Hiyo woye, Busai-we, Hi, Busai!

Title: Hiyo woye, Busai-we, Hi, Busai!
Performer / Recordist: Simon Mafiru Sithole (Performer); Composer not specified; Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Topical song; Mbira; Africa Zimbabwe Chipinga
Description / content note: "Hi, there Busai, see my poverty, brother. This great trouble which causes it, Busai. That is, when I think of it I weep, Busai." The tuning of the central octave of the instrument was as follows:-440, 392, 364, 332, 296, 260, 220 vps. Personal laments with mbira dza WaNdau and deze resonator.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ndau
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1955
Date issued / published: 1955
Identifier: TR003; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:57
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/132078