Malilo

Title: Malilo
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: "Why do people bundle up dead bodies in mats. As if the poor fellows had disgraced themselves?" The Karigo lute is played with the instrument inverted with the string below instead of in the more normal postition with the string uppermost. The utter simplicity of the Tonga songs reflects the cultural level of the participation. Lament with Karigo, one stringed lute, bowed
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; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:31
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/10962/184680