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Abafazi bemka

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228532 , vital:49568 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT428-L49 , Research no. L1V5
Description: A folk song lamenting the fact that the women are leaving.
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Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Aunakuva unyoko upendukile

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228575 , vital:49573 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT429-L50 , Research no. L1V8
Description: A folk song, accompanied by clapping and stamping, about a mother who has changed her mind.
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Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Ihobe liyataka

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228509 , vital:49566 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT428-L49 , Research no. L1V4
Description: A folk song, accompanied by clapping, asking a dove not to run away or hop about.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Kauvele ubona

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228552 , vital:49570 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT428-L49 , Research no. L1V7
Description: A folk song, accompanied by clapping, asking one to appear and look.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Masihambe bawo silile emzini

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228557 , vital:49571 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT429-L50 , Research no. L1V10
Description: A folk song about the need to leave early because the singers slept at a certain Kraal where they were not wanted.
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Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Olihomba

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228504 , vital:49565 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT428-L49 , Research no. L1V3
Description: A folk song about a well dressed person accompanied by clapping and dancing.
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Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Umtsha wam uyayizulisa ingqondo yam'

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228479 , vital:49563 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT427-L48 , Research no. L1V2
Description: A folk song about a lover who drives the singer out of their mind.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Undibuliseli ku Lungwengwe

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228608 , vital:49574 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT429-L50 , Research no. L1V9
Description: A folk song giving best wishes to Lungwengwe as well as the messenger's mother.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Undibuliseli ku Lungwengwe

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Composer unknown, Tracey, Hugh

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Composer unknown , Tracey, Hugh
Date: 1957-05-24
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/228588 , vital:49575 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT429-L50 , Research no. L1V9
Description: A folk song giving best wishes to Lungwengwe as well as the messenger's mother.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957-05-24

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Abafazi bemka (The women are leaving-they have already gone)

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136669 , vital:37403 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-02
Description: This charming song was evidently a great favourite and every one began to sway to the lilt of it. The men then demanded why they couldn't sing too--why just the women. This song is more compicated than at first appears and in some ways is reminiscent of a Hebridean song. Part song.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Aunakuva unafoko upendukile (Can't you understand your mother has changed her mind)

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136688 , vital:37405 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-04
Description: The leader stood up and danced during the song. Women's party song with clapping and stamping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Kauvele ubona (Appear and look)

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136679 , vital:37404 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-03
Description: When the women clapped their hands they all chanted: "I left my lover." It appears that one woman can break in with her own song, thus taking over from another woman. Women's party song with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Masihambe bawo silele emzini (We slept at a certain kraal, let us go early)

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136702 , vital:37407 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-06
Description: This performance was begun by one woman and then taken over by another. It appears as if they may go on doing this as long as they wish. The women twine cotton woll in with the long fine plaits of hair at the back of their head. Party song for women.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Olihomba (A well-dressed person)

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136715 , vital:37409 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-07
Description: The Mpondo women of this district wear their hair in bunches of fine waxed plaits on either side of their faces, with one thickish waxed plait straight down in the middle of the fore-head, and hanging below the nose or chin. Song for the Umngcutsho dance, with clapping.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Undebulisele ku Lungwengwe (Give my best wishes to Lungwengwe, also to your mother)

- Group of young Mpondo married women, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Group of young Mpondo married women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Xhosa , Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136697 , vital:37406 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR033-05
Description: Towards the end another woman took over the lead and then all the singers broke down laughing. Party song for women.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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