongwe, Ndhlaze , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-02
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Nelspruit f-sa
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250274 , vital:51955 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT575-M27 , Research no. M2I9
- Description: A topical song accompanied by drum.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-02
Nkosi sihaukele
- Authors: Siswati church music workshop participants , Kolisi, D. M. , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/404652 , vital:70093 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC102b-03
- Description: Catholic hymn adapted into Siswati, with the drum accompaniment. Kyrie.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Alleluia
- Authors: Manzini church congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/420823 , vital:71783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC157a-10
- Description: Hymn from the Missa Zimbabwe adapted into Swati, accompanied by the drum. Exit hymn
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980
Okandaba nyashisa
- Authors: Group of young unmarried Swazi girls , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-03-30
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Entonjeni f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/249675 , vital:51852 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT566-M18 , Research no. M2F3
- Description: A walking song that is used to make time pass quickly.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-03-30
Thanda makelwane wakho
- Authors: Manzini church congregation , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1979
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/420828 , vital:71784 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC157a-11
- Description: Langa workshop participants
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979
Ufuno musebeti
- Authors: Hlope, Efraim , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1958-04-01
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Havelock f-sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/250105 , vital:51934 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT573-M25 , Research no. M2H10
- Description: A humourous sketch of a boy who is looking for work and who is bullied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-04-01
Title not specified
- Authors: Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Dargie, Dave
- Date: 1980
- Subjects: Folk music , Sacred music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Eswatini Manzini sq
- Language: Swati
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/405094 , vital:70139 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Dave Dargie Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , DDC104a-03
- Description: Traditional Siswati song, accompanied by the whistle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1980