List of Titles

Authors: Group of Sotho men and Khotso Lepheana (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Praise , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
Language: Southern Sotho
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134232 , vital:37103 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR018-09
Description: These were praises to the Bahlakoana men who were fighting against the Zulu of Mzilikazi-the one who eventually went north from the Ndebele people of Rhodesia.
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Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Usukude Uqnasa Imbongi , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Praise , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136425 , vital:37375 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-02
Description: The cries at the end are equivalent to the Zulu "Bayete." "Hail." Praises with laudatory cries.
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Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Group of elderly Mpondo women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Praise , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136434 , vital:37376 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-03
Description: The leader of this group was praising the Chief's wife. She also paraded up and down in front of the singers mimicking the actions of milking a cow. It was explained that this meant she had been given a cow.- and every now and then she looked round and waved her arm as if to frighten off a thief. Praise song and chant with clapping.
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Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Group of Sotho men and Khotso Lepheana (Performers) , Composer not specified , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Folk music--South Africa , Folk songs, Sotho , Praise , Africa South Africa Matatiele f-za
Language: Southern Sotho
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134241 , vital:37104 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR018-10
Description: The praises spoken in the intervals of the song are in honour of the fighters of the tribe. (Knotso means 'Peace'.) The hero of this praise verse is the Chief of the Sibi location, a region north of Matatiele lying along the Qacha's Nek Road, adjoining the eastern border of Basutoland.
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Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Khotso and Group of Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Praise , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136443 , vital:37377 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-04
Description: This song is sung in thanks to the Chief when he has killed a beast for them. Praise song with clapping and 5 drums.
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Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Group of elderly Mpondo men and women , Hugh Tracey
Date: 1957
Subjects: Praise , Africa South Africa Lusikisiki f-sa
Language: Xhosa
Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136463 , vital:37381 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR031-05
Description: The thin "blankets" of Kaffir sheeting dyed with washing blue peculiar to this district were much worn, especially by the women. Men excuted solo dances, with pirouettes and high kicks pointing their toes. They also gave Ukuhoga cries. When a woman's husband dies, she becomes Adikazi, which means a free woman,- i.e. free to choose lovers.- This song is sung at night by the men and women at a party. Tshawe dance for older folk.
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Date Issued: 1957

Authors: Group of Sotho men (Performer) , Composer not specified
Subjects: Praise , Speech , Chant , Indigenous folk music , Matatiele District , East Griqualand , Eastern Cape Province , South Africa
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15200 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017321 , MOA13-12 , MOA13
Description: Praise Chant and Speech (for deceased chiefs and present chief) by Group of Sotho men, with no accompaniment , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Authors: Group of Sotho men (Performer) , Composer not specified
Subjects: Praise , Chant , Speech , Indigenous folk music , Matatiele District , Griqualand , Eastern Cape Province , South Africa
Type: Sound , Music
Identifier: vital:15222 , MOA15-13 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017475 , MOA15
Description: Praise Chant and Speech (for deceased chiefs and present chief) by Group of Sotho men, with no accompanimen , This recording is held at the International Library of African Music. For further information contact ilamlibrary@ru.ac.za , This recording was digitised by the International Library of African Music , Original format: 15ips reel , Equipment used in digitisation: Studer B 67 Tape Recorder; Nagra III , Software: Sound Forge V.6 , Sample rate: 44100Hz 16Bit Stereo
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Authors: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy
Subjects: Percussion , Congo , Thundering , Hutu , Kipushi Copper Mine , Urubunda , Uruhamisiza , Uruchantege , Trees , South Africa , Limpopo , Congo Basin , Whistled messages , Herd boys , Southern Rhodesia , Zimbabwe , Tone , Baptist , Antelope horn , Gong , Drum name , Slit drum , Talking drums , Upper Congo , Whistles , Rattles , Singing , Rhythm , Middle Congo , Nigeria , Praise , Gold coast , Poetry on the drums , Izibongo , Lagos street drummer , Nigerian Broadcasting Commission in Lagos , Hourglass shaped drum , Lunda chief , Zambezi river , Central Congo , Tanganyika , Mr. John Carrington , Mr. Ford , Natelope horn , Fort Victoria , Umtali , Bungungu
Language: English
Type: Sound , Radio broadcast , Music
Identifier: vital:15073 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1008501 , Reel number: BC055
Description: The Many Sides of African Music No.7 of illustrated talks by Hugh Tracey and Peggy Tracey on their travels in search of African music, broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation , For further details refer to the ILAM Document Collection: Hugh Tracey Broadcasts
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