Kaphika (Kaphika left his mother crying)

Title: Kaphika (Kaphika left his mother crying)
Performer / Recordist: Samson Zimba; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Kasengu
Description / content note: What Kaphika the child of Masiye had done to make his mother cry is not certain. Some said he had gone away from home for a long time. "Kaphika the child of Masiye has left his mother crying." The tuning of his Zither was:- 432, 408, 368, 340, 308, 276, 244. The intervals used by stopping alternate strings would be 278, 315, 306, 360, 403 cents. Self delectative song with board zither.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Chewa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR092; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:17
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/10962/156856