Gwilane kangacepe gwilane

Title: Gwilane kangacepe gwilane
Performer / Recordist: Rabison Bande,Chewa men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Songs, Tumbuka; Tumbuka (African people); Songs, Chewa; Chewa (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: This song and others of its kind were used by groups of men as 'carols' in that they would go around the villages at the new year singing for the people and and expecting small gifts in return. Originally it was an initiation song but later became associated with the new year only as the initiation ceremonies have now disappeared in this district on account of the missions. Initiation song with clapping
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tumbuka; Chewa; Chichewa; Nyanja
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Malawi Kasungu
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR090; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:29
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Provenance: 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/10962/186371