Item : Instrumental music: mbira and xylophone 10

Geographic and cultural informations

Location

Afrique du Sud

Population / social group

Venda

Ethnographic context

Instrumental music: mbira and xylophone.

a) For mbila tshipai: (i) A walking tune for going to amalaita boxing at the cattle dip (see Pl. 5 in VC), played in 1956 by Samuel Shipango of Lambani. (ii) and (iii) two Amalaita duets played in 1956 by Johannes Hanyani (Shangana-Tsonga) of Tshivhambe, assisted by Joseph Makungo (Venda). (2:00)

b) For mbila dza madeza: (i) Vho-Muzila and (ii) Tsha Madekwe, played by Mattheus Mutswaletswane of Vondo in Meadowlands, Soweto, in 1963, accompanied by friends who sing the chorus. (2:25)

c) For mbila mtondo xylophone: Hu na Nya-mu-takala-nga-u-la (“It is Madam Happy-whenever-she-is eating.”) This is an old song, said to be the original of Vho-Muzila (see bi, above), which was the name given to it in honor of Ramaremisa, Chief Tshivhase in the 1930s. Played by William Marubini Madobi and George Lugiseni Madobi of Mbaleni, in 1957. See photo taken during performance, HM, following p. 50. (2:20)

Musical informations

Archiving data

Code

CNRSMH_E_1976_018_001_010

Original code

BM.1976.014.001:01-10

Item number

10

Remarks

Last modification

Oct. 5, 2013, 2:18 p.m.