Nahatangena (When I entered)

Title: Nahatangena (When I entered)
Performer / Recordist: Group of 7 Shangaan (Ronga) men with Elias Silaule; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Tsonga; Ronga language; Tsonga (African people); Folk music
Description / content note: The song is a description of work on the mine and on the farms. "My mother was taken for doing something wrong. The cocopan was too heavy to push, e.t.c." This long and detailed song is typical of the Kwaya style of singing by men belonging to the Shangan (Ronga) group from Southern Mozambique. Kwaya Topical song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ronga
Place of recording: Africa -- Mozambique Manica, (Near Lourenco Marques)
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR074; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:13
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/10962/153082