Ife totumika (We have been invited)

Title: Ife totumika (We have been invited)
Performer / Recordist: Four Tumbuka women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Tumbuka; Songs, Tonga (Nyasa); Tumbuka (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Zomba, Mzimba District
Description / content note: "We have been invited by Chief Mabuli." To have been invited to a party by a chief appears to have been honour enough to warrant a song. Pendeka is a smart hat worn on the side of the head, very chic, and no doubt set the tone of the wedding party. Wedding song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tonga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR090; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:25
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/10962/156243