Njinga ailepele (The bicycle)

Title: Njinga ailepele (The bicycle)
Performer / Recordist: Men and women of Pemba Village; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Yao (African people); Arts, Malawi; Folk music; Africa Malawi Pemba. Salima District, Central Nyasaland
Description / content note: The player of the second drum was blind and had been so since childhood. The hero of the song apparently went to find work outside Nyasaland in Southern Rhodesia or elsewhere, but on his first journey he failed to bring back with him the coveted bicycle. On his second journey he was successful. Bari dance with 2 Khunto cylindrical drums, pinned and weighted.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Yao
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR083; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:30
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/10962/154685