Nyamwiza omurongo

Title: Nyamwiza omurongo
Performer / Recordist: Laurenti Kamwabwa with Haya boys and girls; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Nyamwiza, the 'Queen'. You are my beloved and you come from a high born family." Nyamwiza, it appears was a local belle. Love song, with conical laced drum played with sticks and rattles.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kagya / Bukoba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR143; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:51
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/10962/171824