Kamukando (The small spear)

Title: Kamukando (The small spear)
Performer / Recordist: 8 Tumbuka boys; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Arts, Malawi; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Henga (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Dedza, Mzimba District
Description / content note: "The small spear de-de (is broken). The small spear 'Mazira'. Mother is calling de-de, the smal spear Mazira." There would appear to be a double meaning behind the simple songs of which, no doubt, the young singers were innocent. Drinking son with clapping.
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; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:57
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/10962/156318