Umanga ukasilagayo

Title: Umanga ukasilagayo
Performer / Recordist: Amani, Masudi Bini; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This song which is of very old origin, they say, has always been sung for the chief on special occasions. Recently (1950) it was sung to the retirire Provincial Commissioner of the Western Province at Tabora. Chief's song with clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyamwezi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Itetemia
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR149; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:33
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/10962/173143