Nyimbo dzambalame ndinyama (Cries of birds and animals)

Title: Nyimbo dzambalame ndinyama (Cries of birds and animals)
Performer / Recordist: H. Kachere and Chewa boys; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Dedza
Description / content note: It is a game among small boys, they say, to imitate the familiar sounds of the countryside, its birds and animals, and for the the others to guess their identity. The group of boys recorded here had little difficulty in doing so, without previous rehearsalvof any kind.
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: TR097; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:43
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/10962/160214