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Ahume bangu okonda kuyenda njinga nityale (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR038 (1957) , 1 page(s)
This dance song is sung to wind up the evening and to show the dancing is at an end.
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR038 (1957) , 1 page(s)
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This dance song is sung to wind up the evening and to show the dancing is at an end.
Date Written / Recorded
1957
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
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Ahume bangu okonda kuyenda njinga nityale (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR038 , 3 mins
"My husband likes to roam, so I shall break his bicycle." These women were Ngoni, but singing in Nsenga the language of their forebears. The singign of the Ngoni is expecially interesting for the fact that tey sing in 2 distinct styles, that of the Zulu (Ngoni), their father's tribe and that their mothers' tribes...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR038 , 3 mins
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"My husband likes to roam, so I shall break his bicycle." These women were Ngoni, but singing in Nsenga the language of their forebears. The singign of the Ngoni is expecially interesting for the fact that tey sing in 2 distinct styles, that of the Zulu (Ngoni), their father's tribe and that their mothers' tribes who were conquered by the Ngoni. Both strains are still clearly defined after nearly a century of integration.
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
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Ai lelo kwa Masula kotokoto (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)
Songs sung in the late evening after supper just before they go to sleep are a feature of the musical life of the Chewa it would appear. "Lembani kalata kwa masula nkutali-ee Yayi toto ine zilowe mu bus ndrama." "Write a letter to Masula saying it is very far. No I don't want to put money in the bus (pay for the b...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR094 (1958) , 2 page(s)
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Songs sung in the late evening after supper just before they go to sleep are a feature of the musical life of the Chewa it would appear. "Lembani kalata kwa masula nkutali-ee Yayi toto ine zilowe mu bus ndrama." "Write a letter to Masula saying it is very far. No I don't want to put money in the bus (pay for the bus fare)." a song as if far away from home. It was first son at Cikula's district, about 3 miles away, they say.
Date Written / Recorded
1958
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
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Ai lelo kwa Masula kotokoto (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR094 , 1 min
Kotokoto means, literally, a sick person, suffering in all his limbs.
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR094 , 1 min
Description
Kotokoto means, literally, a sick person, suffering in all his limbs.
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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Aiba mange kimiango (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR126 (1952) , 1 page(s)
This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the Savannah along the northern edge of the great tropical Ituri forest from the Ruwenzori mountains in the East to this present locality in North Central Congo. On their way they are said to have become much influenced by the Mbuti Pygmies, several of their songs and d...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR126 (1952) , 1 page(s)
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This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the Savannah along the northern edge of the great tropical Ituri forest from the Ruwenzori mountains in the East to this present locality in North Central Congo. On their way they are said to have become much influenced by the Mbuti Pygmies, several of their songs and dances closely resembling those of the dwarfs. Their pet name for the pygmies is Batikitki.
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
Dance, African Drumming, Drum, Rattle, basket, Horn, ivory
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Aiba mange kimiango (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR126 , 3 mins
This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the Savannah along the northern edge of the great tropical Ituri forest from the Ruwenzori mountains in the East to this present locality in North Central Congo. On their way they are said to have become much influenced by the Mbuti Pygmies, several of their songs and d...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR126 , 3 mins
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This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the Savannah along the northern edge of the great tropical Ituri forest from the Ruwenzori mountains in the East to this present locality in North Central Congo. On their way they are said to have become much influenced by the Mbuti Pygmies, several of their songs and dances closely resembling those of the dwarfs. Their pet name for the pygmies is Batikitki.
Date Written / Recorded
1952
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
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Aidyo, ghosts in the forest
of University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum, in The Louis Sarno Archive, Film; interview by Nick Lobley, fl. 2013 (Oxford, England: University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum), 1 min,
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The video clip shows Louis Sarno talking about meeting forest spirits in the rainforests of the Central African Republic, and is part of a series of video interviews with Louis that were recorded in April 2012. Bayaka believe in a divine creator, Kumba, who created the world and then retreated. Bayaka life in the...
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of University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum, in The Louis Sarno Archive, Film; interview by Nick Lobley, fl. 2013 (Oxford, England: University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum), 1 min,
Source: web.prm.ox.ac.uk
Source: web.prm.ox.ac.uk
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The video clip shows Louis Sarno talking about meeting forest spirits in the rainforests of the Central African Republic, and is part of a series of video interviews with Louis that were recorded in April 2012. Bayaka believe in a divine creator, Kumba, who created the world and then retreated. Bayaka life in the rainforests is intimately connected with many different types of spirit, many of which must be propitiated for ecological and social we...
The video clip shows Louis Sarno talking about meeting forest spirits in the rainforests of the Central African Republic, and is part of a series of video interviews with Louis that were recorded in April 2012. Bayaka believe in a divine creator, Kumba, who created the world and then retreated. Bayaka life in the rainforests is intimately connected with many different types of spirit, many of which must be propitiated for ecological and social wellbeing. Some spirits, such as bobé, appear in leaf form, sometimes even glowing in the dark. Some spirits, such as the women's Lingboku spirit, are heard but not seen. Other spirits are believed to be present in birds such as owls. In this clip Louis Sarno talks about meeting spirits in the forest.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012-04
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Archival footage
Contributor
Louis Sarno, 1954-2017
Author / Creator
Louis Sarno, 1954-2017, Nick Lobley, fl. 2013
Publisher
University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum
Person Discussed
Louis Sarno, 1954-2017
Topic / Theme
Spirituality, Ghosts, Occultism, Aka
Copyright Message
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Ajuba (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR129 (1952) , 1 page(s)
Away from the Congo river itself it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance is...
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR129 (1952) , 1 page(s)
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Away from the Congo river itself it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance is attached. The signals may have arisen from messages in the past but the skill of 'talking' on the drums has almost if not entirely vani...
Away from the Congo river itself it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance is attached. The signals may have arisen from messages in the past but the skill of 'talking' on the drums has almost if not entirely vanished among the Mangbele. The significance of the 'Tamatsaro' signal was not explained.
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Date Written / Recorded
1952
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Copyright Message
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Ajuba (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR129 , 3 mins
An attractive dance by young soldiers whose tribe has the local reputation of being amongst the most hamdsome in the Congo. Their home district is at the most northerly part of the great bend in the Congo river where it is already several miles wide. (Copied from disc)
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR129 , 3 mins
Description
An attractive dance by young soldiers whose tribe has the local reputation of being amongst the most hamdsome in the Congo. Their home district is at the most northerly part of the great bend in the Congo river where it is already several miles wide. (Copied from disc)
Date Written / Recorded
1952
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Field recording (raw)
Contributor
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Author / Creator
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Copyright Message
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Akaizari mbanda yasila (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR038 (1957) , 1 page(s)
These songs belong to "umgubo" or, in Zulu, "ihubo" type of regimental singing. They were sung by the Mpezeni regiment, in 1920. The last of the age groups to be called officially a regiment by the Ngoni tribe.
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of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR038 (1957) , 1 page(s)
Description
These songs belong to "umgubo" or, in Zulu, "ihubo" type of regimental singing. They were sung by the Mpezeni regiment, in 1920. The last of the age groups to be called officially a regiment by the Ngoni tribe.
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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