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- Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani, Tracey, Andrew T N

Authors: Monwabisi Gladstone Sabani , Tracey, Andrew T N
Date: 1987
Subjects: Xhosa (African people) -- Music , Folk music -- South Africa , Topical songs , Guitar , Instrumental music , Sub-Saharan African music , Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-za
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/99051 , vital:31658 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC078a-11
Description: Instrumental music
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1987

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Aye welele wa Mhalaka (Alas for a bachelor)

- Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
Language: Luba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134506 , vital:37169 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-07
Description: The song recounts all the troubles of a bachelor. The Songe tribe is an offshoot of the great Luba groups of the Kasai and Katanga provinces of Southern Congo. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, small rattle and whistle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Lolo inamukinga

- Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with 9 Luba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with 9 Luba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
Language: Luba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134524 , vital:37171 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-09
Description: The singers of this song were all employed on the Kolwezi Copper mine, the most westerly of the great copper mines of the Katanga province of Southern Congo. Topical songs with 2 guitars, bottle and small rattle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Mangai

- Chibanda and Kasena with 7 Kanyoka men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Chibanda and Kasena with 7 Kanyoka men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kandakanda f-cg
Language: Kanyoka
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134487 , vital:37165 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-05
Description: "The Kanyoka captured the chief of the Kasai people on the other side of the river, cut off his head, put it in a pot of beer and drank the beer." It is not certain from the context to which tribal wars this incident refers, if any. It may well be a form of boasting or braggadocio. Topical song with 2 guitars, 3 basket rattles and 1 bottle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Masenga wa Bena Nomba (Masenga of the Bena Nomba

- Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
Language: Luba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134497 , vital:37167 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-06
Description: This is a song set to a guitar accompaniment - in which the idiom both of melody and accompaniment follows the folk tradition. It is an excellent example of modern topical songs from this region of Southern Congo. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, small rattle and whistle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Mionde abana

- Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with 9 Luba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with 9 Luba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
Language: Luba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134529 , vital:37172 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-10
Description: The singers of this song were all employed on the Kolwezi Copper mine, the most westerly of the great copper mines of the Katanga province of Southern Congo. Topical songs with 2 guitars, bottle and small rattle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Muleka Mwene Yombwe (Name of a man)

- Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with Luba men, Hugh Tracey

Authors: Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with Luba men , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Topical songs , Instrumental music , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Katanga f-cg
Language: Luba
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134515 , vital:37170 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0020-08
Description: The song is about a man called Muleka Mwene Yombwe who refused to allow his wife to go down to the river to fish. All the group's songs were songs they had heard in their own village and set to the guitar, and this is an excellent example. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, and small rattle.
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1957

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Kwongotela mwananga

- Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers), T.O. Kowano (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Authors: Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers) , T.O. Kowano (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1955
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Topical songs , Guitar , Instrumental music , Africa Mozambique Bileni f-mz
Language: Tonga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132586 , vital:36854 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR007-08
Description: Topical songs with guitar
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1955

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Maluzo (The failure)

- Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers), T.O. Kowano (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Authors: Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers) , T.O. Kowano (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1955
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Topical songs , Guitar , Mandolin , Kazoo , Instrumental music , Africa Mozambique Bileni f-mz
Language: Tonga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132631 , vital:36859 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR007-13
Description: Topical song with guitar, mandoline and Kazoo (Musengere)
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1955

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Mbilu yanga (My heart)

- Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers), T.O. Kowano (Composer), Hugh Tracey

Authors: Tonga/ Hlanguni (Performers) , T.O. Kowano (Composer) , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1955
Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Music--Mozambique , Topical songs , Guitar , Instrumental music , Africa Mozambique Bileni f-mz
Language: Tonga
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132595 , vital:36855 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR007-09
Description: Topical songs with guitar
Full Text: false
Date Issued: 1955

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