Party and dance songs of the Mpondo

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).

Track Listing

101	Ihobe liyataka (Dove, don't run away, don't hop about) Group of young Mpondo married women	02:47
102	Abafazi bemka (The women are leaving, they have already gone) Group of young Mpondo married women	03:35
103	Kauvele ubona (Appear and look!) Group of young Mpondo married women	02:48
104	Aunakuva unafoko upendukile (Can't you understand your mother has changed her mind?) Group of young Mpondo married women	01:27
105	Undebulisele ku Lungwengwe (Give my best wishes to Lungwengwe, also to your mother) Group of young Mpondo married women	03:08
106	Masihambe bawo silele emzini (We slept at a certain kraal, let us go early) Group of young Mpondo married women	02:42
107	Olihomba (A well-dressed person) Group of young Mpondo married women	02:42
108	Utakata ngsandhla sako (You have laid me under a spell with your hands) Group of young Mpondo men and women	01:30
109	O, ama Jalimani (Oh, the Germans!) Group of young Mpondo men and women	01:32
110	Lahiwe indoda (When your husband is throwing you out of his house) Group of young Mpondo men and women	01:30
111	U'tengisa nge misopu (You are selling the beadwork) Group of Mpondo men and girls	02:48