Boyoka Malinga II

Title: Boyoka Malinga II
Performer / Recordist: Albert Yenie and Alex Singoma; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Songs, Swahili; Bira (African people); Swahili-speaking peoples; Pygmies; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: As it is not certain whether the guitar or the likembe version is the original 'Boyaka malinga' a short extract of the guitar song is included here for reference. It was recorded in the Southern Congo over a thousand miles, six months previously. Duet on the Likembe, (Mbira) - Sanzo apido (treble) x 20 notes, and Sanzo ababo (bass) x 22 notes.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Bira
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Bunia
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0126; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:45
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/10962/168466