Abamalaya

Title: Abamalaya
Performer / Recordist: Salima with Haya women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The subject of this song refers to the burning question in Bukoba at the time (1950), that of the recent rebellion on the part of the women against virtual enslavement by the men. It has given rise to the most interesting social complications. The rattle is played with a circular movement of the wrist. Ngondo dance song for girls, with 1 laced conical drum and gourd rattle (-12.54-) and clapping (-12.03-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Bukoba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR146; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:25
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/10962/172604