Threshing and herding songs from the Tswana-speaking Tlharo of Mafeking district, South Africa
Various Artists
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.
Track Listing
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101
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Khonou e ea kga thamo (The brown ox swings its dewlap) | Tshekoeng Mokgosi with 4 men and 4 women | 2:17 | |
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102
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Kgatha shoewanene (We have drive the guinea fowl) | Tshekoeng Mokgosi with 8 women and 4 men | 2:27 | |
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103
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Pina eaa badisa (A herdboy's song) | Kgosietsile Mokgosi and Seyedi Merafe | 4:47 | |
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104
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Sebodu ke Nnenekwane banna (Men are told Nnenekwane is the laziest) | Matubako Marumo and 3 men | 1:37 | |
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105
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Lesang nca re a baka (Leave the dog alone) | Ntnebolang Molebatsi with 4 men and 4 women | 3:05 |
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