Chigama ni michango

Title: Chigama ni michango
Performer / Recordist: Chopi women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Mozambique; Folk songs, Chopi; Chopi (African people); Field recordings
Description / content note: When this item was recorded in 1949 cotton was a new crop which the authorities were encouraging the Chopi to grow. Depots for the collection and sale of cotton were set up throughout the district. It was one of the cash crops which helped to raise the local standard of living in Chopi countryside. Work song for carrying cotton to the depot.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Chopi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Mozambique Zandamela
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1949
Date issued / published: 1949
Identifier: TR210; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:24
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/10962/195120