He wena mani

Title: He wena mani
Performer / Recordist: Muwane, Armando Saule; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Mozambique; Tonga language (Inhambane); Folk dance music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Both instruments were played by the performer who also had two littlehome made marionettes dangling on the end of a string from the neck of his guitar which danced opposite each other with the shaking of the guitar, and made their miniature foot prints on the loose sand. He is addressing his remarks to the two little wooden figures and the music itself is of secondary importance. 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; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:49
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/10962/189697