Mudala Mukamba, nakangishe

Title: Mudala Mukamba, nakangishe
Performer / Recordist: Arusi Binti Kasimu with Sukuma women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Sukuma (African people); Folk songs, Sukuma; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "How do you do, Mudala Mukamba." It is possible that this style of singing has been modelled upon Swhaili or Arab practice. A kind of 'celeste' is produced between the unison voices of the women, one of them singing at a lower pitch than the others. Kadandi dance song for women.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyamwezi; Sukuma
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Shinyanga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR151; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:34
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/10962/173450