Sheweni wa pumba

Title: Sheweni wa pumba
Performer / Recordist: Esperaca Zaguen,Chopi women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Mozambique; Folk songs, Chopi; Chopi (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: About 30 women took part in these songs. This song appears to be based upon a school or mission song, invoking the name of Jesus with "Hallelujah, Amen", sung "Alelu ame". Greeting songto visitors, with hand clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chopi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Mozambique Zavala
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR204; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:29
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/10962/193169