Nthandazi kulibe nsoni (Nthandazi has no pity)

Title: Nthandazi kulibe nsoni (Nthandazi has no pity)
Performer / Recordist: Fani Mzamba and Chewa women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Visanza
Description / content note: Nthandazi is the name of a local labour recruting agency which has recruited her husband for work in Southern Rhodesia. So she was left alone at home until he returned. So she sings. "Nthandazi has no pity. It has taken away my man. At night I cry. All night I mourn." A baby's voice can be heard during the song, slung on its mother's back. Dance song for Chintala women dance.
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; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:18
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/10962/156932