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Ambikanire une (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR083 (1958) , 2 page(s)
The song started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcision to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic.)
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR083 (1958) , 2 page(s)
Description
The song started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcision to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic.)
Date Written / Recorded
1958
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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Ambikanire une (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR083 , 2 mins
The song started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcision to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic.)
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR083 , 2 mins
Description
The song started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcision to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic.)
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
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ameta mpala wamaliro (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR079 (1958) , 2 page(s)
"Ameta mpala wamaliro sizale de abweleka de Ameta mpala wamaliro dzsoneni, dzsoneni! Sizale de yobwele kela de." "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowwed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, s...
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR079 (1958) , 2 page(s)
Description
"Ameta mpala wamaliro sizale de abweleka de Ameta mpala wamaliro dzsoneni, dzsoneni! Sizale de yobwele kela de." "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowwed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, shave the hair off their heads after the funeral of a relative, although this CHEWA custom is not now observed by younger people.
Date Written / Recorded
1958
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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Ameta mpala wamaliro (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR079 , 1 min
"Ameta mpala wamaliro sizale de abweleka de Ameta mpala wamaliro dzsoneni, dzsoneni! Sizale de yobwele kela de." "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowwed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, s...
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR079 , 1 min
Description
"Ameta mpala wamaliro sizale de abweleka de Ameta mpala wamaliro dzsoneni, dzsoneni! Sizale de yobwele kela de." "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowwed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, shave the hair off their heads after the funeral of a relative, although this CHEWA custom is not now observed by younger people.
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
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ametela metela (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR191 (1950) , 1 page(s)
The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a reasonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second...
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR191 (1950) , 1 page(s)
Description
The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a reasonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second segment of the second and fourth fingers.
Date Written / Recorded
1950
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Song, Lute, Karigo
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ametela metela (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR191 , 1 min
The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a reasonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second...
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR191 , 1 min
Description
The one stringed lute has a wooden bowl for a reasonator with a sound hole on its side. The string is strained with a peg but final tuning is achieved by means of a straining string. It is bowed by a reed or bamboo bow with spittle and the fingering is achieved by gripping the string with the inside of the second segment of the second and fourth fingers.
Date Written / Recorded
1950
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.
Tracks
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Amtheka cingondo (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR076 (1958) , 2 page(s)
At the initiation of girls after the girls have been clothed and are taken to the place of initiation the woman officiating puts a heavy clay hat on the girls' head. The girls sing "They have put on the clay hats. Yours, my friend, suits you very well."
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR076 (1958) , 2 page(s)
Description
At the initiation of girls after the girls have been clothed and are taken to the place of initiation the woman officiating puts a heavy clay hat on the girls' head. The girls sing "They have put on the clay hats. Yours, my friend, suits you very well."
Date Written / Recorded
1958
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Mangbele
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Amtheka cingondo (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR076 , 2 mins
At the initiation of girls after the girls have been clothed and are taken to the place of initiation the woman officiating puts a heavy clay hat on the girls' head. The girls sing "They have put on the clay hats. Yours, my friend, suits you very well."
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR076 , 2 mins
Description
At the initiation of girls after the girls have been clothed and are taken to the place of initiation the woman officiating puts a heavy clay hat on the girls' head. The girls sing "They have put on the clay hats. Yours, my friend, suits you very well."
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
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
Tracks
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Amuna ali kwanga (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR096 , 1 min
African men are still reluctant to share in the agricultural work of the village. S. "Amuna ali kwanga potuna nthengo! CH. Tiyeni ku munda ine toto ndadwala." "The husband I have is good at eating, but when I ask him to work in the garden he is always sick."
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR096 , 1 min
Description
African men are still reluctant to share in the agricultural work of the village. S. "Amuna ali kwanga potuna nthengo! CH. Tiyeni ku munda ine toto ndadwala." "The husband I have is good at eating, but when I ask him to work in the garden he is always sick."
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
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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Ana amuna (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR094 (1958) , 2 page(s)
During this song the singer interjected in Chewa, "I cannot sing properly as my voice is not nice." He uses the honorific 'A' before the name Chete. A Chete -- the equivalent of 'Mr. Chete' in English.
Sample
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR094 (1958) , 2 page(s)
Description
During this song the singer interjected in Chewa, "I cannot sing properly as my voice is not nice." He uses the honorific 'A' before the name Chete. A Chete -- the equivalent of 'Mr. Chete' in English.
Date Written / Recorded
1958
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Topic / Theme
Zulu
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
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