M'dankaka nawo (I should have come with you)
Item
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Title
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M'dankaka nawo (I should have come with you)
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Description / content note
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The wife is singing to her husband. Lionde is the well-known ferry across the shire river, north of Blantyre on the main north road. It is above 100 miles from their village. The word Konsolo comes from the English word "Council" and was at the time in the 1930's considered a word of high praise for the most important people of the district. "I should have come with if only Lionde was near by. But because it is so far, I cannot come with you." Konsolo dance song with clapping.
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Publisher
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
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Date issued / published
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1958
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Identifier
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TR098
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7
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Is Format Of
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Analog reel item
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Duration (time)
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00:01:49
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File format
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wav
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Sample Rate
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15 ips reel
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Digitisation (original)
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96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
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Studer B67 Recorder
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Sound Forge V.6
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Rights Holder
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International Library of African Music
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License
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Access Rights
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Public
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Is Part Of
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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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Format
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audio/mp3
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Genre
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field recordings