Partial contents: Mate'ka: Song of the Rain Ceremony -- Mate'ka: Spirit-Song -- Manthi'ki: Spirit-Song -- Manthi'ki: He Who Knows -- Lu'mbo R/o /U'Do: Love-Song: I have Not My own, Muzi'ya -- Mafu've: Dance of Girls: Alas, Mother's Home --
Mu-to-to-li'le: Drip-Drop the Rain -- Cha-Kom'ba-Kom'ba: Hopping Song -- Muvi'li, Zu'ma'Zu'ma (Drying Song) -- Kwae'ja no makashot': Day Dawns With Freight to Haul -- Kanye', Kanye'!: Come on, Come on! -- Ma'le Kambe'n': Money in Kamben'
-- Ku Muse'ngele wa Lu'nde!: To Hammock Now For Lu'nde! -- Nthoko'do: Dance Song: Chamale'bvu: The Long Beard -- Nthko'do: Dance-Song: Baba'va lova'la ngwena'ino luma': My Father He Married a Crocodile Wife -- Kufa'mba: Mocking-Song:
Kufa'mba: To Walk Thus -- Chili'lo: Lament: Ndi'no muwana'pi i'nga Bala'nku: Where Shall I Find One Like to Bala'nku -- Folktales: The Hare and the Tortoise -- The Hare and the Baboon -- How the Animals Dug Their Well -- Chinya'
nje-nje'leka nje: I'm Coming Joggy-Jog Trot -- Na'ndi Shu'lo kupe'mbela-u: Hi, Oh Hare, Going Away -- The Hare's Dance-Song: English Paraphrase -- The Jackal and the Rooster -- Death of the Hare -- Legend and Song of rhe Daughter and the
Slave: Lusi'nga, lusi'nga, da'ndali!: O Cord, O Cord, Whirr! -- Mai va-i-le'va: Mother, She Was Saying -- Vasa-Go're: Legend and Song fo the Sky-Maiden: Sam'dumbi-we'-we', ndekande': O Youth, I Entreat Thee, I Pray -- Madika'ne Qandeya'ne
Ce'le: Autobiographical Sketch -- Note for the Pronunciation of Zulu Texts-- Iga'ma le'mpi: Song of War: Se'nge sa'ba naku'pi we mako'si?: Fear I Aught, Ye Hostile Kings? -- Iga'ma la bantwa'na: Song of Children: O tu'la, mtwa'na, O tu'la:
O Hush Three, Baby, O Hush Thee -- Dance-Songs: Iga'ma lo kusi'na': Dance-Song: Be'ngi le'le egqume'ni: On the Hillside I slumbered -- Iga'ma to kusi'na: Dance-Song: Dubul'! U'ngi bambe'le i'nto i'nye: Shout! She kept me waiting for one
thing -- Zulu Love-Songs, or Songs of Meditation: Iga'ma lo ta'ndo: Song of Love: U-ye'ze, u-ye'ze: He Cometh, He Cometh -- Uda'li use'le ematsho'n': My Darling Stayed in the West -- Awu-yi'ni-ye'lelema'm': Ah, Thhink of This, 'lelema'm'
-- Ngi hla'gene nento'mbi za se nza'nsi: I Saw Some Maidens Coming From the Southland -- Creation Story -- Sima'Ngo's Farewell to the Reader
Summary: Songs of war and love, animal fables, and tales of the spirit world abound in this volume of authenic African folklore. Vocal scores celebrate rain, lobor chants, dances, and laments, proverbs, and legends.
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Songs and tales from the dark continent : the authoritative 1920 classic, recorded from the singing and sayings of C. Kamba Simango, Ndau Tribe, Portuguese East Africa, and Madikane Cele, Zulu Tribe,
