1. MSISTO - Chopi Xylophone Orchestra of Portuguese East Africa introduces
the display. 14 players of timbila in 5 different pitches with rattles - 2'55"
2. CHIBUDU "O ufumile mukoma"- Chopi players occasionally punctuate
the music by striking shields on the ground - 3'11"
3. MZENO - "Hi ngabuta na muchizwe" - In this case the Chopi song
of the year is more important than the dance action - 6'03"
4. THE INSUMBA STEP DANCE - Ngeniso movement. “Magijwana” is the first
of several movements by the Tswa people from Inhambane (East coast).
Four xylophones, 3 drums with rattles strapped to the calf of one
leg of the dancers - 2'46"
5. SWATI WAILING SONG "Incuba No Ncofula" ("Come out of your cave,
Ncofula") by large group recorded at Pigg's Peak (TR70B1) - 4'24"
6. MUCHONGOLO PIPE DANCE - Pedi people of the Eastern Transvaal “Livogho”
with 10 end-blown single-note flutes blown in turn by dancers in
a circle around the drummers - 2'49"
7. MUTSHONGOLO STAMPING DANCE - Shangaan people from the Lower Limpopo
valley. “Nuyimiso” is similar to the Ndlamu, dance-shields, being
struck with sticks - 2'55"
8. "POJO NTAGATI" Shangaan song interspersed with horns and by stamping
and the right hand hitting the closed left fist. Dancers are dressed
in white shirts and long white trousers - 3'14"
9. "MADUMWA KALWA MACHONOGOLA" - Shangaan - Small horns are played
occasionally by one or two of the dancers. Their leader, Patela,
controls both dancing and singing - 4'58"
10. "AKANJI GELE MALEGA" ("Go and get a razor") - Nyanja/ Chewa -
rec at Vigsanga (TR92B3) two drums and a at one point a trumpet -
2'59"
11. "MLEMBE SPECIAL" - Swati town dance with two guitars by "The Star
Brothers" at the Havelock Asbestos Mine. Mlembe is the Swati name
for the mine - 3'14"
12. "NDHLAMINI" - Baca related to the Swati but live in the Cape Province.
At the end of each movement the dancers kneel withy sticks pointing
over the shoulder of the man in front - 3'14"13. MNGOMA ("Hallo, where are you from?") Group of Hlangwini men,
Matgiele District, E.Griqualand - 3'01"
14. MALIRA by Zingili men with drums, clappers, friction drums from
the north end of Zululand and southern part of Swaziland. Singing
humming and clapping provide the accompaniment - 3'08"
15. "UKUQALA" by Zulu men from Masinga in Natal, the singers stand
behind the double line of dancers using clapping & brass drum - 2'45"
16. "WO YO YO" by Mpondo men from Yondoland, Cape Province. The leaders
make use of syllables to help reinforce the strength of the rhythm - 2'.36"
17. "NAMHIA KUNGAWE SAUTINA TINA" ("To day it is your turn, what shall
we do?") Umbogo Dance Song by Xhosa/ Mpondo men - 2'59"
18. "SALUKAZANA" by Mpondomisi men, Transkei, Cape Province. the
leg is drawn up smartly until the thigh is horizontal without the high kicking common to most other versions - 2'41"
19. MUCHONGOLO TUMBLING DANCE by Ndau from Mpanda district With their
drums they perform laughter-evoking antics - 2'.25"
20. UMEYO SHAKING DANCE. Xhosa men from Ciskei, Cape Province, with
leg rattles & small bells on chests. The dancers flex alternate knees
to create a ripple effect. The leader uses a whistle and accompaniment
is provided by an Anglo-German concertina - 2.'29"
21. "MASALELA" ("I can name the one who lags behind") Xhosa group
all aged under 18yrs wearing red blankets and bead leggings and carrying
sticks, Nontshinga, Transkei - 3'04"
22. MOHOBELO STRIDING DANCE - by S.Sotho tribe from Basutotand. The
Slow Movement is called ‘Muhadi”, the dancers move sinuously hissing
and high-kicking before stamping - 3'03"
23. "MOKOROTLE/ LITHOKO" - Sotho Praise Chant with speech, Mathiele
Dist. - 2'52"
24. THE ISICATHULO GUMBOOT DANCE by Baca men from Cape Province, with
accompaniment of chord on guitar, the dancers slap their Wellington
boots clapping their feet - 5'42"

Recorded by Dr Hugh Tracey in the compounds of the Consolidated Main
Reef and the Robinson Deep Mines, near Johannesburg, South Africa
1968. These “Mine Dances” became well-known from the regular public
performances given in special dance arenas in the sixties. Full descriptions
are given in “African Dances of the Witwatersrand Goldmines” by Hugh
Tracey & Merlyn Severn. Copyright: The International Library of African Music.