Sikiri

Title: Sikiri
Performer / Recordist: Kadyakolo and Yao men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Yao (African people); Arts, Malawi; Folk music; Africa Malawi Salima, Nyasaland
Description / content note: The typical grunting which accompanies these Mohammedon Chants can be heard, though in an adapted African style. The leader was blind. The words were in a mixture of Chewa and Swhaili, commonly employed by the Yao. "Ariba kurudi tukufurai." Sikiri Mahammedon Chants.
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; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:39
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/10962/154757