Uyolala wedwane (You are going to sleep alone, my friend)

Title: Uyolala wedwane (You are going to sleep alone, my friend)
Performer / Recordist: Roselina Ndohle and Juana Nkosi; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Swazi; Folk music; Africa Eswatini Matafin, Nelspruit, Transvaal
Description / content note: This old woman, the player of the bow, is one of the descandants of the migrant Swazis who fled with Chief Matswafeni and settled near Nelspruit. The chief's name Matswafeni, mispronounced by Zulu people as Matafene became further distorted in the months of local English into "Mataffin", the name of this large citrus estate. Self delectative song with Makweyana musical bow, stressed and resonated.
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: TR072; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:42
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/10962/152863