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Xhosa : South Africa
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- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- Xhosa
- Publication
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- Roodepoort, Transvaal, South Africa : International Library of African Music, [1957]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, monophonic ; 12 in
- OCLC
- ocm12376619
- Credits
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- Sung and played by native musicians
- Edited by Hugh Tracey.
- Card index in English and French in quadruplicate accompanying each record gives details of performance.
- Detailed description published in African music, journal of the African Music Society, v. 1 (1975), p. 65-70.
- Contains topical songs and dance songs with dance band accompaniment.
- Recorded in Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, 1957.
- Two topical songs with drum and electric guitar: Isicatula = Boots (3:34) ; Impazamo = A mistake (2:56) -- Two town dance songs with small band led by Jury Mpelho: Ngqika (2:54) ; Yombela = Clap hands (3:23) -- Two topical songs with small band led by Jury Mpelho: Themb'sie (2:49) ; Nonkala = The crab (2:47) -- Two topical songs with dance band led by Jury Mpelho: Puma endlini yam = Get out of my house (2:48) ; Babalsi = The hangover (2:57) -- Two town dances with dance band led by Alfred Tafeni: Thula ndivile = Be quiet, I have heard (2:55) ; Siya hamba = We are going (2:57) -- Two topical songs with dance band led by Russell Plangra: Benoni (2:50) ; No doli wami = The doll (3:01)