Uhamba Kwa Mtombeni (If I leave Mtombeni, I do not say goodbye)

Title: Uhamba Kwa Mtombeni (If I leave Mtombeni, I do not say goodbye)
Performer / Recordist: Samuel Tabete; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Swazi; Folk music; Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine
Description / content note: "We intombi yazi khetela kwa mganami kwa sho umuntu. A ibanjwa ngamandla we mganami wam' kuyazithethelwa maa. U hamba kwa mtombeni a ngi valelisi we ma." "A girl choses for herself, friend, they say. She is not to be forced. You must speak for yourself. If I leave Mtombeni's house I do not say goodbye." Topical song with concertina.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swati
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR071; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:14
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/10962/152677