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Nani Mu Khali

Chatendeluka

Nani mu khali

  • Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
  • Language: Hehe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174877 , vital:42517 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-10
  • Description: "Who is the boldest man in the country? First the chief, and after him the elders. We must obey them all." The Hehe, like the Zulu in the south are given to heroic praises and laudatory songs. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
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  • Date Issued: 1950

Ngoslingosi

  • Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
  • Language: Hehe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174928 , vital:42522 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-13
  • Description: An old heroic song which reflects the historic background of the Hehe who conquered the whole of the Iringa area by force of arms. It was not until the Germans subdued them that they were forced to give up their traditional mode of living. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Sengere Part I

  • Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
  • Language: Hehe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174886 , vital:42518 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-11
  • Description: The singer calls the fighting men Zebras in this old heroic song of the violent past. He says "Zebras, you must run fast, the leopard is after you." Songs of the sort were sung at parties to encourage men to deeds of bravery. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950

Sengere Part II

  • Authors: Pancras Mkwawa , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1950
  • Subjects: Chaga (African people) , Hehe (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Tanzania Iringa f-tz
  • Language: Hehe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174894 , vital:42519 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR156-12
  • Description: The singer is well known for his ability to sing these old songs which he does with considerable skill. He is the younger brother of the deposed chief, and uncle to the present paramount chief Adam Sapi. He sings partly in Hehe and partly Sanga (50/8/3) in which language they say, old poems are often sung. The sharp rhythmic beatings were made by the player striking the gourd resonator with the back of a finger. Heroic song with Ligombo 6 string trough zither.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1950
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