Eneku awato

Title: Eneku awato
Performer / Recordist: Alfred Nyirenda; Tonga boys; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Tonga (Nyasa); Songs, Chewa; Chewa (African people); Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Musical instruments; Field recordings
Description / content note: "You, the owner of the canoe, do not be mean with the fish you bring home. Share them with everyone of the crew." Although this work song may be genuinely used by fishermen on the lake, this rendering of it is clearly far from being associated with the actual paddling. Paddling canoe song with clapping
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka; Chewa; Chichewa; Nyanja; Tonga (Nyasa)
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Chinteche
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR187; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:18
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/10962/184893