Timbenge tingaruwa (Let us sing lest we forget)

Title: Timbenge tingaruwa (Let us sing lest we forget)
Performer / Recordist: E. A. Nkuzana; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Tumbuka; Songs, Tonga (Nyasa); Tumbuka (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Dowa, Mzimba District
Description / content note: "Let us sing lest we forget, we have deserted our country. Let us all remember. Let us sing lest we forget, mother. Remember our mother and father. Let us no longer stay here in Bulawayo." (Kuchona). In this foreign land (Bulawayo) the singer thinks of his home and longs to be back with his own people. Self delectative 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; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:50
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/10962/156262