cover image: Ibali lokufa kukaTofana nobululu bakhe bosixhenxe, part 6, a continuation of 3S-389, 390, 391, and 392

Ibali lokufa kukaTofana nobululu bakhe bosixhenxe, part 6, a continuation of 3S-389, 390, 391, and 392

Performer: Nongenile Masithathu Zenani, a Gcaleka woman Place: Egadini at first, edongeni in the afternoon (rain), 10 am (until about 6 pm) Audience: Varied throughout the day Notes: Six and one-half hours; total is now thirty-two hours. This is the planting season in this area. Brief breaks at dgts 273, 357 (tea), 453, 499 (rain: edongeni), 639 (thunder); on tape 42, side 2, dgts 2 (thunder), 82. Dgt 327, besithi, etc., looks about; dgts 329-330, calling gestures; dgt 338, looks in imaginary window; dgt 349, lies down; dgt 378, engaka, indicates one and one-half inch of thread from cape; dgt 536, rubs her upper body; dgt 555, ngaka, palms six inches apart; dgt 556, langaka, as dgt 555; dgt 560, strutting; dgt 565, ngaka, right palm one foot from ground; dgts 755-756, makes likes along right arm; umbon' apha, apha, apha, apha; dgt 765, lungaka, right hand encricles left upper arm; dgt 788, picks up objects with right hand; dgt 852, lingaka, measures right hand to right elbow; dgt 901, ngaka, right arm from hand to elbow; dgt 907, dances in place. On tape 42, side 2: dgt 71, series of ideophones; dgt 82, simbophelele, hands held as if bound; dgt 88, lapha kuye, refers to her chest; dgt 94, wenjenje, right hand and arm as if fending something off
nkanga location, gatyana district
Description of object
Reel to reel audiotape
Format of Original
Sound recording
Performer
Nongenile Masithathu Zenani
Published in
United States of America
Series
Selections from the Harold E. Scheub Collection