Sili nisichotamani sili ongawa ni dawa

Title: Sili nisichotamani sili ongawa ni dawa
Performer / Recordist: Kandoro, Saadani Abdu; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Kenya; Swahili-speaking peoples; Field recordings
Description / content note: "I do not eat what I do not desire, I do not eat it, though it may be medicine." This poem was sent as a letter to his friend, Kaluta Amri who replied in Mashairi poetry form in 'Dawa Mziwanda Kula". Mashairi sung poems.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Kigoma
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR160; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:08
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/10962/179250