Masudi wakafa kwabolya = Masudi is dead, so now we will eat

Title: Masudi wakafa kwabolya = Masudi is dead, so now we will eat
Performer / Recordist: Masudi Bini Amani with Nyamwezi men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The rumour that Masudi was dead was it appears grossly exaggerated. He was very much alive and composed this song to prove it. Topical song, with 3 conical drums, 2 played with sticks and one with hands.
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; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:31
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/10962/173154