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Achelamukani mulole Msego

Alhamdulilla

Alume yerani malo

  • Authors: Kanga Mayele with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176603 , vital:42719 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-10
  • Description: The singer calls to those behind to hurry and catch up with the dance team as they are going to a big dance competition. This item is a fascinating example of the authentic 2 against 3 African cross rhythm. Msego dance song for men and women with Kayamba raft rattles and clapping (-12.03-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Bazungu banashindana Malindi

  • Authors: Chad Obuyi with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176689 , vital:42740 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-04
  • Description: The Gonda was danced by a small group of dark skinned boys and girls who were dressed in the equivalent of the ballet dancers 'Tutu', a short multiple skirt made of banana stalk fibres which exaggerated every movement of the hips. It was one of the most pleasing and attractive dance displays by child dancers in the whole of East Africa, all of whom were expert performers. The excessive noise of the drums and the somewhat shrill voices of the singers do not do justice to the expert dancing which went with them. Gonda dance song for men and women, with 4 Mabumbumbu cylindrical drums, pegged and footed (-14.01101-), 1 Mushondo conical drum (-14.21201-). 1 Kaamuri goblet drum (-14.51101-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Bwana Shanua kidzhere nguma inende

  • Authors: Kanga Mayele with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176630 , vital:42722 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-13
  • Description: Bwana Shanua was an old singer famous in his day for inventing Juba dance steps. In this song they praise the old man for his cleverness. The facination of the Juba dance lies largely in the syncopated clapping which goes with it. Juba dance for men and women.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Hamolo

Hoe hoe

Marhaban sheikhlwa dhifa

  • Authors: Sheik Mohammed Bin Isa with Arab/Swahili boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Arabic
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179999 , vital:43290 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-13
  • Description: Chant in praise of Allah. It is commonly believed by Mohammedans that by constantly repeating the name of the a dead Sheik you could see him in a vision. The capacity for "seeing" eidetic images is found all over the world. This kind of 'grunting' is found in many African tribes who have experienced the influence of Mohammedanism. It is also used among the Xhosa of the transkei although they are said to have left East Africa about 400 years ago and have no trace of that religion today. Praise of Allah.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Marhaban sheikhlwa dhifa

  • Authors: Sheik Mohammed Bin Isa with Arab/Swahili boys , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Arabic
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179995 , vital:43291 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-13
  • Description: Chant in praise of Allah. It is commonly believed by Mohammedans that by constantly repeating the name of the a dead Sheik you could see him in a vision. The capacity for "seeing" eidetic images is found all over the world. This kind of 'grunting' is found in many African tribes who have experienced the influence of Mohammedanism. It is also used among the Xhosa of the transkei although they are said to have left East Africa about 400 years ago and have no trace of that religion today. Praise of Allah.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Muganda

  • Authors: Chad Obuyi with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176680 , vital:42739 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-03
  • Description: The Gonda was danced by a small group of dark skinned boys and girls who were dressed in the equivalent of the ballet dancers 'Tutu', a short multiple skirt made of banana stalk fibres which exaggerated every movement of the hips. It was one of the most pleasing and attractive dance displays by child dancers in the whole of East Africa, all of whom were expert performers. The excessive noise of the drums and the somewhat shrill voices of the singers do not do justice to the expert dancing which went with them. Gonda dance song for men and women, with 4 Mabumbumbu cylindrical drums, pegged and footed (-14.01101-), 1 Mushondo conical drum (-14.21201-). 1 Kaamuri goblet drum (-14.51101-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Mwache aukareze mvuma

  • Authors: Mwana Bibi with Swahili women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180030 , vital:43296 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-16
  • Description: The double reed Arab aboe accompanies an essentially African style of song. These Zumali oboes are bought from the Arab sailors who come down the coast every year in their dhows, sailing before the monsoon winds in each direction between the African east coast ports and the Persian Gulf. Vugo dance song for women, with horn rattles, horns played with sticks, 2 cylindrical drums, double sided, laced, played with hands, 5 holed Zumali oboe.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Ndkapiga sinu kulwitu (Keep yourself ready)

  • Authors: Chandarwa Waya with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176661 , vital:42738 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-02
  • Description: This Msego dance started with the sound of the horn, followed by the leader of the group who sings the first verse. This is repeated by the dancers whistling the melody twice over after which the dance proper begins with rattles. Msego mourning dance song with Kayamba raft rattles, a gourd horn (-11.121-) and whistling.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Nitunde upi, kula nitundao una nana

  • Authors: Mwana Bibi with Swahili women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Kenya , Songs, Swahili--Tanzania , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180039 , vital:43297 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR171-17
  • Description: The double reed Arab aboe accompanies an essentially African style of song. These Zumali oboes are bought from the Arab sailors who come down the coast every year in their dhows, sailing before the monsoon winds in each direction between the African east coast ports and the Persian Gulf. The calls and answers with which the women start their song contains a local variations of the English "Hip-hip-hurrah!" "hipo-hipo hure." Vugo dance song for women, with horn rattles, horns played with sticks, 2 cylindrical drums, double sided, laced, played with hands, 5 holed Zumali oboe.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Safari ya Msanga-Tifu

  • Authors: Kanga Mayele with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176612 , vital:42720 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR162-11
  • Description: "I was so much in love that I found myself in Msanga-Tifu, where my girl lives, without knowing how I had got there." The Msego dance is most attractive to watch and the ingenuity of the rhythm can be guessed from the sound of the dancers in this recording. Msego dance song for men and women with Kayamba raft rattles and clapping (-12.03-).
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Yauma nalat

Zamani mwaya

  • Authors: Chandarwa Waya with Giryama men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Giryama (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Giryama
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/176656 , vital:42737 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR163-01
  • Description: This Msego dance started with the sound of the horn, followed by the leader of the group who sings the first verse. This is repeated by the dancers whistling the melody twice over after which the dance proper begins with rattles. Msego mourning dance song with Kayamba raft rattles, a gourd horn (-11.121-) and whistling.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

"Hoe hoe"

  • Authors: Bibi, Mwana , Swahili women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 0000-00-00
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Malindi f-ke
  • Language: Swahili
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/213443 , vital:47833 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT232-D154 , Research no. D7N14b
  • Description: This song follows the recording of D7N14a, however no field card or information was recorded for the song.
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  • Date Issued: 0000-00-00
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