Nimpwere bana bange kirika mabondo tirekuramya Gavana

Title: Nimpwere bana bange kirika mabondo tirekuramya Gavana
Performer / Recordist: Kanyogote Mdende with Zinza men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Zinza (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Help me to greet the Governor, children." This song is usually sung to greet their own chiefs, but was adapted for the purpose by including special words in honour of the 'Gavana', the Governor of Tanganyika when he visited their district. The favourite 2 against 3 rhythm is used. Greeting song for Chiefs, with conical laced drum.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya; Zinza
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Nyabubungo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR146; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:46
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/10962/172520