Swanzi hlamaliso

Title: Swanzi hlamaliso
Performer / Recordist: o Feliciano, Muntano, Gomez,Gomez, F; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Laments; Rattle (Musical instrument)
Description / content note: "They put poison in my beer and that is why I have no child. I am very worried about the guitar. I do not like to meet anyone. I went to my doctor to make myself effective to get a child. I asked my uncle if he had seen the way I dance. Did the Old people kill a man on account of his dancing, or does that happen only to me?" Lament with raft rattle.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tonga
Place of recording: Africa -- Mozambique Chibuto, Sul do Save
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1955
Date issued / published: 1955
Identifier: TR004; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:58
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/10962/132182