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Threshing and herding songs from the Tswana-speaking Tlharo of Mafeking district, South Africa

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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. Courtesy of the International Library of African Music.
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Track Listing

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101
Khonou e ea kga thamo (The brown ox swings its dewlap)
Tshekoeng Mokgosi with 4 men and 4 women
 02:17
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102
Kgatha shoewanene (We have drive the guinea fowl)
Tshekoeng Mokgosi with 8 women and 4 men
 02:27
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103
Pina eaa badisa (A herdboy's song)
Kgosietsile Mokgosi and Seyedi Merafe
 04:47
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104
Sebodu ke Nnenekwane banna (Men are told Nnenekwane is the laziest)
Matubako Marumo and 3 men
 01:37
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105
Lesang nca re a baka (Leave the dog alone)
Ntnebolang Molebatsi with 4 men and 4 women
 03:05

Release Info

Catalog Number

ILAMTR111A

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