Nyumba ya mwari witu

Title: Nyumba ya mwari witu
Performer / Recordist: Kariuki Ndenderu and kikuyu boys; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Kikuyu; Kikuyu (African people); Songs, Kikuyu--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "My daughter's hut is thatched with reeds and the bushy tails of cows." The song has ten verses, the first three repeated. The accent or stress on the ultimate syllable instead of on the penultimate might indicate mission influence in this song. Local linguists would be able to determine this point. Dance song, Njama for old men.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kikuyu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kiambu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR159; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:30
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/10962/175526