Kanyali kangaka (My little lamp)

Title: Kanyali kangaka (My little lamp)
Performer / Recordist: Flori Kalindang'oma; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Nyanja; Songs, Chewa; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Kingwa Mission, Dowa, Nyasaland
Description / content note: A song sung when the girls clean their lamps, also used when they play sometimes. There would appear to be a hidden meaning behind this song as well as the obvious one. Possibly the equivalent of Aladdin's Lamp. "Kanyali kangaka, Ndikawalitsadi, kanyali kangaka kangaka." "My little lamp, I shine it well." Work song.
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; 18
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:49
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/10962/153473