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Ngodyongodyo (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR140 , 1 min
Oh! Ngodyongodyo Where is Kibate? What is this? Those are hornets. The hornets are stinging me. Let them sting you Please ask them to leave me
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR140 , 1 min
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Oh! Ngodyongodyo Where is Kibate? What is this? Those are hornets. The hornets are stinging me. Let them sting you Please ask them to leave me
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
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Ngolo alila (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR127 (1952) , 2 page(s)
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in width. They can hold as many as 70 - 100 paddlers on festive occasions and have been made famous of recent years by their appearance in films such as "Sander
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR127 (1952) , 2 page(s)
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The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in width. They can hold as many as 70 - 100 paddlers on festive occasions and have been made famous of recent years by their appearance in films such as "Sander
Date Written / Recorded
1952
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Song, Drum
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Ngolo alila (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR127 , 3 mins
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in width. They can hold as many as 70 - 100 paddlers on festive occasions and have been made famous of recent years by their appearance in films such as "Sander
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR127 , 3 mins
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The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in width. They can hold as many as 70 - 100 paddlers on festive occasions and have been made famous of recent years by their appearance in films such as "Sander
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ngoma drum rhythms (Joined) (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR154 (1957) , 1 page(s)
The first rhythm was based upon the words of a lullaby 'Mwana hai yo hee.' 'Keep silent my child.' The second had no word base. The drums were all played by women standing in a circle with their drums held between their knees. They played with great vitality. The drums varied from about 12" across to small ones of...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR154 (1957) , 1 page(s)
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The first rhythm was based upon the words of a lullaby 'Mwana hai yo hee.' 'Keep silent my child.' The second had no word base. The drums were all played by women standing in a circle with their drums held between their knees. They played with great vitality. The drums varied from about 12" across to small ones of about 3" only. Each type of drum maintained its own rhythm which can be heard in the recording.
Date Written / Recorded
1957
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Song, Ngoma, Drum
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Ngoma drum rhythms (Joined) (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR154 , 4 mins
The first rhythm was based upon the words of a lullaby 'Mwana hai yo hee.' 'Keep silent my child.' The second had no word base. The drums were all played by women standing in a circle with their drums held between their knees. They played with great vitality. The drums varied from about 12" across to small ones of...
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR154 , 4 mins
Description
The first rhythm was based upon the words of a lullaby 'Mwana hai yo hee.' 'Keep silent my child.' The second had no word base. The drums were all played by women standing in a circle with their drums held between their knees. They played with great vitality. The drums varied from about 12" across to small ones of about 3" only. Each type of drum maintained its own rhythm which can be heard in the recording.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Copyright Message
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Ngoma dze ngororombe (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR085 , 4 mins
This remarkably efficient syncopating drummer gives a brilliant display on two drums, Mutumba and Jenje, accompanied by a ground played on Usindi and Karipi-Karipi. The player of the latter was blind.
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR085 , 4 mins
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This remarkably efficient syncopating drummer gives a brilliant display on two drums, Mutumba and Jenje, accompanied by a ground played on Usindi and Karipi-Karipi. The player of the latter was blind.
Date Written / Recorded
1958
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
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Ngoma (I) (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR045 (1957) , 2 page(s)
The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely haphazard and is controlled by the fortuitous length and shape of the horns employed. The smaller boys played the shorter horns and the larger boys the longer horns. The bass horns needing more breath to blow them. This is a very wild kind of dance, with everyone dancin...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR045 (1957) , 2 page(s)
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The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely haphazard and is controlled by the fortuitous length and shape of the horns employed. The smaller boys played the shorter horns and the larger boys the longer horns. The bass horns needing more breath to blow them. This is a very wild kind of dance, with everyone dancing madly in mob. The step is a short staccato, jigging step to and fro, very simple. Noise seems to be the main object and the dust thr...
The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely haphazard and is controlled by the fortuitous length and shape of the horns employed. The smaller boys played the shorter horns and the larger boys the longer horns. The bass horns needing more breath to blow them. This is a very wild kind of dance, with everyone dancing madly in mob. The step is a short staccato, jigging step to and fro, very simple. Noise seems to be the main object and the dust thrown up by their feet in the alluvial soil of the river valley almost obscured the tight knot of dancers. The celeste caused by the trebel pipes is deafening to an observer, but too high pitched to record. The names of the 7 drums from small to large were: 1) Gogogo, 2) Kingaridi, 3) Chamutanda, 4) Muntunda, 5) Munjinji, 6) Pininga, 7) Pati. The first four are played with sticks and the three others with hands. They are all the same basic shape being an almost square cut rectangular cylindar for a body and a hollow pipe of wood without a foot for a base. They are all slung across the shoulder or held between the thighs for playing.
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Date Written / Recorded
1957
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Song, Drum, Ngoma, Horn
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Ngoma ya bantwana (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR059 (1957) , 1 page(s)
A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. "Mamilambo" is said to be a spirit or charm in the shape of a snake, which the people buy from the diviners in order to obtain good luck and get rich - so it was explained. The mar...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR059 (1957) , 1 page(s)
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A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. "Mamilambo" is said to be a spirit or charm in the shape of a snake, which the people buy from the diviners in order to obtain good luck and get rich - so it was explained. The married women were more soberly dressed than the young unmarried ones and wore their headclothes in the more usual Xhosa 'pile' of cloth o...
A diviner arrived in person but declined to sing with the women who were all sitting around on the floor of the hut, about 80 of them. "Mamilambo" is said to be a spirit or charm in the shape of a snake, which the people buy from the diviners in order to obtain good luck and get rich - so it was explained. The married women were more soberly dressed than the young unmarried ones and wore their headclothes in the more usual Xhosa 'pile' of cloth on the head, producing a large loose turban-like effect.
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Date Written / Recorded
1957
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ngoma ya bantwana (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR059 , 3 mins
This lullaby was sung by about 50 mothers and grandmothers and one man. "Tula ntwana mwukulila." "Be quite child and go to sleep."
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR059 , 3 mins
Description
This lullaby was sung by about 50 mothers and grandmothers and one man. "Tula ntwana mwukulila." "Be quite child and go to sleep."
Date Written / Recorded
1957
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ngoma ya kare I (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR176 (1954) , 1 page(s)
The Mbira is not played for the dance itself, these two tunes being taken from the melodies used by the dancers. The tumbling dance of these Ndau people is very popular at the mines of Johannesburg. The tuning of the Mbira was: -- 368, 328, 288, 252, 216, 202, 184 vs.
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR176 (1954) , 1 page(s)
Description
The Mbira is not played for the dance itself, these two tunes being taken from the melodies used by the dancers. The tumbling dance of these Ndau people is very popular at the mines of Johannesburg. The tuning of the Mbira was: -- 368, 328, 288, 252, 216, 202, 184 vs.
Date Written / Recorded
1954
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Song, Mbira dza waNdau
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