Mwadzi itira (He has done it himself)

Title: Mwadzi itira (He has done it himself)
Performer / Recordist: Joseph Ngonyama Shumba; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Karanga (African people); Folk songs, Shona; Folk music; Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia
Description / content note: The player is an accomplished performer, he works for the Fort Victoria Municipality on the local roads with the grader. This song is in effect a complaint against those who do things without first asking permission, particularly a wife who does not first ask her husband's permission regarding family matters. Self delectative song with mbira dzawaNdau.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona; Karanga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR081; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:02
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/10962/154322