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Party and dance songs of the Mpondo

Various Artists

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	Group of young Mpondo married women	2:47
102	Abafazi bemka	Group of young Mpondo married women	3:35
103	Kauvele ubona	Group of young Mpondo married women	2:48
104	Aunakuva unafoko upendukile	Group of young Mpondo married women	1:27
105	Undebulisele ku Lungwengwe	Group of young Mpondo married women	3:08
106	Masihambe bawo silele emzini	Group of young Mpondo married women	2:42
107	Olihomba	Group of young Mpondo married women	2:42
108	Utakata ngsandhla sako	Group of young Mpondo men and women	1:30
109	O, ama Jalimani	Group of young Mpondo men and women	1:32
110	Lahiwe indoda	Group of young Mpondo men and women	1:30
111	U'tengisa nge misopu	Group of Mpondo men and girls	2:48