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Party and dance songs of the Mpondo

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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 (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

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101
Ihobe liyataka (Dove, don't run away, don't hop about) Group of young Mpondo married women 2:47
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102
Abafazi bemka (The women are leaving, they have already gone) Group of young Mpondo married women 3:35
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103
Kauvele ubona (Appear and look!) Group of young Mpondo married women 2:48
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104
Aunakuva unafoko upendukile (Can't you understand your mother has changed her mind?) Group of young Mpondo married women 1:27
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105
Undebulisele ku Lungwengwe (Give my best wishes to Lungwengwe, also to your mother) Group of young Mpondo married women 3:08
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106
Masihambe bawo silele emzini (We slept at a certain kraal, let us go early) Group of young Mpondo married women 2:42
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107
Olihomba (A well-dressed person) Group of young Mpondo married women 2:42
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108
Utakata ngsandhla sako (You have laid me under a spell with your hands) Group of young Mpondo men and women 1:30
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109
O, ama Jalimani (Oh, the Germans!) Group of young Mpondo men and women 1:32
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110
Lahiwe indoda (When your husband is throwing you out of his house) Group of young Mpondo men and women 1:30
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111
U'tengisa nge misopu (You are selling the beadwork) Group of Mpondo men and girls 2:48

Album Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR033

Year(s) Released

1957

Label/Collection

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Genre(s)

World

Country(s)

South Africa

Culture Group(s)

Mpondo

Instrument(s)

Clapping, hand; Stamping, foot; Vocals, group

Language(s)

Xhosa

Credit(s)

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