Kwinga Lwanungu (Lwanungu left)

Title: Kwinga Lwanungu (Lwanungu left)
Performer / Recordist: Kono Ikhongorwa with Sukuma men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Sukuma (African people); Folk songs, Sukuma; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Lwanungu left the district because he thought some one was killing off his friends by magic and he expected his turn would come soon." Several of the men are singing in falsetto in addition to the high pitched treble of the women. Ucheyeki 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 Mwanza
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR152; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:25
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/10962/173714