Buyani Sangweni (Come to the gate)

Title: Buyani Sangweni (Come to the gate)
Performer / Recordist: Elderly men of Chief Njolomole; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Ngoni (African people); Arts, Malawi; Folk music; Africa Malawi Dedza and Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland
Description / content note: The old Nguni fighting song calls out the men of the village to come and fight, having had the good wishes and blessing of the Isangoma, the woman diviner, assuring them of victory like the prophets of Baal in the Bible story "Go up and prosper." "Ayaye Eye! Come to the gate. There goes the diviner. Yes we hear! What kind of a thing is this and how have you heard it from the wife of a man. It is right, it is right, we agree. Regimental 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; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:44
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/10962/154865