Kaisara (Kaisara)

Title: Kaisara (Kaisara)
Performer / Recordist: Nyanja Policemen; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Zomba
Description / content note: "Kaisare, the King of the Jews, he crucified Jesus, he was not afraid of death, he was only afraid of getting old." The men grunt as in Arab songs and this feature may well be residuum from Arab days when they occupied the country around lake Nyasa and traded in slaves. Who Kaisare may be is not clear. Caiphas the high priest perhaps or 'Kaiser' the King. The singers could not elucidate the point. Wedding song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Chewa; Chichewa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR086; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:49
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/10962/178942