Kashama wa ndiambo (Kashama the powerful man)

Title: Kashama wa ndiambo (Kashama the powerful man)
Performer / Recordist: Group of 16 Bena Budia men,16 Bena Budia men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Ensemble playing
Description / content note: Kashama was an old "sultan", chief famous for his strength of puporse, and powers of ruling. Mushiba-(Mishiba-plural). Mbuwa- bass x 2. Kiteba- middle register x 3 to 6. Ntendo- treble x 2. Song of greeting with 2 goblet drums, weighted closed, hand beaten, with 16 sets of "Mishibu" panpipes.
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: TR025; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:07
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/10962/135609