Kakonko (The small rough "knot" that spoils good work)
- Authors: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135143 , vital:37241 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-09
- Description: He goes on to say: "If your mother has no wisdom, how can you have wisdom?" " I married a beautiful woman, but I left her for she was diseased."If a small imperfection spoils an otherwise good work, they call the obstruction a "knot", as in a string. Topical song with guitar and bottle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Tikonkote
- Authors: Sashi and group of Lumbo men , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238097 , vital:50584 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT475-L96 , Research no. L2N11
- Description: Unaccompanied topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-07
Wenela
- Authors: Mwayulukula , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Safwa (African people)--Music , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde , Safwa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151866 , vital:39181 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-06
- Description: The singer was Safwa from Mbeya district of Southern Tanganyika. The tune "Wenela" is sung, they say, when going to join up with the Witswatersrand Native Labour Association organization to work on the mines of South Africa and elsewhere. Self-delectative song with Pango board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Abayashi bonse bati bwela
- Authors: Cabala, Jackson , 3 Bemba boys , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238891 , vital:50670 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT476-L97 , Research no. L2O6
- Description: Town dance song and jive with guitar accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Pa kufwa bata nali mwaice
- Authors: Mofya, Kona , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Lala-Bisa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238152 , vital:50591 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT475-L96 , Research no. L2N13
- Description: Personal lament with Kankowele fan-shaped mbira with external resonator accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-07
Kayuni
- Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , Group of 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237993 , vital:50575 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT474-L95 , Research no. L2N8
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-07
Pano pano tabikana mutima
- Authors: Chigwamba, Smart , Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239849 , vital:50772 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT480-L101 , Research no. L2O22
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Kanakazi kayaya mbebeweta pamu-lomo
- Authors: Chigwamba, Smart , Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239865 , vital:50774 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT480-L101 , Research no. L2O23
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Fwanda-fwanda dance rhythm
- Authors: Lala men and women dancers , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Lala-Bisa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239022 , vital:50684 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O13
- Description: Drum rhythm with 3 conical drums and 1 stick, whistles and rattle accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Owe mbale kwa Lyoto (I am going to Lyoto)
- Authors: Mwayulukula , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Nyakyusa (African people)--Music , Safwa (African people)--Music , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde , Safwa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151875 , vital:39182 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR066-07
- Description: The singer was Safwa from Mbeya district of Southern Tanganyika. The tune "Wenela" is sung, they say, when going to join up with the Witswatersrand Native Labour Association organization to work on the mines of South Africa and elsewhere. Self-delectative song with Pango board zither.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Owe mbale kwa Lyoto
- Authors: Mwayulukula , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238782 , vital:50658 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT476-L97 , Research no. L2O3b
- Description: Self delectative song with Pango board zither accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Kulangula-ka
- Authors: Kiposho , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238812 , vital:50661 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT476-L97 , Research no. L2O4a
- Description: Unaccompanied historic song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Mwabawoli bani
- Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239892 , vital:50777 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT480-L101 , Research no. L2O25
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
We mukashi Namulenga nshakupile kuwama
- Authors: Cileshe, Edmond , His wife , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/237962 , vital:50573 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT474-L95 , Research no. L2N7
- Description: Nfukutu dance song with Mumamba mbira bell accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-07
Wen mama wanga (My mother)
- Authors: Jackson Cabala and 3 Bemba boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia) , Folk songs, Bemba , Topical songs , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: bemba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135161 , vital:37243 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0023-11
- Description: The words of the song are a mixture of Bemba and Nyanja. "Mother, mother, my heart troubles me, when I don't see you." Town dance song and jives with guitar.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Cilelensuma
- Authors: Kunda, Kolala , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Lala-Bisa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238162 , vital:50593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT475-L96 , Research no. L2O1a
- Description: Self delectative song accompanied by the Kankowele x 8, fan shaped mbira, with external resonator and piece of glass tapped with metal.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Cin'goma ca kubaruka
- Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239753 , vital:50762 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT478-L99 , Research no. L2O16
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Bemu iuvoni memba
- Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , Group of 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-07
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238064 , vital:50582 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT474-L95 , Research no. L2N9
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-07
Wenela
- Authors: Mwayulukula , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Nyakyusa-Ngonde
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/238767 , vital:50657 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT476-L97 , Research no. L2O3a
- Description: Self delectative song with Pango board zither accompaniment.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08
Mbaya mwana wane bamutya cimbwe
- Authors: Mbuluwundi, Ruben Tankadi , 5 Tumbuka men , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1957-07-08
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mufulira f-za
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/239918 , vital:50780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT480-L102 , Research no. L2O25
- Description: Unaccompanied humorous song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957-07-08