Machichimana

Title: Machichimana
Performer / Recordist: Tabarirevu Muyambo; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Mozambique; Folk songs, Chopi; Chopi (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: This is one of a number of songs known as Machichimana, meaning 'the place which has been cleared (of trees).' The wife of Surudade, why is she so proud? (does she walk in the sky). At Marukana only..." The clearing of the bush refers to the open strips cut to prevent the spread of Tsetse fly. Topical song with Mbira dze chiNdau with external tin deze resonator.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ndau
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Mozambique Mwanditura
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR205; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:01
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/10962/194257