We mukashi Namulenga, nshakupile kuwama (My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for beauty)

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Title
We mukashi Namulenga, nshakupile kuwama (My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for beauty)
Description / content note
"My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for your beauty. Cook some food now, the cock has already crowed." The player was blind and his wife sat beside him tapping the back of his instrument with a stick and singing. He himself held his Mumamba on the ground and beat the base of it with his right knee as he played. Tuning of the instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Nfunkutu dance song with Mumamba mbira bell.
Language
Place of recording
Publisher
International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded
Date issued / published
1957
Identifier
TR0024
2
Is Format Of
Analog reel item
Duration (time)
00:02:58
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

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