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Ku Mchisi kuli mtengo (At Mchisi there is a tree)

- Visanza girl's school choir, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Visanza girl's school choir , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota f-mw
Language: Nyanja/Chewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160007 , vital:40367 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-04
Description: The Nkaodi tree is used as a love charm, the roots being taken soaked in water and drunk, mostly by women in the hope that their husbands will love them more. It would appear that this tune, used as a dance theme in the 1930's reflected the European influence of the period, with the stress incorrectly applied to the ultimate syllables. "At Mchisi there is a tree as a medicine. It is Nkaodi. Two Nsita dance songs for women with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Akayamba kudelela (Never satisfied)

- Four girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Four girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Ncheu f-mw
Language: Nyanja/Chewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160088 , vital:40382 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-13
Description: That man of mine is never satisfied, he never has enough and when he is full he turns his back. It is only the presence of the child which prevents his fighting me. So I waddle off to report to the Chief. Pounding song, pestle and mortar.
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Date Issued: 1958

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We! Mpati longesheya

- Mfihlelwa Magagula, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mfihlelwa Magagula , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Zombode f-sq
Language: Swati
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152209 , vital:39234 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-05
Description: It is a rhyme to accompany children's games. The words in this song refer to "a woman who lives across the river." The words are nonsense words. Children's rhymes.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Ine ndaleka sanje (I have left my jealousy)

- Mugizi Mware, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mugizi Mware , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Kotakota f-mw
Language: Nyanja/Chewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159997 , vital:40365 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR096-03
Description: The first wife of a certain man was jealous of the younger wife. The husband was arguing with her but she replied that she had indeed put jealousy behind her in the hut of her children. Her children were in fact her consolation. "I left my jealousy in the house of my son. Come and kneel, I have left my jealousy. Lament with Karigo one string bowed lute.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Abale ndutani (Brother, what shall I do with my life. Can I cut it?)

- Tweleve elderly women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Tweleve elderly women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Tengani, Port Herald f-rh
Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155739 , vital:39911 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR087-08
Description: The women make clever use of their gourds, some smacking them and the others grasping them with alternate hands. The gourds with their use of clapping together make facinating rhythmic patterns. Chitsukulumwe dances with gourd rattles and clapping.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Coka Coka (Go away, go away)

- 9 small girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: 9 small girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Dedza, Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153491 , vital:39458 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-20
Description: The 9 small girls put their 5 mortars in one row and with osne exception two girls pounded in each mortar. "Go away, go away. I don't go! Why shoild I leave this place? An orpahn child is difficult to nurse. Where shall I, an orphan, go? No. no. no, I am sorry for you." The difficulty of bringing up an orphan child is often referred to in African songs. Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Alulu kalele mwana

- Mani Kuenda, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Mani Kuenda , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chadza, Liliongwe, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153338 , vital:39438 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-04
Description: "Alulu, go and nurse the child. When I go to draw water my child is on my back. When I go to fetch firewood, the child is on my back, When I cook, the child is just beside me and may get burnt. I don't want to keep on telling you the same thing. So, Alulu, go and nurse the child. Lullaby.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Aye liyeye yawama

- Young Chewa women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Young Chewa women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Chewa , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Pemba f-mw
Language: Nyanja/Chewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159039 , vital:40253 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR094-22
Description: It appears that the people of this district speak and sing in a mixture of Chewa and Tao. Ciwoda dance for women.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Panali Ntowi-towi (The bird Ntowi-towi)

- Kampala Mware and Chewa boys, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Kampala Mware and Chewa boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Visanza, Kotakota District, Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154086 , vital:39561 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR079-14
Description: There was once a bird called Ntowi-towi, who went to a certain village to find a wife but he failed because he had thin legs. So he returned to his house. But later, some of the girls who had turned him down went to get fruit. On their way they wanted water to drink. But the bird refused eo allow them to drink as they had refused him. One girl thereupon decided to marry him after all, and they all sang "I came to your village to marry you and you refused me on account of my legs, now I will take you to be my wife." Now the girl and the bird stayed together and often sang the same song together. "I went to your house to marry you and you refused m because of my thin legs." Eventually the girl ran away from the bird, but he went on singing all alone the very same song. Story song (Nthanu)
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Date Issued: 1958

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Ndachiona kale

- Simenti Phiri, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Simenti Phiri , Performer not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi city not specified f-mw
Language: Nyanja
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/396322 , vital:69170 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , GM01-09-TR88-B-4
Description: Indigenous music
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Date Issued: 1958

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Anyilongo (A mere quarrel)

- Chewa girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Chewa girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Vidzumo, Kasungu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153419 , vital:39449 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR076-12
Description: "That is a mere quarrel. Let us die now. Those are the troubles of Nyilongo. A Nyilongo, you are angry. What have you to be angry about? I had saved some money. It is in the grain bin." Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Ngoma ka lo induna (The Induna's song)

- Isaac Lubisi and 5 Swazi men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Isaac Lubisi and 5 Swazi men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Chibudo f-mz
Language: Ronga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153136 , vital:39398 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-08
Description: The subject of this performance is local reflecting the village atmosphere of this mine compound, which gives the impression of being a happy and contended community. Kwaya topical song.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Pamukadzi wo munu takataka

- Pineas Hungwe, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Pineas Hungwe , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
Language: Shona, Karanga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154373 , vital:39654 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR081-13
Description: In this song the singer explains, is about men who spend their time with other men's wives. Why do you do so? he sings. It is because she makes good tea, because she cooks well, because she laughs with me. "You get out or I will hit you." Topical song with guitar.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Baya wa baya (Kill, stab)

- Peter Dudurai Shiri and 4 Karanga men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Peter Dudurai Shiri and 4 Karanga men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Gutu District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
Language: Shona, Karanga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154301 , vital:39645 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR081-06
Description: Peter Dudurai is a boxing trainer and this old fighting song is now used as a boxing song. It was first used in the days of the Shangaan and Matebele raids towards the end of the last century and is known from one end of the country to the other, all along the southern portion of Souhthern Rhodesia. Although not frequently heard nowadays, it was often sung twenty to thirty years ago by a previous generation. Old fighting song with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1958

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NaBanda naPhiri (Banda and Phiri)

- Young boys and girls, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Young boys and girls , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Arts, Malawi , Songs, Nyanja , Nyanja (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Chikwawa f-rh
Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/156063 , vital:39947 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR089-07
Description: 'Banda and Phiri, I started calling you long ago now you are left behind. A good example of Mang'anja clapping. The language spoken by these Chikunda emigrants into this region from the Zambezi valley near Tete is much mixed up with the local Mang'anja. Njole dance with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Musikana ne Jaya (Girl and Boy)

- Stephen R. Gumbo, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Stephen R. Gumbo , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
Language: Shona, Karanga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154150 , vital:39614 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR080-05
Description: A lad is proposing to a girl, bhut she says, "You are to late, I am going to marry someone else." But he goes on pressing his suit. She says, "You must pay lobola if you want me, you must give six cows." At the end she says, "You must swear then, if you want me." Humorous song with Mbira.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Halenu mina haleno (Here I am)

- Grup of 5 Shangaan men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Grup of 5 Shangaan men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Tsonga , Ronga language , Tsonga (African people) , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Chibudo f-mz
Language: Ronga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153127 , vital:39397 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR074-07
Description: This type of singing accompanies the Kwaya dance, a speciality of the Shangaan tribesmen from the lower Limpopo regions of Mozambique. "Kwaya" (taken from the English word "choir") combines clever rhythmic singing of blank verse with equally clever rhythmic strutting. Kwaya topical song.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Nabaya banjibya ekhhaya (There they are, and they are calling me)

- Ntsandvose Mucina, five Swazi women and 5 men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ntsandvose Mucina, five Swazi women and 5 men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Swazi , Folk music , Africa Ewatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak f-sq
Language: Swati
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152282 , vital:39242 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR068-13
Description: The clapping of the hands at the end was done by the cupped hand. Two of the women were wearing special white beads and coiffure to show they were patients of the sangoma. The hair was done in many fine plaits and ochred. Divination song.
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Date Issued: 1958

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Chipindura (To turn over)

- Tawagaza Sibanda, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Tawagaza Sibanda , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1958
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Karanga (African people) , Folk songs, Shona , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
Language: Shona, Karanga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154513 , vital:39741 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR082-03
Description: The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand. The Njari is the traditional instrument of the district having originated from the Buhera district further north over two centuries ago, when it began to displace an older variety called the Mbira-dza-Midgimu. Self delecatative song with Njari (Mbira).
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Date Issued: 1958

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