Alipaole (When it is dark)

Title: Alipaole (When it is dark)
Performer / Recordist: Losani Malewa; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Lomwe (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Mkanda
Description / content note: He performs this song, he says, when he is happy. "When it is darkpeople talk. This is a usual thing as they want to enchant each other." To enchant, to influence, to throw a spell upon a person. Self delectative song with one-stringed stressed lute Thangara.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Lomwe
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR098; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:23
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/10962/160661