Balozi na upange
- Jaji Simba with Giryama men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Jaji Simba with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kaloleni f-ke
- Language: Giryama
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176572 , vital:42717 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-09
- Description: Chandaluwa is said to be the best composer and dancer in Kaloleni. He has a 'panga' - a knife, they say which cuts into the voices of all the other singers and so he always wins the competitions. Msego dance song for men and women with Kayamba raft rattles.
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- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Jaji Simba with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kaloleni f-ke
- Language: Giryama
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176572 , vital:42717 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-09
- Description: Chandaluwa is said to be the best composer and dancer in Kaloleni. He has a 'panga' - a knife, they say which cuts into the voices of all the other singers and so he always wins the competitions. Msego dance song for men and women with Kayamba raft rattles.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Piere Dongo
- Onudi Ondiek and Luo men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Onudi Ondiek and Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya South Nyanza Province f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178828 , vital:42990 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-10
- Description: "Piere Dongo the fat man is very fond of reading but he, also, has neither shield nor ostrich feathers. What will he do for mourning when his mother dies? Tell me that! Books cannot take the place of Buni feathers." The playing of drums by these Nilotic people is usually far simpler in rhythm than of the Bantu. It appears to be essential in Luo society near Kisii to have your shield and your ostrich feathers with you when you attend a funeral. Bul dance song for men with Bunde 5 bass drums, laced and Gara leg bells (-12.55-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Onudi Ondiek and Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya South Nyanza Province f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178828 , vital:42990 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-10
- Description: "Piere Dongo the fat man is very fond of reading but he, also, has neither shield nor ostrich feathers. What will he do for mourning when his mother dies? Tell me that! Books cannot take the place of Buni feathers." The playing of drums by these Nilotic people is usually far simpler in rhythm than of the Bantu. It appears to be essential in Luo society near Kisii to have your shield and your ostrich feathers with you when you attend a funeral. Bul dance song for men with Bunde 5 bass drums, laced and Gara leg bells (-12.55-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Udo-udo-ee
- Bekyibei A. Mosonik, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Bekyibei A. Mosonik , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177569 , vital:42834 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-04
- Description: Note that the old man sings 'udo-udo-ee' while the nephew sings 'uro-uro-ee'. Two versions of a milking song, as done in the house where the goats sleep at night with the people. Goat milking song, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Bekyibei A. Mosonik , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177569 , vital:42834 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-04
- Description: Note that the old man sings 'udo-udo-ee' while the nephew sings 'uro-uro-ee'. Two versions of a milking song, as done in the house where the goats sleep at night with the people. Goat milking song, unaccompanied.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Chemirocha III
- Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177045 , vital:42786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-17
- Description: The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers. Humourous song, with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Chemutoi Ketienya with Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177045 , vital:42786 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-17
- Description: The mysterious singer and dancer, Chemirocha has been turned into a local god pan with the feet of an antelope, half beast, half man. He is urged by the girls to do the leaping dance familiar to all Kipsigis so energetically that he will jump clear out of his clothes. The name Chemirocha is based upon the guitarist Jimmy Rodgers. Humourous song, with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ho - Jambo Bwana
- Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kericho f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176983 , vital:42778 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-12
- Description: The 'ey nonny - nonny' words of this song are 'Ho - Jambo Bwana'. "How do you do, Master." This was impromptu refering to the recorder of the item. The remainder of the lyric mentions places of mutual interest and affection in the minds of the audience. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Kepkoske Arap Chepkwony with Kipsigis men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kericho f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176983 , vital:42778 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-12
- Description: The 'ey nonny - nonny' words of this song are 'Ho - Jambo Bwana'. "How do you do, Master." This was impromptu refering to the recorder of the item. The remainder of the lyric mentions places of mutual interest and affection in the minds of the audience. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Onyango Otieno
- Authors: Ogalo Mirasi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178736 , vital:42979 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-02
- Description: "Onyango, my cousin, is the most handsome man I know. Had he been born a girl he would undoubtedly have married a chief." Praise song, with Orotu one string lute sound box (-12.16-) ans iron (-12.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Ogalo Mirasi , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178736 , vital:42979 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-02
- Description: "Onyango, my cousin, is the most handsome man I know. Had he been born a girl he would undoubtedly have married a chief." Praise song, with Orotu one string lute sound box (-12.16-) ans iron (-12.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Nthambi wa Mutwana
- Muili wa Kwinga with Kamba women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Muili wa Kwinga with Kamba women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176187 , vital:42669 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-02
- Description: One old woman called out during the dance. "I am as happy as a bird on a head of corn.". In common with many other African dances the basic music is simple and repetitive. Kilumi dance song for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Muili wa Kwinga with Kamba women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176187 , vital:42669 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-02
- Description: One old woman called out during the dance. "I am as happy as a bird on a head of corn.". In common with many other African dances the basic music is simple and repetitive. Kilumi dance song for men and women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Arap Chepsiolei II
- Akito Arap Yeko, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Akito Arap Yeko , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176879 , vital:42768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-06
- Description: Arap Chepsiolei's chief claim to fame is that he sold his daughter, they say, and used the money to buy a hoe. One is reminded of 'Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Jews who sold his wife for a pair of shoes. Topical song, with Kipukandet 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Akito Arap Yeko , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176879 , vital:42768 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-06
- Description: Arap Chepsiolei's chief claim to fame is that he sold his daughter, they say, and used the money to buy a hoe. One is reminded of 'Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Jews who sold his wife for a pair of shoes. Topical song, with Kipukandet 6 string bowl lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wathi wa ota
- Mutio wa Katuma, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mutio wa Katuma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175889 , vital:42635 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-07
- Description: This musical bow is a plain bow, loosely strung and strained by means of a half section gourd, which is situated between the bow and the wire string. The concave side is held against the bow, the convex against the string. The singer sings into this hollow gourd and beats the string with a light stick producing one note only. Other players may beat both segments of the string thus producing two fundamental notes Divination song, with musical bow, strained and resonated with half gourd.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Mutio wa Katuma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175889 , vital:42635 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-07
- Description: This musical bow is a plain bow, loosely strung and strained by means of a half section gourd, which is situated between the bow and the wire string. The concave side is held against the bow, the convex against the string. The singer sings into this hollow gourd and beats the string with a light stick producing one note only. Other players may beat both segments of the string thus producing two fundamental notes Divination song, with musical bow, strained and resonated with half gourd.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Khakulu namuninya
- Daudi Mutekete with Wanga men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Daudi Mutekete with Wanga men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Wanga (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nyanza f-ke
- Language: Wanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176241 , vital:42677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-08
- Description: Wanga and Mukolwe went together to the hill Namurinya where they defeated the people and took the land for themselves. Fighting song used as drinking song, with Lunengele inverted bowl and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Daudi Mutekete with Wanga men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Wanga (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Nyanza f-ke
- Language: Wanga
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176241 , vital:42677 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-08
- Description: Wanga and Mukolwe went together to the hill Namurinya where they defeated the people and took the land for themselves. Fighting song used as drinking song, with Lunengele inverted bowl and clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Wachonge
- Maunda Waliaula with Bukusu men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Maunda Waliaula with Bukusu men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Bukusu (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malakasi f-ke
- Language: Bukusu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176518 , vital:42709 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-03
- Description: The song recalls a notable fight between the Bukusa and the Burwa tribes at Wachonge. The Bukusa were the victors. This area of Northern Nyanza was the scene of many tribal fights between the ten or more small tribes which settled there. The song they claimed was sung in a mixture of languages, including Luo and Swahili in a addition to Bukusu. Fighting song, with 2 Litungu 7 string lyres, and 1 Luhingele long inverted bowl (-10.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Maunda Waliaula with Bukusu men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Bukusu (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malakasi f-ke
- Language: Bukusu
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176518 , vital:42709 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-03
- Description: The song recalls a notable fight between the Bukusa and the Burwa tribes at Wachonge. The Bukusa were the victors. This area of Northern Nyanza was the scene of many tribal fights between the ten or more small tribes which settled there. The song they claimed was sung in a mixture of languages, including Luo and Swahili in a addition to Bukusu. Fighting song, with 2 Litungu 7 string lyres, and 1 Luhingele long inverted bowl (-10.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mpenzi wangu umepotea mjini
- Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178847 , vital:42992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-12
- Description: "My love you are lost in the town. My love here are my last words, I am not bound to say them but I do, because I know what love is. I know you so well. And all the troubles of love too I know. My love you have killed me. Come and heal me, Mary Arabia. You have not cured me of my love and my trouble. You did not choose to heal me, nor did you dream of it when you were aleep. I miss you for you are lost in the town. And now my sister Reda, we have loved each other for a long time. And now, because we are parting, I wish you happiness and beg you to answer me." The singers are all Luo, but sing this item in Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--Kenya , Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178847 , vital:42992 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR168-12
- Description: "My love you are lost in the town. My love here are my last words, I am not bound to say them but I do, because I know what love is. I know you so well. And all the troubles of love too I know. My love you have killed me. Come and heal me, Mary Arabia. You have not cured me of my love and my trouble. You did not choose to heal me, nor did you dream of it when you were aleep. I miss you for you are lost in the town. And now my sister Reda, we have loved each other for a long time. And now, because we are parting, I wish you happiness and beg you to answer me." The singers are all Luo, but sing this item in Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Polan
- Paul Serebu with young Nandi men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Paul Serebu with young Nandi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176734 , vital:42745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-09
- Description: District Poland found its way into a Nandi dance song when the news of the German invasion which precipitated the 1939-45 war broke in Africa and hundreds of Nandi young men joined the forces. Moran dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Paul Serebu with young Nandi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176734 , vital:42745 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-09
- Description: District Poland found its way into a Nandi dance song when the news of the German invasion which precipitated the 1939-45 war broke in Africa and hundreds of Nandi young men joined the forces. Moran dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
James Mbaka
- Authors: Daudi Otuoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178084 , vital:42906 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-07
- Description: In this song Daudi discourses upon the local scene how once he was reported as dead, how straight a man is Mbaka, and how the clerk Siba reports favourably upon the progress made by the location. Topical song with Thum 8 string lyre, legs bells (-12.55-) and Oduong toe ring (-12.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Daudi Otuoma , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kasipul f-ke
- Language: Luo
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178084 , vital:42906 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR167-07
- Description: In this song Daudi discourses upon the local scene how once he was reported as dead, how straight a man is Mbaka, and how the clerk Siba reports favourably upon the progress made by the location. Topical song with Thum 8 string lyre, legs bells (-12.55-) and Oduong toe ring (-12.151-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Ichepu-chepu
- Elijan Reremoi with Nandi boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Elijan Reremoi with Nandi boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Baringo f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176934 , vital:42773 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-09
- Description: The many unrelated verses are mostly descriptions of various characters in the village. A simple song of the Nandi. Rekweno dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Elijan Reremoi with Nandi boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Baringo f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176934 , vital:42773 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR164-09
- Description: The many unrelated verses are mostly descriptions of various characters in the village. A simple song of the Nandi. Rekweno dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Kapchinja
- Paul Serebu with young Nandi men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Paul Serebu with young Nandi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176743 , vital:42746 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-10
- Description: Kapchinja is a farm about 20 miles from Kapsabet where some young Nandi men went to work when the farm buildings were built. They were made to work very hard, they say, "too hard for a pastrol folk like us Nandi", they add with a laugh. Moran dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Paul Serebu with young Nandi men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapsabet f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176743 , vital:42746 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-10
- Description: Kapchinja is a farm about 20 miles from Kapsabet where some young Nandi men went to work when the farm buildings were built. They were made to work very hard, they say, "too hard for a pastrol folk like us Nandi", they add with a laugh. Moran dance song for men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Musenga
- Munyithya wa Kyenze, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Munyithya wa Kyenze , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:42633 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-06
- Description: "I will praise you until your heart is broken like a bone. Keep your promise and come with me. When I sing your praise do not wrinkle your face like that." He strains the sisal bow by means of thumb pressure. Note how apprently out of tune he is with his instrument, which he appears to use as rhythmic ground only. Love song with Mbebe 1 sring, bowed lute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Munyithya wa Kyenze , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/${Handle} , vital:42633 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR160-06
- Description: "I will praise you until your heart is broken like a bone. Keep your promise and come with me. When I sing your praise do not wrinkle your face like that." He strains the sisal bow by means of thumb pressure. Note how apprently out of tune he is with his instrument, which he appears to use as rhythmic ground only. Love song with Mbebe 1 sring, bowed lute.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Yuno mwazonga
- Lukas Mbaru with Nika boys, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lukas Mbaru with Nika boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kilifi f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176707 , vital:42742 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-06
- Description: A man's father had died and he offered a reward to anyone who could tell him who had killed his father. An attractive unison song in which the school boys have used their rules as castanets. European influence in the imabic melody is suspected. The song has one verse only, repeated several times. Raba dance song for boys and girls in two lines, with Kayamba (scholl rulers) struck together as castanets.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Lukas Mbaru with Nika boys , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Mijikenda (African people) , Nandi (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kilifi f-ke
- Language: Nandi
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176707 , vital:42742 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-06
- Description: A man's father had died and he offered a reward to anyone who could tell him who had killed his father. An attractive unison song in which the school boys have used their rules as castanets. European influence in the imabic melody is suspected. The song has one verse only, repeated several times. Raba dance song for boys and girls in two lines, with Kayamba (scholl rulers) struck together as castanets.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Burai
- Teituk Arap Sumiyot, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177730 , vital:42853 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-18
- Description: This song, it was claimed, was composed by the singer when he was an askari in the Kings African Rifles. He urges everyone to cheer up for as soon as the war is over they will be going home again. It is sung in a mixture of Kipsigis and Swahili. He plays an attractive little melody on the Kibungandet as accompaniment. Topical song, with Kibungandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Teituk Arap Sumiyot , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177730 , vital:42853 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-18
- Description: This song, it was claimed, was composed by the singer when he was an askari in the Kings African Rifles. He urges everyone to cheer up for as soon as the war is over they will be going home again. It is sung in a mixture of Kipsigis and Swahili. He plays an attractive little melody on the Kibungandet as accompaniment. Topical song, with Kibungandet 5 string lyre.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Mulima hale
- Salome Nolega with Luya girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Salome Nolega with Luya girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176232 , vital:42676 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-07
- Description: A song sung by a woman as she walks a long way to her garden to dig. She sings about the noises made by the wild animals in the countryside. In this setting the song appears to have been influenced by European glee style of singing. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
- Authors: Salome Nolega with Luya girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk songs, Kamba , Kamba (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Language: Kamba
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176232 , vital:42676 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR161-07
- Description: A song sung by a woman as she walks a long way to her garden to dig. She sings about the noises made by the wild animals in the countryside. In this setting the song appears to have been influenced by European glee style of singing. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950