Vinyatsi Mjila (Grass on the road)

Title: Vinyatsi Mjila (Grass on the road)
Performer / Recordist: Mugizi Mware; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Nyanja; Songs, Chewa; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Visanza, Kotakota, Nyasaland
Description / content note: "Much grass on the road, take it all. When we walk we get tired of too much grass on the road." It is not easy to walk on dry grass as it is to slippery and the feet slip backwards and make you tired. The old player reflects a portion of country commonplace truth in this repetative little song. Humorous song with one string lute, Karigo.
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: TR077; 21
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:43
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/10962/153730