Kwaheri naja (Goodbye for now)

Title: Kwaheri naja (Goodbye for now)
Performer / Recordist: Idi Selemani and Hashima Kamata with Nyamwezi men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Goodbye for now, I will be back soon." Several songs under this title "Kwaheri naja", are to be found in Tanganyika, but they do not necessarily have the same melody or follow the same pattern. The style of singing is typical of those away from home and differs materially from the same type of song sung at home. Hiyari ya moyo dance song for men for men and women, with cylindrical laced drums and conical pegged (-14.22101-) and ankle bells (-12.55-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyamwezi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Mwadui
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR150; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:38
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/10962/173264