Opela utumiza (Though you give me cloth)

Title: Opela utumiza (Though you give me cloth)
Performer / Recordist: Visanza girl's school choir; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Kotakota
Description / content note: The man in the context went away to look for his employer, Mr. Baloni (Mr. Baron) near Lilongwe and stayed away for a very long time. He sent his wife cloth, but she said she did not want just cloth but her husband for whom she would go all the way to Lilongwe in order to be with him. Nsita dance song for women with clapping.
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: TR096; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:52
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/10962/160016