Mulumuzana kamana (The elder is mean)

Title: Mulumuzana kamana (The elder is mean)
Performer / Recordist: Janet Nasawati and 3 women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Ngoni (African people); Arts, Malawi; Folk music; Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland
Description / content note: J. Nasawati is the sister of the Chief Njolomole. "Eyae yae! The elder is a mean man, he does not give even a single bead away, he is a very mean man!" There appears to be no connection between the words of the song and the initiation of he girls, which may argue great age for the song. Girls initiation song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ngoni
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR084; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:03
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/10962/154811