Mauwa = Flowers

Title: Mauwa = Flowers
Performer / Recordist: Abugu Kisukwe and Bamba men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Nyankole (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "There was a girl I loved dearly. But someone else went and married her." The three Likembe Mbira called Ntoyo and Namurito were of three sizes. The resonating boxes being of remarkable length, 15 inches long by 5 inches broad. The singers were all convicts from the local gaol let out for the occasion. Topical song with 3 Likembe x11 notes.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Nyankole
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Bundibugyo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0136; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:40
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/10962/170400