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Title:Southern and Central Malawi : 1950 '57 '58, Nyasaland : Mang'anja, Cewa, Yao.
Title-alternative:Nyasaland.
Title-alternative:1950 '57 '58, Nyasaland.
Title-alternative:Mang'anja, Cewa, Yao.
Subject:Music
Subject:Malawi.
Subject:Songs, Chewa.
Subject:Songs, Yao.
Subject:Yao (African people)
Subject:Music.
Subject:Chewa (African people)
Subject:Musical instruments
Description:1 sound disc (63 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + notes ([18] p. : ill.)
Description:Bangwe board zither of Malawi, malipenga music, likhuba drum ensembles, xylophone playing and a cappella singing.
Description:Sung in Cewa and Yao (African languages).
Description:"This album shows the variety of music found in the 1950s, reflecting the diversity of the origins of the peoples in theSouthern half of Malawi" Container.
Description:Hugh Tracey, field recordings ; native musicians and singers from Manga'anja, Cewa and Yao ethnic groups of Southern and CentralMalawi.
Description:Recorded in Southern and Central Malawi in 1950, 1957-58.
Description:Compact disc.
Description:Program notes by Andrew Tracey and Michael Baird inserted in container.
Description:Original field recordings are housed in The archive of Hugh Tracey at the International Library of African Music (ILAM),Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Description:Previously released material; this CD is a selection from Hugh Tracey's Music of Africa series of 210 LPs, issued between 1954and 1977.
Description:Mang'anja: Timba = Timba, the wren (1:35) ; Tabyia (2:46) ; Likhuba drums I (3:08) ; Likhuba drums II (2:51) ; Wosakulasakwatidwa = before she is old enough (3:05) ; Nkazi wamulomo = The talkative woman (2:16) ; Kulila kwa n'goma = Thecry of the ground hornbill (1:53) ; Zonse na aTengani afumamapass = Everything at Tengani needs a pass (3:17) ; Senegelado: dance with two ulimba xylophones (2:43) Cewa: Amalume =Uncle (1:41) ; Mangani mikeka mudzinka kwanu = Take yourbelongings and go home (2:37) ; Tisimbi wasauka = PoorTisimbi (2:39) ; Manyanda = Come and see the clever dancers (2:28) ; Mungabe = Don't steal (2:45) ; Wenda m'manja m'manja = Goin the hands (2:38) ; Ndadza apa ndaima = I am here waiting (2:42) ; Pita uko = To go there (1:29) Yao: Mtempile = Thetemple : sikiri song (2:48) Cewa: Oyayomai Moya : marriagesong (2:43) ; Tangukwata m'cembere = I should marry a maturewoman (2:29) ; Ine ndidandaula = My man paid only 10 pence tomarry me (1:17) Yao: Ancikanga : nsondo dance song (2:08) ;Kazela kambelemba : topical song with bangwe board zither (3:19) ; Che Chipala = Chief Chipala (2:41) ; Mwana angu Ngale =My child Ngale (1:33).
Contributor:Utrecht, Netherlands : Stichting Sharp Wood Productions, [2000]role: Publisher
Contributor:Tracey, Hugh.role: Author
Contributor:International Library of African Music.role: Author
Type:Sound
is part of:Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey.
Place:Libraryrole: storage

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