Munkhwala, The love potion

Title: Munkhwala, The love potion
Performer / Recordist: Maluba Mwale,Tonga men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Songs, Tonga (Nyasa); Field recordings
Description / content note: "Never marry a Ngoni man. You will have continually to look after his Mugado gourd." (cache sex). The custom appears to have come north from the Zulu where the gourd is called Munyoto. The custom appears to have largely disappeared in the south. Humorous song with Karigo one stringed lute
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Chiundasi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR186; 9
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/10962/184644