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Seeta le kgwale mosesetho (Visit the partridge)

- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey

Sekokodia pula wee (We humbly implore rain)

- Large group of women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Ngwaketse (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
  • Language: Tswana/Ngwaketse
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162799 , vital:40984 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-07
  • Description: "We humbly implore rain, oh, may it rain! If it rains, we shall rejoice." The land belongs to the chief so they bring him the first fruits and a portion is returned to them of which they make beer and also bring some of it to the Chief. This song and others like it, are sung when they drink the beer themselves. This beer is drunk at the Chief's Kgotla. Rain song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Selepe ga se a ja mesu (The axe on the thorn tree)

- Ngwaketse men, Hugh Tracey

Serago ko gae ngwania maphokoje (Serago, at home, the child of the female jackal

- Large group of about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey

Sikere ka lenaka (He is carrying it with a horn)

- Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women, Hugh Tracey

Silang moshoko (Grind and make porridge)

- Grace Merementsi and group of about 30 school girls, Hugh Tracey

Stepps a dikgomo di teng (Steeps, are there cattle in this place)

- Mokgele Mokgejane and group of 24 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mokgele Mokgejane and group of 24 Hurutshe men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165583 , vital:41259 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-08
  • Description: "Stepps, are there cattle in this place? Come, let us take them. We must take them from Mokwena and drive them into a cave." The woman at the end of the song spoke the praises of the successful cattle-raiders. It appears to be a local custom to recite praise verses at the conclusion of each song. How the name 'Steeps' originated is not known. Cattle raiding song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tebele ya sila ya gaila (The Ndebele girl is grinding and crushing)

- Group of about 40 women, Hugh Tracey

Thatholla (Unwind)

- Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Mpara Mosienyane and large group of men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Mokoroane f-lo
  • Language: Tswana/Rolong
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162446 , vital:40933 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-09
  • Description: "Where does the chief want us to go today? To leave in the evening when it is cold. With a drizzle of rain like a mist. With all the lads afraid of mounting their horses. Our saddles will be wet, and our trousers creased. By Morake's child, I will curse somebody! We of the Tau family, are one-handed. We receive food with it and feel pleased. We kill our own monkey's at Matsau-Tsau. Where did they see him? They saw him at the sugarcane fields. Why does he say he wants Basotho? He says he wants a Basotho blanket. Jump on my back and away we go. Fathers, let us go." Riding song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tlalerwa re Humanega (Improverished by the wild dog)

- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey

Tlhaba we re tsena bene kakwe rea (We stab)

- Group of men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Group of men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Kwena (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Botswana Molepolole f-bs
  • Language: Tswana/Kwena
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162835 , vital:40988 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0109-11
  • Description: "We stab, we enter. This is the song of the Kwena." All these songs were led by different soloists. It is difficult to obtain an adequate translation of an initiation song as they appear to be couched in mysterious and highly idiomatic terms. This song is used also as a fighting song. Male initiation song.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tloga o ense ka dinao kwalatla (Stand up, brave men)

- Japhta Modisane, Hugh Tracey

Tlotlang Kgosi (Honour the great Chief)

- Lentswe Male and 20 Kgatla men, Hugh Tracey

Tomolang ka diatla (like putting up carrots with your hands)

- Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Sotho , Folk songs, Tswana , Sotho-Tswana languages , Tswana (African people) , Sotho (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo f-lo
  • Language: Tswana/Rolong
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162382 , vital:40925 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0107-02
  • Description: The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. The singers were waering tribal attire, skins, carrying sticks and knockberries, had their heads shaved except for a patch in the crwon and were stained red. "It is like pulling up carrots (by hand)! To be a policeman is a battle with your hands! Let us go and do it with our hands." 'Diatla'-hands. The word 'hands' is significant and the meaning of the song plays upon this word. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tsabalala ('Tshabalala' - girl's name)

- Large group of men and women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Large group of men and women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Motswedi f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Hurutshe
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165547 , vital:41255 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0113-04
  • Description: "You who reject men's advances, Tshabalala. What will your mother eat, Tshabalala? In point of fact, food is provided by son-in-law, Tshabalala." The 'son-in-lwa' reference implies not only the bride-price 'Bogadi' paid for a girl, but the son-in-law also ploughs for his mother-in-law. A wedding song for the bride, with clapping.
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  • Date Issued: 1959

Tshetlha di kae (Where are the tawny ones)

- School girls, Hugh Tracey

Tshwene phatana yayone (The baboon's forehead is frowning)

- Kenewang Dikgole and group of women, Hugh Tracey

Tsiroro (Do you want to be married, Tsiroro?)

- Momitse Mutokwa and 18 Hurutshe men, Hugh Tracey

Tumediso ya Morena (Greetings to the Chief)

- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey

Waya waya le Makalatshane (You keep comapny with a rogue)

- Jemina Pheha and 24 women, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Jemina Pheha and 24 women , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1959
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Tswana , Tswana (African people) , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
  • Language: Tswana/Kgatla
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166029 , vital:41309 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0116-12
  • Description: "You go, you go with a rogue. My son has gone to work for money. The bus is broken. They have broken the bus. The red one with a hole. The bran breaks the spoon. The rogue is Mokgadi Kwekwe. Mmapula is the clan. Mmapula, do not swear at me. I am not your comrade. They give beer according to relationship. Mokgadi is a 'tsotsi', we are surprised." This song is full of topical allusions to local village scandals, and is only to be understood by those acqainted with them. "They give beer according to relationship" implies family favouritism, and friends being left out when the beer goes round. The girl who is keeping comapny with a rogue is not mentioned by name, but is known in the village. Drinking song with netal bucket used as a drum.
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  • Date Issued: 1959
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