Ndingindi (The well dressed man)

Title: Ndingindi (The well dressed man)
Performer / Recordist: Elizabeth Banda 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 Kasungu
Description / content note: There was once a young woman who asked her brother Kamchada whether he would allow her to go and see a young man who put on shoes, hat and trousers. She was very surprised to see a man so dressed as she had never seen such clothes before. She was so delighted she wanted to marry him. It seems to be a simple case falling in love with the uniform. Story song.
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: TR095; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:29
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/10962/159649