Watenga mbengo ndani (Who took the chief's towell?)
- Older men of Njolomole, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Older men of Njolomole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154829 , vital:39783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-03
- Description: This kind of song, they say, was sung at the gathering to remember a dead person. The Chief's towell was a cloth which was wrapped around the blade of a short spear which the chief held in his hand in order to wipe the perspiration off his face while he danced. "Who took the chief's towell, Oyayo! who ever it is, bring back Oyayo! look everywhere where the chief's people are, until you find it." Chitoto obsequies after funeral with small iron bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Older men of Njolomole , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154829 , vital:39783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-03
- Description: This kind of song, they say, was sung at the gathering to remember a dead person. The Chief's towell was a cloth which was wrapped around the blade of a short spear which the chief held in his hand in order to wipe the perspiration off his face while he danced. "Who took the chief's towell, Oyayo! who ever it is, bring back Oyayo! look everywhere where the chief's people are, until you find it." Chitoto obsequies after funeral with small iron bells.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ririka-ririka rerera-ririka (When I die what shall I leave behind)
- Young Tonga women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Young Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179210 , vital:39869 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-11
- Description: A song sung after supper in the evening. Party song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Young Tonga women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Folk music--Zimbabwe , Sena (African people) , Tonga (Zambezi people) , Folk music , Africa Zimbabwe Mkota, Mtoko District, Southern Rhodesia f-rh
- Language: Tonga/Sena
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179210 , vital:39869 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR085-11
- Description: A song sung after supper in the evening. Party song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ndapanda kobidi ndini (I discovered the pain myslef)
- Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154910 , vital:39792 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-12
- Description: The leader works as a trumpeter at the headquaters of the administrator of Furancungo. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154910 , vital:39792 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-12
- Description: The leader works as a trumpeter at the headquaters of the administrator of Furancungo. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Chilungulungu madje (The water snake)
- Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Zambia Bancroft Mine, Norther Rhodesia f-za
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154900 , vital:39791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-11
- Description: Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Chintuta Banda and group of Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Zambia Bancroft Mine, Norther Rhodesia f-za
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154900 , vital:39791 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-11
- Description: Drinking song with clapping
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Andiyera ndabuda nchito
- Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154920 , vital:39793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-13
- Description: The singers came from the region on Portuguese territory adjacent to Nyasaland called Angonia near the Dedza District where a large concentration of Ngoni people are to be found. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Kaiya Maritenzi and Ngoni men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Ngoni (African people) , Arts, Malawi , Folk music , Africa Mozambique Furancungo f-mz
- Language: Ngoni
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154920 , vital:39793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR084-13
- Description: The singers came from the region on Portuguese territory adjacent to Nyasaland called Angonia near the Dedza District where a large concentration of Ngoni people are to be found. Ngoma dance with clapping.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959