Skip to main content

Diviners' songs and praise songs of the Mpondo

Various Artists
Diviners' songs and praise songs of the Mpondo Hugh Tracey recorded these Xhosa-speaking Mpondo people in 1957. Several praise and divination songs were recorded at Quaukeni (Great Place) in the Lusikisiki District, Cape Province, South Africa (Tracey 1973).

Track Listing

icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
101
Izibongo zika ndlunkulu (Praises of the Chief's wife) Group of elderly Mpondo women 04:17
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
102
Somagwaza (Father of the stabbing) Khotso and group of Mpondo men and women 03:06
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
103
Wa lala yedwa (She slept alone) Group of elderly Mpondo men and women 04:50
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
104
Bayeza kusasa (They are coming tomorrow) Siganeko Nonkonyana leading group of Mpondo and Sotho men 03:10
icon-circle-play svg-new-pause-button
105
Icamagolivumile (Thank you for what you have done) Siganeko Nonkonyana leading group of Mpondo and Sotho men 02:53