Aye welele wa Mhalaka (Alas for a bachelor)

Title: Aye welele wa Mhalaka (Alas for a bachelor)
Performer / Recordist: Ngoi Nono and Kabongo Anastase with friends; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Topical songs; Instrumental music
Description / content note: The song recounts all the troubles of a bachelor. The Songe tribe is an offshoot of the great Luba groups of the Kasai and Katanga provinces of Southern Congo. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, small rattle and whistle.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Luba
Place of recording: Africa -- Democratic Republic of Congo -- Katanga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR0020; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:05
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/10962/134506