Likhuba (Drum Rhythm)

Title: Likhuba (Drum Rhythm)
Performer / Recordist: Dance with nine tuned drums; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Mpatsa
Description / content note: The drums are weighted with castor oil bean paste. It is removed from the drum head immediately after playing, or, they say, it would rot the membrane. The tuning of the drums has to be done afresh each time. "Misili killed a buck, so the people were pleased to have the meat." Likhuba dance with eight tuned drums.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Mang'anja
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR093; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:46
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/10962/157919