Aliyeli nitauzeni (Aliyeli - greet me!) · International Library of African Music

Aliyeli nitauzeni (Aliyeli - greet me!)

Title: Aliyeli nitauzeni (Aliyeli - greet me!)
Performer / Recordist: Nyambizi, A.; Henga women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Henga (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Dowa, Mzimba District
Description / content note: "Aliyeli, greet me, I am a small child. Aliyeli, write a letter Aliyeli, I came from afar." The burden of the song would appear to be that a young woman about to have her first child is trying to make contact with her man, now that she is about to bear (with difficulty) her first child. Dance song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka; Henga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR090; 9
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:12
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/10962/156282