Mahaba, jamani, yananiatile

Title: Mahaba, jamani, yananiatile
Performer / Recordist: Egyptian musical club; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Tanzania; Swahili-speaking peoples; Field recordings
Description / content note: Abbas Haji was the singer of this song composed by the gifted player Bom Amberon. "I am distrought with love, I can neither see by day nor sleep by night. In whom shall I confide my two years' longing. Who will tell me how my heart might find repose. Love song, with 2 Udi, 1 Cello, 1 mandoline, 1 Dambak, 1 Kayamba rattle, and 3 violas.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR169; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:41
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/10962/179523