List of Titles

Authors: Kang'ethe Nduati with kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175513 , vital:42588 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-07
Description: The 'J' refers to a J shaped wooden dagger which they used as a dance baton. Muthuu dance songs for boys and girls with Kiigamba leg rattles (a tin with stones inside).
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Kang'ethe Nduati with kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175508 , vital:42587 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-06
Description: Scraps of conversation heard in River Road, Nairobi, when the soilders came back from the war in Burma. Muthuu dance songs for boys and girls with Kiigamba leg rattles (a tin with stones inside).
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175461 , vital:42582 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-01
Description: "I went north where I found Njeri weeping because her love had left her." Story song.
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Kariuki, Karurua with kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175499 , vital:42586 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-05
Description: An interesting example of modal (probably 'modern' or 'model') singing. Party song.
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175526 , vital:42589 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-08
Description: "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows." The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable instead of on the penultimate might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Dance song, Njama for old men.
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175480 , vital:42584 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-03
Description: This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before the event the people enjoy a great feast of manyu varieties of food and drink after which they sing these songs. Some of the verses are in the form of riddles and others may be both pointed and harsh. Circumcision song for boys and girls.
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Date Issued: 1950

Authors: Kariuki Ndenderu and Kikuyu boys , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1950
Subjects: Folk songs, Kikuyu , Kikuyu (African people) , Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kiambu f-ke
Language: Kikuyu
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175470 , vital:42583 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR159-02
Description: "Archer, let us shoot at each other, then if I kill you, we will sacrifice a ram for you. The meat will be given to the rain-makers, rain will fall, the grass will grow to feed the cattle. The cattle will be used for a wife's dowry and she will make beer for me."
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Date Issued: 1950

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