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Abarinda nibarwana (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR134 , 3 mins

The people who protect this country are away fighting.' This refers to old tribal fighting before the Europeans came and stopped it all, i.e. before 1890.

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Achelhamo: Celestial Female (Tibetan Opera)

performed by Ngawang Dondrup, Tibetan Opera Troupe (Pan (Netherlands), 1996), 1 hour 16 mins, 40 page(s)

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Across the Waters: Irish Traditional Music from England

(Nimbus, 1994), 1 hour 12 mins

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Ada a Banda (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR185 (1950) , 1 page(s)

"My father, Banda, has gone off to work in the towns, for a long long time, to buy himself clothes." how true a reflection this is upon thousands of Tonga men in this district who go off to mines and towns for their own reasons leaving the women and children to fend for themselves at home. Many send back money, bu...

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Ada a Banda (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR185 , 3 mins

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Adamu, we (Track)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR096 , 2 mins

The theme of migrant labour, of the men working far away in S. Rhodesia, N. Rhodesia or in South Africa is a constant one among the women who have been left behind. "Adamu we, aye aye! Koto wo Wandisiya maule aye, wo aye aye! Ine ndi kulila, aye aye wo!" "Adam a-ye-a-ye. You have left me. I am crying -- I will tak...

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Adya moreyana (Field Card)

of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR195 (1963) , 2 page(s)

They could not explain the significance of this statement and whether the drink or the song might have killed a weaker man! "Mapolwane wa kolobe O phela ka go ja leraga Mpinelele ke rayile Thabakgolo ke kgosi ya gokwala O philiye ka yona kosa yoni." "A piglet lives on mud. Sing that I may dance. Thabakgolo is a gr...

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