Mwemfwiti

Title: Mwemfwiti
Performer / Recordist: Gruop of lala men and 1 woman; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia)
Description / content note: "We know you, never mind, you wizards." The song, they say, is sung one week after burial. The stick is tapped onto the barrel of the drum. Obsequies after burial, with 1 conical drum, I stick and clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Lala
Place of recording: Africa -- Zambia Serenje
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR0019; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:15
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/10962/134358