Nyiti inkwekwezi (We are the star)

Title: Nyiti inkwekwezi (We are the star)
Performer / Recordist: Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Swazi; Swazi (African people); Folk music; Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine, N. Eswatini
Description / content note: "We are the star when the sun sets and when sun rises." (i.e. "We shine by night and by day.") The words are in Swati, English and Xhosa. Many such Small groups of singers give themselves fanciful names mostly in English and not in their own vernacular. Topical song (Mbude style).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swati
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR075; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:05:11
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/10962/153187