Shumba (The liar)

Title: Shumba (The liar)
Performer / Recordist: James Gwezhe Soko; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Shona (African people); Folk music--Zimbabwe; Field recordings
Description / content note: Said to be an old hunting song, sung by the people left at home when the men were out hunting. The muscians remained behind playing this music quietly to bring luck to the hunters. The singer is singing to himself in self-delectative style without an audience. Hunting song with "Mbira Huru".
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Zimbabwe; Africa Zimbabwe Goromonze
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1951
Date issued / published: 1951
Identifier: TR170; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:42
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/10962/180619