Buzaufazi zipina inkomo (Ask the woman where the cattle are)
- Authors: Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136784 , vital:37421 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-14
- Description: The singers all lay flat on their stomachs, singing into their cupped hands, which were slightly vibrated. The leader was singing in a forced voice, which appears to be a local fashion in this kind of the song. Dance song for evening dance for young women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ikomo siyaibulaa (Let the cattle be killed)
- Authors: Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136789 , vital:37422 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-15
- Description: The girls sang in the background. Dance song for evening dance for young women.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Mama (Mother)
- Authors: Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136533 , vital:37388 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR032-01
- Description: The singers were dancing in a circle in closely packed formation and each singing into a cupped hand which was slightly vibrated to and fro, to produce a vibrato effect. Gubura dance for young men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957
Ubenga lahlinkomo (He lost the cattle)
- Authors: Group of Mpondo men and 3 girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1957
- Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
- Language: Xhosa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136542 , vital:37389 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR032-02
- Description: The three girls, very gaily beaded, were there simply to add a high shrill descant to the main chorus. Gubura dance for young men.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1957