Ba Mari' tukasambe (Mary let us go to wash ourselves)

Title: Ba Mari' tukasambe (Mary let us go to wash ourselves)
Performer / Recordist: Adamsoni Kabamba; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia); Instrumental music; Mbira music
Description / content note: "Mary let us go to wash ourselves at the river. On earth we live but to die. Mary join in the singing because we both know we live but to die. There are some beautiful peple on earth; so Mary sing with me this song." Self-delectative song with Kankowele mbira, fan-shaped, with external resonator.
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: TR0021; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:25
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/10962/134675