We mukashi Namulenga, nshakupile kuwama (My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for beauty)
Item
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Title
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We mukashi Namulenga, nshakupile kuwama (My wife, Namulenga, I did not marry you for beauty)
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Description / content note
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"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.
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Publisher
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
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Date issued / published
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1957
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Identifier
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TR0024
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2
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Is Format Of
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Analog reel item
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Duration (time)
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00:02:58
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File format
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wav
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Sample Rate
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15 ips reel
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Digitisation (original)
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96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
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Studer B67 Recorder
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Sound Forge V.6
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Rights Holder
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International Library of African Music
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License
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Access Rights
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Public
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Is Part Of
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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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Format
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audio/mp3
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Genre
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field recordings