Sinibonani mtimba = Good morning bride

Title: Sinibonani mtimba = Good morning bride
Performer / Recordist: The seven wives of the Chief; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Malawi; Songs, Zulu; Zulu (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The spokesman of the bridegroom presents his man, and the women sing their acceptance of him, sitting on the ground. The song ends with 'Bayete' (hail). The song long associated with the Zulu wedding custom in Natal but separated by over 100 years and a thousand miles, show how persistent and nostalgic old songs can be in a strange land inhabited by African 'colonials'. Wedding song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Zulu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Mzimba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR099; 16
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:12
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/10962/160898