Mbuya wasika waye, Mother-in-law has arrived

Title: Mbuya wasika waye, Mother-in-law has arrived
Performer / Recordist: Majoweni Andireya; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Shona (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: Many men from the tribe on the eastern borders of Southern Rhodesia come 400 miles across the territory to this coal mine at Wankie near the Victoria falls where the song was recorded. This song was taken from a girl's song, often used they say, while grinding corn or millet on the grinding stone. Topical song with Mbira dza waNdau, resonated, with 26 notes
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Zimbabwe Sipungabera
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR176; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:13
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/10962/181727