Kayuni

Title: Kayuni
Performer / Recordist: R. T. Mbuluwundi (Composer),Ruben Tankadi Mbuluwundi and group of 5 Tumbuka men (Performers); Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Humorous songs; Songs, Tumbuka; Africa Malawi Rumpi
Description / content note: The song is about the long-tailed widow-bird who found it impossible to manage his long tail when he tried to settle on a perch. The leader makes a series of strange sounds representing the great difficulty the small bird is having in trying to balance itself. The bird in question is the long-tailed paradise bird
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR017; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:53
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/10962/134019