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Antoinette wa Kolwezi (Antoinette of Kolwezi)

- Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor, and friends, Misomba Victor, Hugh Tracey

Here, mwana-we

- Sithole, Simon Mafiru, Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Sithole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132055 , vital:36792 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-11 , Field card no. H1B-9
  • Description: "Hey, child-first finish your digging. The mysteries have been listening for me. Mistakes in dancing do not carry as far as home. Listen to Mutanda drum, but first finish your grinding." Greeting child of the Mudzatsa Tree. There is a double meaning in ngoma mutanda. In the first instance it means a 'mystery or 'magic' - an unknown force, and in the second the plain literal translation of the 'Mutanda drum', a conical hollow wooden drum made of Mutanda wood. "Child of Mudzatsa Tree", refers to the eerie noise of the cracking beanpods of this tree, especially at night, and a person called by this name is only half a creature, a sprite or gnome. Three topical songs with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Kame-lo

- Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor, and friends, Misomba Victor, Hugh Tracey

Mama Josefina

- Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor, and friends, Misomba Victor, Hugh Tracey

Mamwana kufiki mundi

- Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor, and friends, Misomba Victor, Hugh Tracey

Masengu

- Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor, and friends, Misomba Victor, Hugh Tracey

Mbwiya ndalo Chalo (Mbwiya, son of Chalo)

- Ilunga Patrice and Misomba Victor, and friends, Misomba Victor, Hugh Tracey

Ndinochema amasebe

- Sitole, Simon Mafiru, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Sitole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132046 , vital:36790 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-10 , Field card no. L1B-6
  • Description: "See, I am crying, mother-in-law. Poverty, elder brother, alack. See, Sophiatown is bad, patisoni. In my distress I think of home. Happiness to you all at Marange." The singer sings about the conditions in which he finds himself at Sofiatown, near Johannesburg, where he works as a carpenter's assistant. His home, Marange is in the Chipinga District of Southern Rhodesia, about 400 miles north east of Johannesburg. Three topical songs with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Neiwe unonyanya

- Sithole, Simon Mafiru, Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Sithole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132091 , vital:36797 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-15 , Field card no. H1B-8
  • Description: "You, you are wrong. Who destroyed our friendship? You, you annoy. You, you cause harm. Who destroyed our friendship?" Chigande, drinking song with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1957

Sisi woere hai

- Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

Anawela Kokakola

- o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez, Gomez, F, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez , Gomez, F , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132173 , vital:36807 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR004-05 , Field card no. H1P-15
  • Description: A certain girl liked coca-cola very much, but her brother who was looking after her was too fond of drinking beer to worry about giving her coca-cola. One of four topical songs with guitar.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Awu ngali wanchumo

- o Feliciano, Muntano, Gomez, Gomez, F, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano, Gomez , Gomez, F , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132105 , vital:36800 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR004-02 , Field card no. H1P-6
  • Description: "I am getting old and the young girls are no longer interested in me. I now compete with the older men and my old friends like me best. My wife gets no child, why? Cant the doctor help you get a child? My second wife has a child, so why not you, my first wife?" Lament with guitar.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Godwa aswibasanga

- Feliciano, Muntano Gomez, Gomez, F, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Feliciano, Muntano Gomez , Gomez, F , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132100 , vital:36799 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR004-01 , Field card no. 5
  • Description: "If you have no child, it is no good. Other women have children, they fill the village. There are many men here standing in the queues for going to Johannesburg. You, my wife, you do not want to eat porridge, you want rice. There is no rice here, because I am poor. Go to the rich where they can afford rice. So she went to a rich man to get her rice, but now she gets no clothes, no shoes, and at leas, no food. One of four topical songs with guitar.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Hiyo woye, Busai-we

- Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer), Composer not specified, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Chipinga f-rh
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132078 , vital:36796 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-14 , H1B-10
  • Description: "Hi, there Busai, see my poverty, brother. This great trouble which causes it, Busai. That is, when I think of it I weep, Busai." The tuning of the central octave of the instrument was as follows:-440, 392, 364, 332, 296, 260, 220 vps. Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Matsaire

- o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez, Gomez, F, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez , Gomez, F , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar music , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/131997 , vital:36784 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-06 , Field card no. H1P-11
  • Description: Feliciano's pronunciation of Ndau words, they say, is like a child's speech. "matsaire, you have finished all the people." Matsaire was killed in a certain village, and his ghost came back demanding recompense, under pain of death to all the village. One of three topical songs with guitar.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Muchongolo I

- Balani, Pedro Simau, Ndau dancers, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Balani, Pedro Simau , Ndau dancers , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar music , Africa Mozambique Mpanda Mjege f-mz
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132028 , vital:36788 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-08 , Field card no. HIF-4A
  • Description: The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums. The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers (-12.02-).
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Muchongolo II

- Balani, Pedro Simau, Ndau dancers, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Balani, Pedro Simau , Ndau dancers , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar music , Africa Mozambique Mpanda Mjege f-mz
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132033 , vital:36789 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-09 , Field card no. H1F-4B
  • Description: The tumbling dance which has been developed by the Ndau people has not only spread south to neighbouring tribes, but has now become a favourite spectacle on the gold mines of South Africa where its performance delights the miners of other tribes as well. It is usually acrobatic and humorous, and is performed to complex rhythms on the drums. The performance of the dancers is frequently of a high order demanding considerable gymnastic ability. Dance music for Muchongolo Tumbling dance with 3 drums and clappers. (-12.02-).
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Ndodya mutombo

- o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez, Gomez, F, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez , Gomez, F , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar music , Africa Mozambique Chibuto f-mz
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/131992 , vital:36783 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-05 , Field card no. H1P-10
  • Description: "Doctor must cure doctor." When a doctor (nyanga) falls sick, he must seek another nyanga to cure him, as he cannot know the medicine to cure himself. This tune would make an excellent round. One of three topical songs with guitar.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Ruwe-ruwe

- Sithole, Simon Mafiru, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Sithole, Simon Mafiru , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Mbira , Africa Zimbabwe Mt. Selinda f-rh
  • Language: Ndau
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132073 , vital:36795 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR003-13 , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Field card no. L1B-7
  • Description: "Flowers, flowers for a child to play with. My father died tragically at Makwiani, my mother stoops in the shade of the wood. This music is for worship at Marange." The sad death of his father meant nothing to the children only like a flower to play with. Now his mother walks in the shadow of death, (literally walks bowed down) in the shade of the trees. His music in this song would be used in the worship or devotion of the souls (Mashawi) were he at home, at Marange. Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
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  • Date Issued: 1955

Tingana mukon'wana

- o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez, Gomez, F, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: o Feliciano, Muntano Gomez , Gomez, F , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1955
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical song , Guitar , Africa Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save f-mz
  • Language: Tonga
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132154 , vital:36805 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR004-03 , Field card no. H1P-7
  • Description: "At your home you give a person to the spirit Sikwembo. But at my house we only give a chicken to Sikwembo. Then we kill a second chicken and cook sadza porridge so that the spirit's fowl may come and eat both the sadza and the cooked fowl." The song refers to an argument between a man and wife and the diviner through whom the spirit is approached. One of four topical songs with guitar.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1955
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