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Nadu

- Medje men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Medje men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-08-07
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/220574 , vital:48648 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT317-F98 , Research no. F4I1
  • Description: Indigenous folk song for the 'Marriage dance', with singing accompanied by 4 conical drums, 1 big bell drum, 2 pod-shaped slitdrums, 2 small cylindrical slitdrums, 1 double metal bell, 6 basket rattles and 1 metal handbell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-08-07

Nautu

- Medje men, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

  • Authors: Medje men , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
  • Date: 1952-08-07
  • Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/220579 , vital:48649 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Field Tapes, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , HTFT317-F98 , Research no. F4I2
  • Description: Indigenous dance folk song for circumcisions, with singing accompanied by 4 conical drums, 1 big bell drum, 2 pod-shaped slitdrums, 2 small cylindrical slitdrums, 1 double metal bell, 6 basket rattles and 1 metal handbell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952-08-07

Adiyindre Dobuzindrine

- Medje men, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Adomba

- Medje men, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Arimau

- Medje men, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Kali Bili

- Medje men, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

Nadu

- Medje men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Medje men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166752 , vital:41400 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0120-01
  • Description: The Nadu dance is performed in a straight line. The Medje names of the instruments were:- Conical drum - Nabita, large bell drum - Nedundu, Slit drum - Nekbokbo, Pod drum - Emandru, Double metal bell - Nenbongbo, Basket rattle - Nezeza. The Medje have earned for themselves a reputation for singing and dancing. The steps of their dances are simple but most effective en masse. Marriage dance with 4 conical laced drums, 1 large bell slit drum, 2 pod slit drums, 2 small slit drums, 1 double metal bell, 1 metal hand bell and 6 basket rattles.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952

Nautu

- Medje men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Medje men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166761 , vital:41401 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0120-02
  • Description: The song is performed during the initiation ceremony at the moment when the initiates are ready for the officiant. The Medje tribe is one of the group of peoples associated with the Mangbetu. This group became the overlords of the area and their culture dominated the countryside. The style of singing resembles slightly that of the Luvale of the Southern Congo, although there is no connection between them. Circumcision song and dance with 4 conical drums, 1 large bell drum, 2 pod drums, 2 small slit drums, 1 double metal bell, 6 basket rattles, and 1 metal hand bell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952

Nenye angupu

- Medje men, Hugh Tracey

  • Authors: Medje men , Hugh Tracey
  • Date: 1952
  • Subjects: Folk songs, Mangbetu , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje f-cg
  • Language: Mangbetu
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166770 , vital:41402 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR0120-02
  • Description: "We honour our Chief, we are ready for him to inspect our work." The song is performed when Chief arrives in a village on a visit. The Medje tribe in a fertile palm forest region south of the small town of Paulis. The music is strangely reminiscent of that of the Bemba from the South Eastern borders of the Congo and Northern Rhodesia a thousand miles away. Praise song for a Chief with 4 conical drums, 1 large bell drum, 2 pod drums, 1 small cylindrical drum, 2 small slit drums, 1 double metal bell, basket rattles and metal hand bell.
  • Full Text: false
  • Date Issued: 1952

Odjea

- Medje men, Performer not specified, Composer not specified, Tracey, Hugh

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