Abale ndutani (Brother, what shall I do with my life. Can I cut it?)

Title: Abale ndutani (Brother, what shall I do with my life. Can I cut it?)
Performer / Recordist: Tweleve elderly women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Tengani, Port Herald
Description / content note: The women make clever use of their gourds, some smacking them and the others grasping them with alternate hands. The gourds with their use of clapping together make facinating rhythmic patterns. Chitsukulumwe dances with gourd rattles and clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Mang'anja
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR087; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:52
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/10962/155739