Nyama yonsi uninkha amakho (You gave all the meat to your mother)

Item

Title
Nyama yonsi uninkha amakho (You gave all the meat to your mother)
Performer / Recordist
Description / content note
This group had no drums so they brought three tins (beer mugs) along as substitutes. The Nyau dance is performed with the head covered with feathers and with masks. In Nyau dance songs the young men often sing in feigned voices, no doubt on account of the fact that in the actual dance itself, and not for the purpose of this recording, they would be wearing grass and wickerwork masks and would wish to hide their identity. Nyau dance song with (tins used as drums)
Language
Publisher
International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded
Date issued / published
1957
Identifier
TR099
1
Is Format Of
Analog reel item
Duration (time)
00:02:10
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

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