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Naliba kaboma

- Group of Lozi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Chinjilile Mwalyanjo

- Group of Lozi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Ki mangi ya uzwizw mali

- Group of Lozi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-05-17
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/230653 , vital:49802 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT442-L63 , Research no. L2A16
  • Description: Indigenous folk song for the 'Siyomboka dance', with singing accompanied by three pegged, conical milupa drums, one 12 note xylophone on a stand, and intermittent whistling.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-05-17

Kwimbo layetu nqwe tulinqa

- Group of Lozi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-05-17
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/230644 , vital:49801 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT442-L63 , Research no. L2A15
  • Description: Indigenous folk song for the 'Siyomboka dance', with singing accompanied by three pegged, conical milupa drums, one 12 note xylophone on a stand, and intermittent whistling.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-05-17

Linyalo laka le kimonem' libonela

- Group of Lozi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-05-17
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/230658 , vital:49803 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT442-L63 , Research no. L2A17
  • Description: Indigenous folk song for the 'Siyomboka dance', with singing accompanied by a gourd rattle, a xylophone and a sticks being struck together.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-05-17

Tandabala (wa lala na mubwa)

- Group of Lozi men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1957-05-17
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zimbabwe Wankie Colliery f-rh
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/230671 , vital:49804 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT442-L63 , Research no. L2A18
  • Description: Indigenous folk song for girls' initiation, with singing accompanied by a guitar, a bottle struck with a nail, and a tin disk struck with a piece of wood.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957-05-17

Chinjilile mwalyanjo (You had better be careful)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139770 , vital:37780 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-06
  • Description: When the girl's initiation is at an end, she is led in the evening to a nearby stream to wash, and whilst she is washing, this song is sung. The initiation period amongst the Lozi lasts for 6 months during which time the girl is taught all domestic skills she will need in later life. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Ki mangi ya uawize mali (Who stole the money?)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

Kwimbo layetu nqwe tulinqa (If we were singing at home, we would be singing better)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-sa
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139709 , vital:37771 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-01
  • Description: The gist of this song is much the same as that of the Jews who say: "How can we sing the songs of Zion in a strange land?" The tuning of this xylophone can be taken from a recording of each note before the item. Siyomboka dance song with 1 xylophone on a stand, 3 Milupa drums, conical and pegged.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Linyalo laka le kimonem libonela (I knew our marriage would not last)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-sa
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139731 , vital:37775 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-03
  • Description: "I always knew our marriage would not last, because even before we married you doubted me-Now, please hold my hand or I shall die. Siyomboka dance song with 1 xylophone on a stand, 3 Milupa drums, conical and pegged.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957

Tandabala (Name of a man)

- Group of Lozi men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of Lozi men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1957
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Lozi (African people) , Music--Zambia , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Zambia Mangu f-za
  • Language: Lozi
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139756 , vital:37779 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR051-05
  • Description: This song, they said, is sung normally by women at the end of a girl's initiation period - a time when songs mentioning taboo subjects are not frequently found in African societies. It appears that the use of a guitar in a song of this nature is unusual. Girl's initiation song with guitar, and bottle struck by a nail.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1957
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