Nkhondo ya Amyachusa (The battalion of Nyakyusa)

Title: Nkhondo ya Amyachusa (The battalion of Nyakyusa)
Performer / Recordist: Young Chewa girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Ncheu
Description / content note: The song refers to the visit, in 1953, to the Southern province of a battalion of Northern Rhodesian soildiers (Wemba, wrongly called Nyakyusa by the local people, they now know) which was sent to Nyasaland to restore order after rioting had broken out. "To Njolomole came the battalion of the Nyakyusa I am sorry, members." Cintala dance for girls with bass drums.
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; 16
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:38
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/10962/160115