Mukala bwanga

Title: Mukala bwanga
Performer / Recordist: Kabango Prospere and friends,Kabango Prospere; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Ensemble playing
Description / content note: The song is a lament for a young man who fell to his death from a palm tree, when cutting the fruit for palm-oil. Note: the Belande are a sub-group of the Songe people, who form a part of the Luba tribe. Lament with Chisanshi box, with sound holes.
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; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:54
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/10962/135627