Tabiya (A woman's name)

Title: Tabiya (A woman's name)
Performer / Recordist: Limited' Mfundo Phiri; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Namira, Chikwawa
Description / content note: "Tibiya wanted to give me syphilis. Moses, you, I am sure a swallow has passed by." The singer blames the woman Tabiya for his misfortune and warns his friend Moses of following his example. "A bird has passed this way" being a euphemism clearly understood by the men of the district. Self delectative song with board zither.
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: TR088; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:42
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/10962/155939