Iyaya lero (Bad today)

Title: Iyaya lero (Bad today)
Performer / Recordist: Chewa girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Nyanja; Songs, Chewa; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Vidzumo, Kasungu District, Central Nyasaland
Description / content note: It is bad today. How will I sleep today. May I sleep outside? Even when I have a child, may I sleep outside. Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Chewa; Chichewa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR076; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:54
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/10962/153444