Mulongo wangaya (The brother of mine)

Title: Mulongo wangaya (The brother of mine)
Performer / Recordist: Daliya Kafaniza and several women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Port Herald
Description / content note: "That brother of mine. I was with him yesterday. Now he has been taken (died). Do not be afraid of the darkness. I have no one to talk to. I am tired and hold my leg." The Chitsukuhumwe rattles are the long gourds with maize seeds inside. Song at feast after burial. With rattles and clapping.
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; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:36
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/10962/158150