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Party and dance songs of the Mpondo
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Several Mpondo groups from Cape Province, South Africa perform songs, which often include a call-and-response form and overlapping melodic lines and harmonies. Hugh Tracey recorded them in 1957 (Tr...
Several Mpondo groups from Cape Province, South Africa perform songs, which often include a call-and-response form and overlapping melodic lines and harmonies. Hugh Tracey recorded them in 1957 (Tracey 1973).
Details
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- Xhosa
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (26 minutes)
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn950026551
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- Recorded in 1957 in Cape Province, South Africa.
- Sung in Xhosa.
- Ihobe liyataka -- Abafazi bemka -- Kauvele ubona -- Aunakuva unafoko upendukile -- Undebulisele ku Lungwengwe -- Masihambe bawo silele emzini -- Olihomba -- Utakata ngsandhla sako -- O, ama Jalimani -- Lahiwe indoda -- U'tengisa nge misopu