International Library of African Music

Bwana ukinipa usitie moyoni

Item

Title

Bwana ukinipa usitie moyoni

Performer / Recordist

Three Wamusha Daku criers

Tracey, Hugh

Subject

Folk music--Africa

Folk music--Tanzania

Swahili-speaking peoples

Field recordings

Description / content note

The metal shallow drum (of Tambourine type)is made from the top of a metal can or bucket and is pegged African fashion and not laced like the metal cylindrical drum whose duble heads are laced onto the metal, and is played slung over one shoulder. The chants were sung to the same tune. The size of the cylindrical drum was 13" x 8". The size of the shallow drum was 11 1/4" x 3 1/2". Moslem chants (Wamusha Daku), with 1 metal cylindrical drum, laced, 1 metal frame drum, pegged (-14.91-), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-).

Type / form

sound recordings

field recordings

sound recording-musical

Language

Swahili

Place of recording

Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa Tanzania Tabora

Publisher

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Date recorded

1950

Date issued / published

1950

Identifier

TR170

2

Is Format Of

Analog reel item

Duration (time)

00:02:43

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/${Handle}

Item sets

Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series