Dandemutande

This album consists of one star track from each of the 21 CDs in the ‘Historical Recordings by Hugh Tracey’ series, plus six tracks from the original session in 1952 with Jean Bosco Mwenda. These Mwenda recordings surfaced in the archive after Michael Baird had completed the series and we felt that we could not let them fall back into oblivion. This CD is the perfect introduction to Hugh Tracey’s recordings!

Tracks:

• Mang'anja
• 1. Timba (1:35)
• 2. Tabiya (2:46)
• 3. Likhuba Drums I (3:08)
• 4. Likhuba Drums II (2:51)
• 5. Wosakula Sakwatidwa (3:05)
• 6. Nkazi Wa Mulomo (2:16)
• 7. Kulila Kwa Ng'oba (1:53)
• 8. Zonze Na Atengani Afuna Mapass (3:17)
• 9. Senengelado (2:43)
• Cewa
• 10. Amalume (1:41)
• 11. Mangani Mikeka Mudzinka Kwanu (2:37)
• 12. Tisimbi Wasauka (2:39)
• 13. Manyanda (2:28)
• 14. Mungabe (2:45)
• 15. Wenda M'manja M'manja (2:38)
• 16. Ndadza Apa Ndiama (2:42)
• 17. Pita Uko (1:29)
• Yao
• 18. Mtempile (2:48)
• Cewa
• 19. Oyayo Mai Moya (2:43)
• 20. Tangu Kwata M'cembere (2:29)
• 21. Ine Ndidandaula (1:17)
• Yao
• 22. Acinkanga (2:08)
• 23. Kazela Kambelemba (3:19)
• 24. Che Chipala (2:41)
• 25. Mwana Angu Ngale (1:33)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Tracks:

• TSWANA
• Ngwaketse
• 1. A Re Eng (3:03)
• 2. Selepe Ga Se A Ja Mosu (3:10)
• 3. Tshetlha Di Kae (1:26) Listen
• 4. Maomosa Re Kaeleng (2:37)
• 5. Re Tswa Kwa Tlhabane (1:07)
• Rolong
• 6. Serago Ko Gae Ngwana Mmaphokoje (3:11) Listen
• 7. Ko Gae, Ko Gae (3:08)
• Lete
• 8. Majone (4:56) Listen
• 9. Nkwe E Jele Rantshilane (3:30)
• 10. Pulana Yoo Rara Bule (4:31)
• Tlharo
• 11. Ngana Wa Lela (2:24)
• Hurutshe
• 12. Eh Pula Aene A Le Mogogo (2:16)
• 13. Pula (5:34)
• 14. Ausi (1:35)
• 15. Marimbo (1:40)
• 16. Marola Bila Kile (2:06)
• Kgatla
• 17. Waya Waya Le Makalatshane (2:55)
• 18. Ga Re A Nwa Ka Nkgwana Pele (1:49)
• SOTHO
• 19. Khajoane (1:43)
• 20. Makhoroane (1:16)
• 21. Monga Kobo (3:01)
• 22. Hee Ke Bale (3:13)
• 23. Oa Mona Letsie (3:12)
• 24. Litsoanya (1:24)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

This album mainly features two Mangbetu groups – the Mayogo and the Meje – with drum ensembles, mass singing, exquisite likembe playing, and the Azande people with xylophone and the intimate kundi harp. More harp by the Balendu and a unique recording explaining the language of sending messages by talking drums. Music from another world.

Tracks:

• Mayogo
• 1. Congo Bereji
• 2. Gbada
• 3. Masi Asibi Mbaya
• 4. Agapa
• 5. Three Girls' Party Songs
• Meje
• 6. Adomba
• 7. Nadu
• 8. Nemangolia
• 9. Meria
• 10. Dzoli
• 11. Andanyero Mamamba
• 12. Nakatiye
• Azande
• 13. Gibolo
• 14. Gitari na Congo
• 15. Midebina Vungu Kwato
• 16. Zilo
• Bobwa
• 17. Amana Mi Adu Nangwetia Lebobo
• Alur
• 18. Ndiri
• Balendu
• 19. Taragina
• 20. Abu Madzada
• 21. Mali ta Kangana
• Lokele
• 22. Talking Drums of the Upper Congo

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Aside from Katanga in Congo and the Zambian Copperbelt, southern Mozambique also developed its own distinctive guitar sound in the fifties – the roots of marrabenta. Listen to the enigmatic Feliciano Gomes sing about the problems of getting children, promiscuity of women, snobism, jealousy, the supernatural, enjoy Aurelio Kowano’s virtuoso rhythm guitar playing, and others – now no longer forgotten.

Tracks:

• Feliciano Gomes
• 1. Wukuati Lakukawa Hinenge (3:07)
• 2. Awu Ngali Wanchumo (2:49)
• 3. Godwa Aswibanga (2:49)
• 4. Ndodya Mutombo (2:53)
• 5. Nyamugowelo (2:54)
• Aurelio Kowano
• 6. Kwongotela Mwananga (3:01)
• 7. Uta Rungula Wamamane Lekaya (2:50)
• Andrea Sitole
• 8. Nonavela Mwana Maiwaku (3:12)
• Nacio Makanda
• 9. Kerestina Wena Waluma (3:00)
• 10. Riranzo (2:45)
• Americo Kossa & Aurelio Jefe
• 11. Hakunene (2:49)
• Alberto Mwamosi & Gabriel Bila
• 12. Watasala Warila Nanzifile (2:47)
• Aurelio Kowano & Alberto Fulani
• 13. Maluzano (3:59)
• 14. Vozua Vakuvitana Gelegele (2:53)
• 15. Halakavuma (3:01)
• Feliciano Gomes
• 16. Tingana Mukon'wana (2:42)
• 17. Anavela Cocacola Mwana Mama (3:00)
• 18. Tsapwa (2:51)
• 19. Matsaire (2:51)
• Mahikwani Makhuvele
• 20. Hayilolosa Amale Ye Ma Tshangane (2:39)
• Armando Muwane
• 21. He Wena Mani (2:47)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Singer/songwriter/guitarist George Sibanda from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, was in effect sub-saharan Africa’s first music star, discovered by Hugh Tracey in 1948. Alas, he could not cope with fame and fortune and had drunk himself to death by the end of the fifties. A legendary figure, with exceptional guitar-picking coupled with his generous voice and happy-go-lucky songs.

Tracks:

• 1. Dali Ngiyakuthanda Bati Ha-Ha-Ha (2:47)
• 2. Ungahamba No Tsotsi (2:35)
• 3. Ngiyakuthanda Ntombi Emnyama (2:27)
• 4. Otsotsi (2:42)
• 5. Guabi Guabi (2:51)
• 6. Chuzi Mama (2:10)
• 7. Kwantu (2:36)
• 8. Kuyini Loku? (2:30)
• 9. Eranda Ngabop' Itrain (2:35)
• 10. Llanga Lashona (2:25)
• 11. Uma Lovie (2:35)
• 12. Sake Sabotshwa (2:38)
• 13. Sivele Sithandana (2:31)
• 14. Inyakanyaka (2:24)
• 15. Amandebele (2:23)
• 16. Hamba La Venda (2:22)
• 17. Emely Uyabizwa (2:31)
• 18. Itshumi Lami Bafana (2:32)
• 19. I-I Thina Lapha Esihupekao (2:50)
• 20. Mami (2:39)
• 21. Dlala Laiza (2:24)
• 22. Umfazi We Polisa Usegooka Amaluba (2:31)
• 23. Yinindaba Wena, My Boy (2:31)
• 24. Epilogue (0:13)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

By ‘the Nguni’ is meant the peoples along the SE coast of Africa, who are known as Xhosa, Zulu, Swati. On this album we hear unaccompanied groups singing with great vocal power, strength of melody, richness of harmony, and intimate songs with music bows, some examples of western instruments readily adopted and the seemingly natural step to an own jazz style.

Tracks:

• Xhosa: Ngqika
• 1. Inkulu Into Ezakwenzeka (1:29) Listen
• 2. Umalilela Imango Ingasiyo Yakho (2:35)
• 3. Ikostina (2:19)
• 4. Wolala (3:01)
• 5. Abathandani Ngumasingili (1:44)
• Xhosa: Gealeka
• 6. Ndemka Nehlungulwana (2:30)
• 7. Ulele Matshawuza (2:51)
• 8. Tsholoza (2:35)
• 9. Bayathetha Bantwana Ndinendaba (1:52)
• Xhosa: Mpondo
• 10. Isigqumza (4:02) Listen
• 11. Ubengalahl' Iinkomo (2:54)
• 12. Lo Mna Ndigula Ngohlanya (3:10)
• 13. Ulalele Ke Mbhemu (1:30)
• Xhosa: Mfengu
• 14. Unonkala (2:49) Listen
• Xhosa
• 15. Ilizwe Lifile Kuzimfazwe Zadwa (2:51)
• Zulu
• 16. Kuyashisha Emqhobo (2:54)
• 17. Ngazula Ezintabeni (1:37)
• 18. Emalomeni (1:19)
• 19. Two Flute Tunes (3:58)
• 20. Ngimthanda Nje Muhle (3:02)
• Swati
• 21. Babe Lidzela Nyoni (2:34)
• 22. Incaba Kancofula (3:09)
• 23. Lezontaba (3:12) Listen
• 24. Myekelen' Ahlome Ka La Kubeka (4:35)
• 25. Lantombeni (3:16)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

In the new urban culture during the fifties in the copper mining towns of Katanga Province in southern Congo and on the Copperbelt in northern Zambia, the guitar became an important status symbol. An exciting document, the emergence of a new sound – with some famous names such as Mwenda Jean Bosco and George Sibanda.

Tracks:

• 1957 & '58 recordings
• Congo
• 1. Mama Josefina (2:51)
• 2. Masengu (3:04)
• 3. Muleka Mwene Yombwe (4:01)
• 4. Muleka Mwene Ngoie (3:06)
• Zambia
• 5. Ematambo Waifwe Bantu (3:27)
• 6. Banakatekwe (3:27)
• 7. Mayo Wafwa (2:24)
• 8. Nifwe Ba Four Pals (2:40)
• 9. Maselino Yaya Yoyayu (2:46)
• 10. Bamgufya Ba Kwati (2:53)
• 11. Katikalepuke Katikatobeke (3:02)
• 12. Chilomendo Chakumena (2:52)
• 13. Nashe Nsapato (2:44)
• 14. Amatstotsi Mama Amaononge Chalo (2:46)
• Malawi
• 15. Akazi (2:53)
• 16. Elube (2:27)
• 1950, '51, '52 recordings
• Zimbabwe
• 17. Gwabi Gwabi (2:50)
• 18. Dali Ngiyakuthanda Bati Ha-Ha-Ha (2:43)
• 19. Itaula Bava Yami (2:22)
• Congo
• 20. Mama Na Mwana (3:01)
• 21. Nachelewa (3:07)
• 22. Safari Ya Baraka (2:58)
• 23. Colette (3:00)
• 24. Beni (2:59)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Twinned with our album SWP 008, this cd features music by the people for the people, for their own enjoyment – secular, worldly music free of any court constraints. Likembes, harps, horn ensembles, flutes, etc. Become a convert to the lyrics of the opening track: ‘All things in nature love each other, The lips love the teeth, The beard loves the chin, And all the little ants go br-r-r-r together!’

Tracks:

• Soga
• 1. Warumbirigwe (2:47)
• 2. Lwakuba Abataka (2:34)
• 3. Abakazi Okunzanhda (2:43)
• 4. Kate Kalume (2:34)
• Nyoro
• 5. Omukungu Nakanyagwe (2:37)
• 6. Rwakyesiga Ensolima (2:46)
• 7. Kyenda Ali Mugenyi (1:23)
• 8. Ayahangiri Abakozi (2:38)
• 9. Kawairanga (2:30)
• Toro
• 10. Kawamyita Wagenda (1:37)
• 11. Losungu Bakali (2:36)
• 12. Kukoikya (59)
• Dhola
• 13. Okachi (1:29)
• 14. Tich Mabere (2:40)
• Teso
• 15. Eoudi Odekayi Etwani (2:37)
• 16. Elosi Aberu akipore Imaniti Abiro (2:35)
• Konjo
• 17. Two Nyamulera Dances (2:40)
• Soga
• 18. Akasozi Mwiri (2:30)
• 19. Obuwala Bwe Nawanende (1:29)
• 20. Mulimo Omutanda (1:30)
• 21. Two Ndere Tunes (2:31)
• 22. Two Ndere & Drum Tunes (2:53)
• 23. Kiriyo (2:49)
• 24. Mere (2:43)
• 25. Amagombe Galindya (2:40)
• 26. Omukyalo Nga Bamugeya (2:27)
• Gisu
• 27. Nak'umiza Umukhana Aloba (1:15)
• 28. Mujenje (1:21)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Mozambique is the longest country in Africa, and has a correspondingly wide range of cultures and music. The area below the Zambezi River is generally referred to as ‘Southern Mozambique’. Sit back and be amazed, by xylophones, drums, mbiras, singing horns, reedpipes and young girls playing ocarinas as if in a dream.

Tracks:

• Chopi
• 1. Four Chigowilo Tunes (3:04)
• 2. Two Chimveka Tunes (3:27)
• 3. Msitso Wa Wuraru (4:00)
• 4. Hinganyengisa Masingita (2:42)
• 5. Atu Hakuwona (2:32)
• 6. Msungiso Wa Siwaka (2:20)
• 7. Lawanani Michangasika Timbila Tamakono (5:14)
• Ndau
• 8. Mandowa 1 (1:34)
• 9. Mandowa 2 (1:18)
• 10. Mandowa 4 (1:33)
• Ronga
• 11. Nahatangena (3:15)
• Tsonga/Hlanganu
• 12. Masesa (3:21)
• Gitonga
• 13. Numero Uno We Regulo Rumbane (2:10)
• 14. Maruvata (3:01)
• 15. Custodo a Mabile (2:34)
• Tswa
• 16. Nzifani Ya Joni (2:57)
• 17. Ntendene (2:57)
• 18. Mwalusu (2:53)
• Tswa/Hlengwe
• 19. Mutendeni (2:27)
• 20. Maria Wa Ntumbi (3:06)
• Sena Nyungwe
• 21. Ndarira (1:21)
• 22. Wakwatira Chabe (1:29)
• 23. Ndaramba Murandu Kumui Kwangu (2:53)
• 24. Doka Wandimara Chiperi (2:28)
• Chopi
• 25. Two Chigowilo Tunes (1:23)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Features master-musicians playing some of the many instruments that were to be found in this large country, in both instrumental tunes and in accompaniment of songs. The dark rumblings of the nanga trough zither, sparkling likembe notes, deep drumming, flute laments, panpipes – from the northwestern corner near Lake Victoria to the musical melting pot of Zanzibar. A journey of highlights only.

Tracks:

• Zaramo
• 1. Mjinga Masikiyo Uzibe (2:46)
• 2. Mitambu Yalagala Kumchuzi (2:30)
• 3. Hongahonga Lele (2:35)
• Nyakyusa
• 4. Tubuke Ku Kaya Kwa Mwankenja (1:26)
• 5. Kikobole Kiluba (1:14)
• 6. Five Ilonge Tunes (4:44)
• Hehe
• 7. Tukhongine Tulauya (3:12)
• 8. Ngwidika Sadanga Wapamagulu (3:06)
• Gogo
• 9. Drum Rhythm (2:32)
• 10. Chuma Che Nledi Nkwigaila (2:06)
• 11. Malume Gasimbi Chilumenda (2:44)
• Nyamwezi
• 12. Sauti 1 (1:18)
• 13. SSauti 2 (1:19)
• 14. Manyanga 1 (1:19)
• 15. Manyanga 2 (2:22)
• Haya
• 16. Nkete (2:35)
• 17. Mugangara (2:15)
• 18. Rwakagasha (2:39)
• 19. Kishwaga (2:46)
• 20. Mugasha (2:49)
• 21. Lukiza (2:43)
• 22. Two Enkoito Rhythms (2:25)
• 23. Marombogo (1:21)
• Swahili Nguja
• 24. Majirani Njoni (2:47)
• 25. Tukulanga (1:15)
• 26. Kisonge (1:17)
• 27. Hindu Yamsegesa (1:26)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

This cd is a selection of a capella performances. Listen to more than 600 Chagga men and women chant on the southern slopes of Mt. Meru, hear timeless praise songs by the Gogo, humorous songs by the Nyamwezi, lyrical wigasha dance songs by the Sukuma near, and the unmistakable Maasai chanting. Vocals straight from the heart, by peoples without any kind of identity crisis.

Tracks:

• Chagga
• 1. Mfwa Kipanga (2:49)
• 2. Marrite (2:38)
• 3. Manyanga (2:37)
• 4. Meru Washi (2:46)
• Sukuma
• 5. Mudala Mukamba, Nakangische (2:37)
• 6. Ng'Wadila Ng'Wiza Wani Baba Rumi (2:25)
• 7. Ngosha Wewe Nasengilehe (2:50)
• 8. Awana Wane Wakuluganga (2:58)
• 9. Mulebone Naliyagamba Lya Ntemi Salamba (2:44)
• 10. Simba Lumi (2:53)
• Gogo
• 11. Tanganyika (4:43)
• 12. Awu Nungo Ya Wetu Amusolile Konongo 1 (4:34)
• 13. Awu Mungo Ya Wetu Amusolile Konongo 2 (4:00)
• 14. Mulipe Kodi (5:11)
• Nyamwezi
• 15. Uwi, Mamsanga Makumbulage Wagela Mnyabo (2:45)
• 16. Kamwezi Sensa Muyaya (2:45)
• 17. Uswezi (1:18)
• 18. Eruko (2:46)
• 19. Tamanaiyo Angare Nanyoki (2:15)
• 20. Embrukoi (2:43)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Tracks:

• Tonga
• 1. Dale wangu ukamunyenga maSotho (My darling has married a Sotho) (performed by Beti Kamanga) (2:39)
• 2. Chilongozi waulende wamoyo zina lake Yesu (performed by Beti Kamanga) (2:45)
• 3. Suzgu muyaya (performed by Beti Kamanga) (2:45)
• 4. Ndalama ndi Satana (Money is the devil) (performed by Beti Kamanga) (2:35)
• 5. Ndaluza ine (I have lost) (performed by Maluba Mwale) (2:42)
• 6. Ani sibani nimakuba (My great friend) (performed by Iron Khoma) (2:44)
• Tumbuka
• 7. Wezulu walila (The whistle has blown at Mazowe River) (performed by boys of Dedza Secondary School, Mzimba district) (1:23)
• 8. Nijurireni (Open for me) (performed by W. Theu) (2:13)
• 9. Timbenge tingaruwa (Let us sing lest we forget) (performed by E.A. Nkuzana) (2:57)
• 10. Walowela mawa (To greet a sick person) (performed by Zakaliya Kachali) (2:44)
• 11. Chigwinini chikuko mana nawo (A man with two wives has no wife) (performed by Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi, Smart Chigwamba) (3:10)
• 12. Mbaya mwana wane bamutya Cimbwe (Mbaya, my child, is called a hyena) (performed by Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi, Smart Chigwamba) (2:43)
• 13. Ndipeko kayuni karimbula (Let me feed the hungry bird) (performed by Nezala Shonga) (2:51)
• 14. M'sodomo (Sodom) (performed by boys of Chief Mwasi's village) (2:50)
• 15. Awelemuwo ee dandaula (Awelemuwo worries too much) (2:51)
• 16. Misozi (Tears) (2:35)
• 17. O Jere (1:58)
• 18. Tumbuka ku kaya (performed by Josani Phiri) (2:45)
• Cewa
• 19. Two bow songs (performed by Petrosi Samalaboma) (2:54)
• 20. Three kalimba songs (performed by Ganizani Nyirenda) (4:17)
• 21. Make Yaya (Mother of Yaya) (performed by Denis Yolambo) (2:47)
• 22. Kantengo (The tree) (performed by Muzize Mwane) (2:38)
• 23. Idzani muone kuwala (Come and see the glory) (performed by Samkani Mponela) (2:50)
• 24. Mangondo azipita (Mangondo must go) (performed by Livinia Jere) (1:36)
• 25. Chifundo chamanga (I long for my mother) (performed by Samsom Zimba) (1:27)

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

boys of Dedza Secondary School, Smart Chigwamba, Livinia Jere, Zakaliya Kachali, Beti Kamanga, Iron Khoma, Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi, Samkani Mponela, Maluba Mwale, Muzize Mwane, boys of Chief Mwasi’s village, Mzimba district, E.A. Nkuzana, Ganizani Nyirenda, Josani Phiri, Petrosi Samalaboma, Nezala Shonga, W. Theu, Hugh Tracey, Denis Yolambo, Samsom Zimba.

This is a fascinating and beautiful collection of music from a sampling of Zimbabwean cultures – Ndau, Shona (Karanga, Zezuru, and Zezuru/Njanja), and Sena Tonga – recorded with crystal clarity half a century ago by Hugh Tracey. I found it difficult to choose just a few sound samples to illustrate the 27 tracks on this album as I like so many of them so much; and the ones I did pick aren’t truly ‘representative’ because of the huge variety of music on the CD. There’s singing, drumming, mulanji flute, ngororombe panpipes, chipendani and chizambi mouth bows, and several types of mbira including njari, matepe, karimba, and mbira dza vaNdau that we encounter far less often than we’d like.

The odd title of this CD (”Other Musics...”) derives from a perception that the only Zimbabwean instrument anyone abroad knows about is the mbira dzavadzimu of the Zezuru Shona. “But it is not the only type of mbira,” the liner notes exclaim, “or indeed the only musical instrument in Zimbabwe!” Hackles slightly raised, my sardonic response is that far more people in North America have a passing, coffee-table familiarity with the kalimba (invented by Hugh Tracey for playing non-African music) than have ever seen, heard, or heard of the mbira huru... and that most of those people who actually know what a mbira is are likely to be aware of other Zimbabwean instruments. However, no matter how arguable the logic in naming this CD, its tracks were collected with flair, excellent taste, and an obvious love for great music. I could only wish for much more ngororombe, even if it meant (ahem) fewer tracks of mbira huru...

This is the twelfth in a series of collections of music recorded in mid-century by Hugh Tracey, brought to us on CD by Michael Baird/SWP Records in Utrecht, The Netherlands in collaboration with Andrew Tracey of Grahamstown, South Africa, carrying on his father’s legacy at the International Library of African Music. Hats off to them both!

Tracks:

• Ndau
• 1. Neiwe unonyanya (You are too much) (performed by Simon Mafiru Sitole; mbira dza vaNdau) (3:08) Listen
• 2. Here Mwana-we (Hey, you child) (performed by Simon Mafiru Sitole; mbira dza vaNdau) (3:12)
• 3. Ndaa murombo (I am now a poor man) (performed by Saizi Sitole; mbira dza vaNdau) (2:27)
• 4. Samanyenga kupembera (Samanyenga dances for joy) (performed by Andirea Sitole, Petros Simango; mbira dza vaNdau) (2:41)
• 5. Ndenda ndofira Joni (I go to die in Johannesburg) (performed by Penisera Matabeya, Majuta Sitole; mulanji flute) (2:41)
• 6. Ndozofa msango (I shall die here in the bush, without ever seeing my father, my mother, my brother again) (performed by Pineas Hungwe; chizambi bow) (2:44)
• 7. Handina mwana (I have no child) (performed by Pineas Hungwe; chizambi bow) (3:00) Listen
• 8. Kufa kusina dangwe (Death has no first-born, i.e. may take anyone first) (performed by Simon Mafiru Sitole; mbira dza vaNdau) (2:56)
• 9. Mwadziitira (You have done it yourself) (performed by Joseph Ngonyama Shumba; mbira dza vaNdau) (3:06)
• 10. Tabarirevu woenda (Tabarirevu, you are going) (performed by Tabarirevu Muyambo; mbira dza vaNdau) (3:18)
• 11. Hondora (performed by Tabarirevu Muyambo; mbira dza vaNdau) (2:50)
• 12. Pfeni nengoma (The baboon and the drum) (performed by Muchaenda Sigauke and Ndau/Gware men; ngano story-song) (2:53)
• 13. Samondoza iwe (Hey, Samondoza) (performed by Muchaenda Sigauke and Ndau/Gware men; chiturirano clapping dance) (2:42) Listen
• Shona
• 14. Chirombo woye nditerere (Chirombo) (Spirit listen to me) (performed by Mugadzikwa Mwanagona; karimba) (1:29)
• 15. Dendera jikwa (Ground hornbill shavi spirit) (performed by Raimon Jacket; chizambi bow) (1:18)
• 16. Du-du-du (performed by Mukomondera Moyo; ngano story-song) (1:42)
• 17. Zimbige (performed by Tawagaza Sibanda; njari) (1:38)
• 18. Shumba (Lion) (performed by James Gwezhe Soko; mbira huru) (2:46)
• 19. Kwa ambuya asina keriya (To mother-in-law's without a carrier) (performed by Muchabaiwa and two friends; chipendani bow) (1:18)
• 20. Masongano (song for mashavi souls) (performed by Chabarwa Musunda; njari) (2:37)
• 21. Shuga (song for vadzimu ancestral spirits) (performed by Chabarwa Musunda; njari) (2:23)
• 22. Pi mchinanga (performed by Mutare Teachers Training College choir; ngano story-song) (1:23) Listen
• Sena Tonga
• 23. Wamwira mangarangara (If you drink too quickly, you get yourself drunk) (performed by Saini Madera and young Tonga men & women; ngororombe panpipe dance) (2:48) Listen
• 24. Ngoma dze ngororombe (Drums of ngororombe) (performed by Saini Madera and two others; mutumba, jenje, usindi, and karipi-karipi drums) (3:54)
• 25. Rikira-rikira rerera-rikera (performed by young Tonga women; ngano story-song) (1:19)
• 26. Musengu (song for Mhondoro ancestral spirits) (performed by Saini Ngafangandiwe, Chingaipa Madzikaminga, Zhogi Muzengedza; matepe dza mhondoro mibra) (3:01)
• 27. Endai kwenyu Vatonga (Go away home Vatonga, leaving the sons of chiefs) (performed by Saini Ngafangandiwe, Chingaipa Madzikaminga, Zhogi Muzengedza; song for Mhondoro ancestral spirits) (3:18)

Credits: (in alphabetical order)

Pineas Hungwe, Raimon Jacket, Saini Madera and two others, Saini Madera and young Tonga men & women, Chingaipa Madzikaminga, Penisera Matabeya, Mukomondera Moyo, Muchabaiwa and two friends, Chabarwa Musunda, Mutare Teachers Training College choir, Tabarirevu Muyambo, Zhogi Muzengedza, Mugadzikwa Mwanagona, Saini Ngafangandiwe, Joseph Ngonyama Shumba, Tawagaza Sibanda, Muchaenda Sigauke and Ndau/Gware men, Petros Simango, Andirea Sitole, Majuta Sitole, Saizi Sitole, Simon Mafiru Sitole, James Gwezhe Soko, Hugh Tracey, young Tonga women.

In 1961 the Republic of Rwanda was proclaimed and five centuries of rule by the Tutsi Banyiginya dynasty came to an end. The Mwami, meaning ‘king-shepherd,’ fled the country and the symbol of power, the royal drums, disappeared. The Kingdom of Ruanda was no more and the music exclusive to the court was never heard again, except in a diluted form. Luckily Hugh Tracey was given permission to record at the court in 1952 and these remarkable recordings give us an impression of this place of absolute power and yet beautiful music.

Tracks:

• 1. Hugh Tracey speaks (0:05)
• Seven Royal drum rhythms
• 2. Zirasuka (2:05)
• 3. Imirindi (1:10)
• 4. Uruchina (2:49)
• 5. Umuterero (2:03)
• 6. Ichimanura (2:37)
• 7. Agasiga (2:48)
• 8. Ichirusha (2:33)
• Praise songs
• 9. Nimuze tugweragwere (3:17)
• 10. Hahirwa nyiramibambwe (2:35)
• Twa praise songs
• 11. Amaliza (1:28)
• 12. Benimana (1:28)
• 13. Mpundu (2:58)
• 14. Igiterane (2:54)
• Bow song
• 15. Rukanga rwamajana (2:48)
• Intore music
• 16. Ikizire (1:20)
• 17. Ingaju (1:35)
• 18. Kyarutema (2:57)
• Praise song
• 19. Inyambiwa (2:31)
• Love song
• 20. Lama (2:43)
• Abiru drum rhythms
• 21. Akakira, Urubunda, Uwabigega, Umuganura, Urugamgazi, Umubambura, Tubaru shumwami, Ururuna (5:48)
• 22. Ibiteyo (0:54)
• 23. Zigezikaragwe (2:26)
• 24. Agasiga k'i gaseke (1:49)
• 25. Uruchantege (2:52)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

Here, as in most other parts of southern Africa, almost all instruments which did not have a significant functional place in traditional society have dwindled or died – those played for solace, for walking, for passing the time, for expressing one’s opinion on any subject, etc. The kalimba (mbira) and kalumbu (musical bow) are hardly played in Zambia anymore, young people prefer the guitar instead. We are fortunate to present here a selection of the highly attractive, yet simple and catchy, individual and idiosyncratic ‘little musics’ of these two Zambian instruments, as they were recorded on the spot by Hugh Tracey. Some of the performances are quite extrovert, but some are more introverted, even meditative.

Tracks:

• 1. Sitima senda namoto
• 2. Tambuka nalikishi
• 3. Bena Kazembe balitumpa
• 4. Bamangolosa bachusuwano
• 5. Bata wasunga mulundu
• 6. Ba Serenje balokuula bawishibo
• 7. Bantamba fituka
• 8. Mwima nonge
• 9. Maiyongwe
• 10. Takundambi kumulumi wako
• 11. Chembere luimbolo
• 12. Wo ye-ye ndauwuluke
• 13. Maulu malu kakusike kumwebe
• 14. Tomujayi muntu mwana mwanike
• 15. Kuzumana makua
• 16. Tamanangu
• 17. Shendamundale banana
• 18. Nisoya na Chingola
• 19. Kanenga
• 20. Chihibalumuna bembi
• 21. Nadusanga chikolya mukupela meeda bewa
• 22. Eko ilimpenta
• 23. Ndapilibuka
• 24. Wemuko ifwala mangapala
• 25. Sicembe

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

This album features the music of the lesser known Kanyok people and their direct and indirect various Luba neighbors, as recorded by Hugh Tracey. Two thirds of the 23 tracks were recorded in the townships of the copper mines of Katanga Province; only 7 were recorded in the heartlands. That makes this selection even more interesting, as it not only presents the music of these various peoples but is also a document of the state of music in 1957 in the urbanizing Katanga mine culture where peoples lived together who normally did not do so. And that document shows that each cultural group still largely played their own traditional music, as well as the first ‘urban’ mutations where guitars have taken over the mbira parts.

Tracks:

• Kanyok
• 1. Drum message I (1:17)
• 2. Chindol wa mukaleng (2:44)
• 3. Luwend (4:05)
• 4. Mal'yoo-yooy (3:31)
• 5. Bwal bwany (3:05)
• 6. Drummessage II (1:47)
• 7. Tshiluw (0:43)
• 8. Musambo wa maja (4:57)
• 9. Butuk (1:29)
• 10. Wa lwend chombel (3:40)
• 11. Mangaay (2:53)
• Luba-Luluwa
• 12. Kabondo musambo wa changachanga (4:16)
• 13. Wa kabwalala wa beena Luluwa (5:04)
• Luba-Kasai
• 14. Mambala rhythm (3:55)
• 15. kaleleke wetu yamba mwana wa Mbaya (2:56)
• 16. Kazadi Ngandu (3:02)
• 17. Kemai (1:36)
• 18. Lumpungu (1:38)
• 19. Kankenene kambula mushete (2:42)
• Luba-Hemba
• 20. Masengu (3:07)
• Luba-Songye
• 21. Kashama wa ndiambo (3:10)
• Luba-Kasai
• 22. Mambala dance (3:03)
• Luba-Katanga
• 23. Bandemai dodile bulanga (2:50)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

The Mbuti pygmies came out the great Ituri rainforest to barter meat and honey for manioc and other products with the Nande, Bira, Budu and Mangbele, Bantu peoples living on the edge of the forest. These recordings by Hugh Tracey reveal something of the ‘special relationship’ between the pygmies and their neighbors, with on the one hand Mbuti playing on flutes borrowed from the Nande, Mbuti playing drums borrowed from the Mangbele, and on the other hand the obvious influence the pygmies had for example on the music of the Budu. The edge of this forest was the scene of not only economic interaction but also of musical interaction.

Tracks:

• Budu
• 1. Mbo (3:05)
• 2. Mbo II (2:35)
• 3. Yando (3:06)
• 4. Ope (1:21)
• 5. Akakalu babini (4:30)
• 6. Speech by Chief Baonoko (1:34)
• 7. Mama Yangu (2:57)
• Mangbele
• 8. Four drum signals (2:29)
• 9. Nebandima (2:16)
• Nande
• 10. Two likembe tunes (1:25)
• 11. Three likembe tunes (4:46)
• 12. Four flute tunes (5:43)
• Mbuti
• 13. Luma pipes (1:24)
• 14. Luma pipes with drums (1:35)
• 15. Mai-o-da (1:12)
• 16. Amabele-o-iye (1:11)
• 17. Iyo-o-o (1:08)
• 18. The honey harvest (3:01)
• 19. The antelope hunt (1:34)
• 20. Mongu (3:00)
• 21. Dance (2:43)
• 22. Hunting cries (1:26)
• 23. Song after moving camp (1:14)
• 24. Curative song (1:10)
• 25. Manatobo kukwo (1:21)
• Bira
• 26. Maria Chibu (3:04)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.

In 1966 Prime Minister Obote fell on the traditional monarchies of Uganda. The Ganda, Nyoro and Ankole peoples lost their Kabaka, Omukama and Omugabe, the palaces were seized and burned, the retainers – including the musicians – killed or dispersed, the royal instruments, some of them over 400 years old, destroyed. So what became of the royal musics? One factor that at least ensures that they have not yet completely disappeared is the good fortune that Hugh Tracey made these recordings with the rulers’ encouragement. Much of this beautiful music is impossible to reproduce now and will never be heard again.

Tracks:

• Ganda
• 1. Okwala omulungi kwesengereza (harp song) (3:04)
• 2. Gganga alula (harp song) (3:00)
• 3. Osenga omwami tagayala (harp song) (3:08)
• 4. Okuzanyira (song with flutes & drums) (2:41)
• 5. Asenga omwami tagayala (song with flutes & drums) (2:38)
• 6. Katego (xylophone & drums) (2:52)
• 7. Kalagala ebwembe (xylophone & drums) (2:48)
• 8. Nandikulamudde (xylophone) (1:16)
• 9. Basibira malaika (xylophone) (1:19)
• 10. Kyuma (drum ensemble) (2:22)
• 11. Nsiriba ya munanga Katego (drum ensemble) (2:37)
• 12. Sewaswa kazalabalongo (harp song) (2:54)
• 13. Oyagala nkole ntya (xylophone) (1:07)
• 14. Lulangalanga (xylophone) (1:26)
• 15. Bwemba nkwagala (xylophone) (1:18)
• 16. Akasozi bamunanika (song with lyre, fiddle, & drum) (2:44)
• 17. Mulamu namala ampita erinya (song with two drums) (2:49)
• Nyoro
• 18. Irambi (horn ensemble) (1:22)
• 19. Rwakanembe (horn ensemble) (1:17)
• 20. Ntajemerwa (drum ensemble) (1:21)
• 21. Speech by the Omukama (1:41)
• 22. Okuturukya Omukama (drum ensemble & flutes) (1:18)
• 23. Ntimbo (drum ensemble) (1:04)
• 24. Aramutanga (flutes) (1:10)
• 25. Kitwekize kya Winyi (song) (1:14)
• 26. Rukidi (song with drum ensemble) (2:39)
• 27. Kyebambi (song with drum ensemble) (2:28)
• 28. Kotabuuba/Abagenyi baizire (songs with horns & rattles) (4:53)
• Ankole
• 29. Obw'Omugabe Gasyonga II Yagwara Ekirunga (song) (2:42)
• 30. Entoro y'omuhogo (song) (2:21)

Credits:

Hugh Tracey.