Nkosi wotolera (The false chief)

Title: Nkosi wotolera (The false chief)
Performer / Recordist: Chiwandira Mvula; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Ngoni (African people); Arts, Malawi; Folk music; Africa Malawi Dowa, Mzimba District, Central Nyasaland
Description / content note: Some words are in Ngoni and some in the local Chewa. The apparent meaning of the words refers to some old dispute about a chieftsmanship, the false chief having died and the rightful chief re-instated. The player was very old and it seems his song refers to some event in past history of his early days or even before. Ngoma dance with Kalimba Mbira.
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; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:27
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/10962/154938