Utawala mha

Title: Utawala mha
Performer / Recordist: Skarani, Lengare; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Chaga (African people); Hehe (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Witori" is the name given to the new (1950) administrative organisation of the Chaga people. Certain chiefdoms have been amalgamated and a senior chief appointed under the title of "Mwitori". This new authority urge the people to work hard and has assumed the responsibility for contour ridging the land and terracing the mountain slopes. It also encourages the building of better houses. Praise song for the local Government with Shicheyere.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Hehe
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Marangu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR156; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:35
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/10962/174583