Maria e madala

Title: Maria e madala
Performer / Recordist: Muwane, Armando Saule; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Mozambique; Tonga language (Inhambane); Folk dance music; Field recordings
Description / content note: The perfomer was his own rattle player holding the rattle in his right hand. He is typical of the casual entertainer who use two or three chords repeated endlessly on their topical allusions which nowadays pass for serious song making. They frequently advertise themsleves, constantly mentioning their own names during the course of the song or as an introduction, as in this case. Topical song with guitar and rattle.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Gitonga
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Mozambique Maxixe
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR196; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:54
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/10962/189688