Nona vela amwana impela (Some mothers have children)

Title: Nona vela amwana impela (Some mothers have children)
Performer / Recordist: Andrea Sitole; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Tsonga; Ronga language; Tsonga (African people); Folk music
Description / content note: The song recounts the tale of a woman who had a child and threw it away into a drain. "Some mothers have children and don't want them. Other mothers want children and don't have them." The incident is supposed to have taken place locally. Topical song with Guitar.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ronga
Place of recording: Africa -- Mozambique Manica
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR074; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:04
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/10962/153073