Awe simene, You called them against us

Title: Awe simene, You called them against us
Performer / Recordist: Robert Golozera and 3 elderly women with the chief; 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: Sung in the old Ngoni style. The Chief calls one out towards the end of the song that his people are the ones who came from the Swati, down South (with the Gomani section of the Ngoni). This section migrated from Natal either just before or during the Shaka wars. "Some had brought fighting men to terrify me, but could do nothing. But here we still live and you could do nothing to us." Two fighting songs.
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; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:28
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/10962/154838