Nkhawa na dada

Title: Nkhawa na dada
Performer / Recordist: Joel Jere,Ngoni men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: The game sung here by men is usually played by children with two logs on the ground about 3 feet apart with another log between them like the letter H. The child lies along this third log and is bumped by the the others onto the first two at head and foot. This kind of singing game, they say has been done for twenty years or more. Singing game for children, with sticks beaten on the ground
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Nkata Bay
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR188; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:00:42
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/10962/185047