Mali ya bibi si yangu tatunda

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Title: Mali ya bibi si yangu tatunda
Performer / Recordist: Kyomile Kabanyolekile with Haya men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Women's property is not yours, so do not touch a woman's property." The song describes the dilema of a certain man who tried to avoid paying his debts by saying his goods really belonged to his wife and so could not be used for paying his debts. When however his wife acted upon his declaration and sold the belongings for her own ends he was much put out. The bulk of this song is sung in the local dialect Swahili. Paddling song with conical laced drum, beaten with sticks and clapping (-12.03-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania / Uganda Bukoba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR144; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:34
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/10962/171917

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

Mali ya bibi si yangu tatunda

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