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Drinking songs, sung riddles, and humorus songs from the Tswana-speaking Tlharo of the Mafeking district, South Africa

Various Artists
Tswana people, Botswana. Mutwana, from Chief Kanye, Lobatsi district, Botswana, is depicted playing the Segankure, a one-stringed fiddle played with a bow.
Tswana people, Botswana. Mutwana, from Chief Kanye, Lobatsi district, Botswana, is depicted playing the Segankure, a one-stringed fiddle played with a bow.
Photograph taken at Durban Deep Mine, Johannesburg. March 23, 1947.
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Track Listing

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101
Magogwe mo Leseng Part I (Let the honey bear dig out the ant bear)
Mmapane Taunyane with 3 Tlharo women and 1 man
 01:22
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102
Malepa (The problem)
Kgosietsile Mokgosi
 04:23
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103
Sananapo (Riddles)
Itshepheng Masibi with 5 Tlharo men and 3 women
 03:25
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104
Hololo we Bahurutshe Matebeyane (When we saw the Hurutshe approaching, we thought they were Ndebele)
Daniel Ramokgadi and Sei Lobega
 05:53

Release Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR110

Year(s) Released

1959

Label(s)/Collection(s)

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Country(s)

South Africa

Genre(s)

World

Instrument(s)

Vocals

Language(s)

Tswana

Recording Era(s)

1950s

Credit(s)

Hugh Tracey - Compiler, Liner Notes Editor, Liner Notes, Recorder