Bwelela

Title: Bwelela
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: There is still sufficient game in this district to lend meaning to hunting songs. Lions are not uncommon and two lion skins had recently been brought for the chief. A second leader took over at a slightly flatter pitch and the chorus of men adjusted themselves at once to the new level. Hunting song (after hunting) 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; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:44
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/10962/186380