Edele Nkosi, The Chief

Title: Edele Nkosi, The Chief
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: The chief had already overrun so many smaller clans that there were few fields to conquer. "The chief looks for land. The chieftainships are finishing. Look up and down you men so that people will know that you are a man from the village of a famous chief." 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; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:08
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/10962/154843