Walowela mawa

Title: Walowela mawa
Performer / Recordist: Kachali, Zakaliya; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: The singer presents an imaginary conversation between himself and his wife. He began to break into Chewa at the end of his song instead of Tumbuka. This was most amusing of the crowd, "My wife is drunk. She is always drunk." "My husband always complains about my cooking." "How are you today?" Humorous song with Bango board Zither
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Mukotsama
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR189; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:40
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/10962/185335