Muleka Mwene Yombwe (Name of a man)

Title: Muleka Mwene Yombwe (Name of a man)
Performer / Recordist: Ngoi Nono and Kabango Anastase with Luba men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Topical songs; Instrumental music
Description / content note: The song is about a man called Muleka Mwene Yombwe who refused to allow his wife to go down to the river to fish. All the group's songs were songs they had heard in their own village and set to the guitar, and this is an excellent example. Topical song with 2 guitars and bottle, and small rattle.
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; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:04:00
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/10962/134515