Yo baba ngonile

Title: Yo baba ngonile
Performer / Recordist: TXkama the head wife (Inozikasi) and the seven Ngoni wives of the Chief; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Malawi; Songs, Zulu; Zulu (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: An old Ngoni wedding song sung by seven old women with a man giving the 'Ndicindici' (praises). The women start by bending down. One singing the words, the others humming and singing together as they stand in line with typical Zulu type actions of body and hands. Wedding song, together with praises.
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; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:31
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/10962/160889