Mishia mpindi akamsanga

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Title: Mishia mpindi akamsanga
Performer / Recordist: Thungu Giti with Sukuma men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Sukuma (African people); Folk songs, Sukuma; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "You have found me well prepared with my dance charms which will defeat you." The Sukuma are given to forming socities or parties for dancing and singing in competition with each other. The use of charms to help them win are frequently part of the procedure. If irrational i material principal these charms are undoubtedly efficient in concentrating mental effort in the desired direction. This item is an interesting example of lengthy recitative in unision or close parallel. Puba dance song for men and 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; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:46
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/10962/173531

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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