Uya muona Mbelwa = You will see my Chief Mbelwa

Title: Uya muona Mbelwa = You will see my Chief Mbelwa
Performer / Recordist: Muandila, Timeyo; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Malawi; Songs, Zulu; Zulu (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This Gubu bow seems to be related to the Zulu 'Ugubu' in name, but Natal would be called Makweyena. The bow was tuned to two fundamental notes 93 and 74 vs. with a stopped note of 98 vs. It was 5 ft. 7 inches long and the stopped note was produced by pressing the knuckle of the second finger of the right hand onto the string. "You have seen a young man waering feathers." Praise song with Gubu stressed musical bow.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zulu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Mbelwa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR099; 12
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/10962/160862