Hoba Bacha (To the young men)
- Silas Khiba and Sello Kaneli and about 20 Sotho men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Silas Khiba and Sello Kaneli and about 20 Sotho men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161248 , vital:40609 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-01
- Description: "To the young men. It seems to be the sign to make headrings for the young. Who are you and who am I? I am Mokalia Thole. Who are you and who am I? I have found monkeys. What were they doing? They were eating fruit. I asked them to give me some. And they gave me a mouthful. A mouthful, my grandchild! You praise yourself oh, these surprises!" Mokorotlo men's riding song with Lithoko praises, and wih stamping feet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Silas Khiba and Sello Kaneli and about 20 Sotho men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161248 , vital:40609 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-01
- Description: "To the young men. It seems to be the sign to make headrings for the young. Who are you and who am I? I am Mokalia Thole. Who are you and who am I? I have found monkeys. What were they doing? They were eating fruit. I asked them to give me some. And they gave me a mouthful. A mouthful, my grandchild! You praise yourself oh, these surprises!" Mokorotlo men's riding song with Lithoko praises, and wih stamping feet.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ishetlhana e Tswerwe ke seokamo
- Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162367 , vital:40924 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-01
- Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. "The brown cow is held, caught and held prisoner and stands there all day. The other cows are also held fast in the same way. The brown yearling, our father's cow, ruled over nations while held flat." The words are allusive and symbolic. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162367 , vital:40924 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-01
- Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. "The brown cow is held, caught and held prisoner and stands there all day. The other cows are also held fast in the same way. The brown yearling, our father's cow, ruled over nations while held flat." The words are allusive and symbolic. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ke ne ke le meiti (I was a maid)
- A small group of Sotho women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: A small group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162242 , vital:40824 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-08
- Description: This song is sung the right before the girls leave the village for their initiation school. "I was a maid to many Europeans. Long ago when I was a girl I tended calves. I had to pay for water, and pay to sleep as well." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: A small group of Sotho women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162242 , vital:40824 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-08
- Description: This song is sung the right before the girls leave the village for their initiation school. "I was a maid to many Europeans. Long ago when I was a girl I tended calves. I had to pay for water, and pay to sleep as well." Lelingoana women's initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kerefisi
- Taba Ramothobi and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Taba Ramothobi and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161259 , vital:40610 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-02
- Description: This song refers to the late Paramount Chief Griffiths Lerotholi who was the father-in-law of Mantsebo, the present female regent of the Sotho people (1959). The words are highly poetic, difficult to translate. " Griffiths - 'Griff' of Lerotholi, Griffiths, the promiscous, piercer of women, water snake of Mokhachane (Moshoeshoe's fater). Civet cat, crocodile, one-eyed snake. Rasenqu (Father of the Orange river, the Senqu). You should prosper!" Mokorotlo songs to be sung on horseback.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Taba Ramothobi and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161259 , vital:40610 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0103-02
- Description: This song refers to the late Paramount Chief Griffiths Lerotholi who was the father-in-law of Mantsebo, the present female regent of the Sotho people (1959). The words are highly poetic, difficult to translate. " Griffiths - 'Griff' of Lerotholi, Griffiths, the promiscous, piercer of women, water snake of Mokhachane (Moshoeshoe's fater). Civet cat, crocodile, one-eyed snake. Rasenqu (Father of the Orange river, the Senqu). You should prosper!" Mokorotlo songs to be sung on horseback.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ketekete ('Ketekete' the noise made by a bell)
- Lefu Rajane and a group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Lefu Rajane and a group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162437 , vital:40931 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-08
- Description: "Ketekete Mamatshoa Fatse. I got up as a man would. The cow has miscarried. If I kept silent, I would shut the guests out. Guests, and the world's temptations." :Ketekete Mamatshoha Fatse" is a name that refers to somebody who had fallen down and gets up again (this being a name that describes such a person. Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Lefu Rajane and a group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162437 , vital:40931 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-08
- Description: "Ketekete Mamatshoa Fatse. I got up as a man would. The cow has miscarried. If I kept silent, I would shut the guests out. Guests, and the world's temptations." :Ketekete Mamatshoha Fatse" is a name that refers to somebody who had fallen down and gets up again (this being a name that describes such a person. Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kgosi boa-a Kegakilwe bakgosi boa (Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us)
- Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162392 , vital:40926 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-03
- Description: A most interesting song which may well reflect something of the perplexity of the Tswana who have failed as yet to adjust themselves to the 20th century. "Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us. Oh, we are afraid of the Europeans. We are afraid of their language. The young men all, all are afraid of the Europeans. Oh! where shall we escape to?" Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162392 , vital:40926 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-03
- Description: A most interesting song which may well reflect something of the perplexity of the Tswana who have failed as yet to adjust themselves to the 20th century. "Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us. Oh, we are afraid of the Europeans. We are afraid of their language. The young men all, all are afraid of the Europeans. Oh! where shall we escape to?" Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khajoane (The eagle)
- Sotho men and women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151550 , vital:39141 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-10
- Description: "Don't bother me, it is getting late and I want to finish my grinding." Agricultural and domestic work song for hoeing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Sotho men and women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151550 , vital:39141 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-10
- Description: "Don't bother me, it is getting late and I want to finish my grinding." Agricultural and domestic work song for hoeing.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Khajoane (The mountain eagle)
- Authors: Theko Moshesh , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151610 , vital:39147 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-16
- Description: The Lesiba is a wind blown stringed instrument, mostly played by herd boys as they herd their cattle on the hills. It consists of a slightly bent stick of abour 36-40 long. Along one side is strained a string, sometimes of horse hair or sinew, to one end of which is attached a section of fowl's quill. This is held in place by placing it between small double wedges held firmly in a small hole drilled into that end of the stick. Self-delectative song with Lesiba stick zither with quill.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Theko Moshesh , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151610 , vital:39147 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-16
- Description: The Lesiba is a wind blown stringed instrument, mostly played by herd boys as they herd their cattle on the hills. It consists of a slightly bent stick of abour 36-40 long. Along one side is strained a string, sometimes of horse hair or sinew, to one end of which is attached a section of fowl's quill. This is held in place by placing it between small double wedges held firmly in a small hole drilled into that end of the stick. Self-delectative song with Lesiba stick zither with quill.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Khajoane Ntseke (The Crow)
- Malebaka Moroke, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161747 , vital:40659 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-01
- Description: "Crow, go and call my uncle. Uncle should come and see the work that is being done." Grinding son.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Malebaka Moroke , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161747 , vital:40659 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-01
- Description: "Crow, go and call my uncle. Uncle should come and see the work that is being done." Grinding son.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khoana
- Group of Sotho men and small Sotho boys (Performers), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Sotho men and small Sotho boys (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134210 , vital:37100 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR018-07
- Description: This time the mouse-hunting somg was performed by the young hunters themselves. It appears they hunt 2 types of field mouse, one plain, the other stripped. The first song "Hiho" was for the plain rats, the second "Khoana" says: "We are driving the striped rats along the banks towards our friends who are waiting for them."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Sotho men and small Sotho boys (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134210 , vital:37100 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR018-07
- Description: This time the mouse-hunting somg was performed by the young hunters themselves. It appears they hunt 2 types of field mouse, one plain, the other stripped. The first song "Hiho" was for the plain rats, the second "Khoana" says: "We are driving the striped rats along the banks towards our friends who are waiting for them."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Khokong
- Group of Sotho men (Perfomers), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Sotho men (Perfomers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Work songs , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134132 , vital:37077 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR018-02
- Description: They said that the breast skin of the buffalo is the hardest of all to bray and takes much time and labour.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Sotho men (Perfomers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Work songs , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134132 , vital:37077 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR018-02
- Description: They said that the breast skin of the buffalo is the hardest of all to bray and takes much time and labour.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Khomo (Cow)
- Moleleki Moiloa and small group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Moleleki Moiloa and small group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161955 , vital:40696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-16
- Description: "Cow, mother of manure, you are dirt. We have just prevented you from crossing the Caledon river. Crossing over to the Free State. We, Mojela's people, are Christians. We were given the rod (badge) of prayer. Sekoere's heifer, Moahloli white and red spotted Lejoetsa. Listen, the Tebang chief rules. The Chief rules at Tebang. The pool is dirty and full of crab holes." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Moleleki Moiloa and small group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tebang f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161955 , vital:40696 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-16
- Description: "Cow, mother of manure, you are dirt. We have just prevented you from crossing the Caledon river. Crossing over to the Free State. We, Mojela's people, are Christians. We were given the rod (badge) of prayer. Sekoere's heifer, Moahloli white and red spotted Lejoetsa. Listen, the Tebang chief rules. The Chief rules at Tebang. The pool is dirty and full of crab holes." Mokorotlo riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khotso (peace)
- Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162451 , vital:40934 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-10
- Description: "The peace at the place from which we come, is oppresive. There they are, climbing the mountain. Let them alone, they have been cursed by the gods." Riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162451 , vital:40934 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-10
- Description: "The peace at the place from which we come, is oppresive. There they are, climbing the mountain. Let them alone, they have been cursed by the gods." Riding song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Khutsanyana (An orphan)
- Group of 15 Sotho girls, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of 15 Sotho girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162286 , vital:40829 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-11
- Description: "I want to write to my brother, Lethula, to come and see this cruel act perpetrated on his mother's child who has gone round Kolo (mountain) five times looking for the women's charm. She has seen it today. Women are hard hearted, they will not initiate a decent person. They initiate orphans. An orphan who has lost her mother. Whom death has imbued with courage. Losing one's parent is painful. I should have had an uncle who would have given me a goat to give to the waterman. To please the waterman so that he would return to the water." The "waterman" is a water sprite. Lelingoana women's initiation song with slapping hands on leather skirts.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Group of 15 Sotho girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162286 , vital:40829 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0106-11
- Description: "I want to write to my brother, Lethula, to come and see this cruel act perpetrated on his mother's child who has gone round Kolo (mountain) five times looking for the women's charm. She has seen it today. Women are hard hearted, they will not initiate a decent person. They initiate orphans. An orphan who has lost her mother. Whom death has imbued with courage. Losing one's parent is painful. I should have had an uncle who would have given me a goat to give to the waterman. To please the waterman so that he would return to the water." The "waterman" is a water sprite. Lelingoana women's initiation song with slapping hands on leather skirts.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Ko gae, gae, ko gae (At home, home, at home)
- Large group of about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Large group of about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162419 , vital:40929 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-06
- Description: On this occasion, the ululating of the women and the general festive air was enhanced because of the singers being freshly returned from their initiation school. "At home, home, at home. That which eats the men's cattle, the animal. That which eats the men's sheep. That which eats the men's horses. It has a portruding forehead, the animal. It has an odd furrowed brow, the animal, and it has claws." Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Large group of about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
- Language: Tswana/Rolong
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162419 , vital:40929 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-06
- Description: On this occasion, the ululating of the women and the general festive air was enhanced because of the singers being freshly returned from their initiation school. "At home, home, at home. That which eats the men's cattle, the animal. That which eats the men's sheep. That which eats the men's horses. It has a portruding forehead, the animal. It has an odd furrowed brow, the animal, and it has claws." Male initiation song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Kob'a ntja (The blanket made of dog skin)
- Mamojela Letsipa, Mahanyane Rakaki, James Mofokeng and group of women, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Mamojela Letsipa, Mahanyane Rakaki, James Mofokeng and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161127 , vital:40594 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-13
- Description: Note the interesting change in the middle of the song. "O Mother! She is wearing a dog's skin blanket. The people despise her. They want me in the cool places, where the Dhlamini live. I am not a Zulu. I am a 'Portuguese'. I, Maboshabane, speak. I speak with a sore heart. I tell you, I am suffering from a stomach-ache. Come and cure me." The singer could not explain the reference to being a 'Portuguese'. African tribesmen who come from the Portuguese territory of Mozambique often refer to themselves as 'Portuguese', i.e. a citizen of Portuguese territory. Mathuela diviner's song with small drum (-14.03-), frame drum (-14.92-) and clapping (-12.03-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Mamojela Letsipa, Mahanyane Rakaki, James Mofokeng and group of women , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161127 , vital:40594 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-13
- Description: Note the interesting change in the middle of the song. "O Mother! She is wearing a dog's skin blanket. The people despise her. They want me in the cool places, where the Dhlamini live. I am not a Zulu. I am a 'Portuguese'. I, Maboshabane, speak. I speak with a sore heart. I tell you, I am suffering from a stomach-ache. Come and cure me." The singer could not explain the reference to being a 'Portuguese'. African tribesmen who come from the Portuguese territory of Mozambique often refer to themselves as 'Portuguese', i.e. a citizen of Portuguese territory. Mathuela diviner's song with small drum (-14.03-), frame drum (-14.92-) and clapping (-12.03-).
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Koekoe (Partridge)
- Matumo Matsinyane, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Matumo Matsinyane , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161862 , vital:40684 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-08
- Description: The performer was a middle-aged woman. De Aar is the name of a South African railway center. The Jew's harp is of the familiar pattern brought in the local trading store. Tune of the Jew's harp - Sekebeku.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Matumo Matsinyane , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161862 , vital:40684 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-08
- Description: The performer was a middle-aged woman. De Aar is the name of a South African railway center. The Jew's harp is of the familiar pattern brought in the local trading store. Tune of the Jew's harp - Sekebeku.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Koekoe (Partridge)
- Matumo Matsinyane, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Matumo Matsinyane , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161863 , vital:40685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-08
- Description: The performer was a middle-aged woman. De Aar is the name of a South African railway center. The Jew's harp is of the familiar pattern brought in the local trading store. Tune of the Jew's harp - Sekebeku.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Matumo Matsinyane , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Maseru f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161863 , vital:40685 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0104-08
- Description: The performer was a middle-aged woman. De Aar is the name of a South African railway center. The Jew's harp is of the familiar pattern brought in the local trading store. Tune of the Jew's harp - Sekebeku.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Krubo
- Group of Hlangwini men, Hugh Tracey
- Authors: Group of Hlangwini men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151300 , vital:39049 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-02
- Description: "When we were going to Swendlana, the watchers said: 'attach', and the whole world burst." The translation of this item, as given on the spot, is far from clear and needs further elucidation. The song was sung, they say, during the last century when the Hlangwini people came down from Zululand and ousted the Sotho. Ihubo old fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
- Authors: Group of Hlangwini men , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Folk music--South Africa , Field recordings , Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Language: Southern Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151300 , vital:39049 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR064-02
- Description: "When we were going to Swendlana, the watchers said: 'attach', and the whole world burst." The translation of this item, as given on the spot, is far from clear and needs further elucidation. The song was sung, they say, during the last century when the Hlangwini people came down from Zululand and ousted the Sotho. Ihubo old fighting song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Kunyete (Girls dresses)
- Authors: Jacquot Mokete , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161117 , vital:40593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-12
- Description: The player placed an empty condensed milk tin picked up off the ground nearby, over the free end of the harmonica, vibrating it to and from as far as his mouth position would allow, thus producing not only greater resonance to his own ear but a vibrato as well. Self delectative song, with harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
- Authors: Jacquot Mokete , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
- Language: Sotho
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161117 , vital:40593 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0101-12
- Description: The player placed an empty condensed milk tin picked up off the ground nearby, over the free end of the harmonica, vibrating it to and from as far as his mouth position would allow, thus producing not only greater resonance to his own ear but a vibrato as well. Self delectative song, with harmonica.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959