International Library of African Music

Mabandla Wam'mona Nyavadule Nyabindini : The Ngodo of Zavala

Item

Title

Mabandla Wam'mona Nyavadule Nyabindini : The Ngodo of Zavala

Performer / Recordist

Katini, Katinyane wa

Tracey, Hugh

Subject

Folk music--Africa

Music--Mozambique

Folk songs, Chopi

Chopi (African people)

Field recordings

Description / content note

This recording clearly demonstrates the progress of a single item of music over 20 years among an entirley aural (non-literate) musical people. For purposes of the recording the singers sang each verse only once and not the usual twice each. As a rule Mabandla movements are not allocated interesting melodies as they are preoccupied with pas-de-deux performances which may last several minutes and the main interest is focussed on the individual dancers rather than the music. Orchestral dance with Timbila xylophones.

Type / form

sound recordings

field recordings

sound recording-musical

Language

Chopi

Place of recording

Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa -- Mozambique Quissico

Publisher

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Date recorded

1949

Date issued / published

1949

Identifier

TR208

11

Is Format Of

Analog reel item

Duration (time)

00:01:59

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/10962/194785

Item sets

Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series