Tchoe Jazz track 4 TSERa_RA_track04 A discourse-based documentation of San varieties in the Western Sandveld Region (Central district, Botswana)

Ranamane Abaye performs a song from a repertoire he calls "Bushman Jazz" or "Tchoe Jazz". This song is called Tholotholo, and is a mockery song about a boy called Tholotholo who is in some kind of discomfort, and his brother who tries to help. This bundle includes the video and audio recording of the song, which has a provisional English translation. In a second recording, Ranamane and Scobie talk about the song and its meaning in Setswana, followed by a translation into English by Scobie. The bundle also includes photos. In this session Ranamane Abaye is recorded singing his self-composed music whilst playing guitar. After the song is finished, Ranamane discusses the song with Scobie Noel - a long time acquaintance of Ranamane and director of the Khama III Memorial Museum - in the gardens of which the session is taking place. The session is recorded by Lee Pratchett. Director of the Khama Memorial Museum in Serowe, Central District, Botswana. Assisted Rainer Vossen during his research with the San in the 1990s. Ranamane is also the main informant for the southeastermost variety of Tshwa - known locally as Tchoe, Tcoa or Tcibitcoa.