Tayamba kumba vifya, tamu Chifila, We start to do something new, we of Chifila

Title: Tayamba kumba vifya, tamu Chifila, We start to do something new, we of Chifila
Performer / Recordist: Oxendale Mateu Nkata,Tonga men; 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: The style of this song appears to arise from the popular Malipenga dance which derives much of its colour from European taught melodies. Topical song
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: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR187; 16
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:50
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/10962/184949