Daula mabanja nangu Mpezeni, The conqueror of all the chiefs, Mpezeni

Title: Daula mabanja nangu Mpezeni, The conqueror of all the chiefs, Mpezeni
Performer / Recordist: Blaisoni Jere; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: Mpezeni was a famous chief of the Ngoni in the Fort Jameson district of Northern Rhodesia about 200 miles south of this village. He was defeated by the British. "The conqueror of all the chiefs is Mpezeni. My child Dangala, let us go." The tuning:- 280, 260, 232, 176, 156, 140 vs. The tuning of this Bango is of doubtful accuracy. Self delecatative song with Bango board zither, (7 notes)
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Mzimba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR189; 14
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/10962/185507