Mtsotsho and other dances from the Gcaleka of South Africa

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Pioneer collector, Hugh Tracey collected several dance songs from the Gcaleka culture group found in the Transkei, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa in 1957. The music often includes overlapping melody lines as well deep, rhythmic wordless vocalizations (called eefing in North America).

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101	Inkuntse	Group of young boys and girls	2:37
102	Wayisebenzela Ijoyini (He worked for the contract)	Group of young boys and girls	3:01
103	Malayisha I (Hold the sun, so that it sets)	Group of young Gcaleka girls and amakwenkwe	1:20
104	Malayisha II (Hold the sun, so that it sets)	Group of young Gcaleka girls and amakwenkwe	1:36
105	Nganibonge Amakentani (Please praise the Kentani people)	Thombi Fegetwai and Gcaleka boys and girls	2:53
106	Amaseyibokwe athengwa ngemali eninzi (For a certain type of socks you pay dearly)	Group of Gcaleka boys and girls	2:23
107	Umama litshipa (Mother is an absconder)	Group of Gcaleka boys and girls	3:06
108	Mama ndaswelindawo ngendaba (Mother, I am short of accommodation on account of the news)	Group of Gcaleka boys and girls	1:25
109	Bam! Mfana kabanina undenzenzima (Bam! Whose son has made me pregnant?)	Group of Gcaleka women	2:53
110	Nkonkonko (Whooping cough)	Group of young Gcaleka boys and girls	1:42
111	Nyakumtyela egageni (You will eat it out of doors)	Nodinile	2:51

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Mtsotsho and other dances from the Gcaleka of South Africa

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