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| Title: | Northern and Central Malawi : 1950 '57 '58,
Nyasaland : Tonga, Tumbuka, Cewa. | |
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| Title-alternative: | 1950 '57 '58, Nyasaland. | |
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| Title-alternative: | Nyasaland. | |
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| Title-alternative: | Tonga, Tumbuka, Cewa. | |
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| Subject: | Folk music | |
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| Subject: | Malawi. | |
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| Subject: | Folk songs, Chewa. | |
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| Subject: | Folk songs, Tongan. | |
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| Subject: | Chewa (African people) | |
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| Subject: | Music. | |
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| Subject: | Tumbuka (African people) | |
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| Subject: | Musical instruments | |
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| Description: | 1 sound disc (68 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + notes ([16] p. :
ill.). | |
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| Description: | Bangwe board zither, one-string karigo lute, the kubu bow, the
kalimba, malipenga music (a small big band of gourd kasoos withdrums, men's choir and the polyphony by the women. | |
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| Description: | Sung in Tonga (Nyasa), Tumbuka and Cewa (African languages). | |
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| Description: | Hugh Tracey, field recordings ; Beti Kamanga, bangwe raft
zither ; native musicians and singers from Tonga, Tumbuka andCewa ethnic groups of Northern and Central Malawi. | |
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| Description: | Recorded in Northern and Central Malawi in 1950, 1957-58. | |
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| Description: | Compact disc. | |
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| Description: | Program notes by Andrew Tracey and Michael Baird inserted in
container. | |
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| 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. | |
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| Description: | Previously released material; this CD is a selection from Hugh
Tracey's Music of Africa series of 210 LPs, issued between 1954and 1977. | |
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| Description: | Tonga: Dale wangu ukamunyenga = My darling has married a Sotho
(2:39) ; Chilongozi waulende wamoyo zina lake Yesu : hymn (2:45) ; Suzgu muyaya : topical song (2:45) ; Ndalama ndiSatana = Money is the devil : topical song (2:35) ; Ndaluza ine= I have lost : drinking song (2:42) ; Ani sibani nimakuba = Mygrat friend : self-delective nostalgic song (2:44)
Tumbuka:Wezulu waula = The whistle has blown at Mazowe River : dancesong (1:23) ; Nijurireni = Open for me : story song (2:13) ;Timbenge tingaruwa = Let us sing lest we forget : self-delective song (2:57) ; Walowela mawa = To greet a sickperson : humorous song (2:44) ; Chigwinini chikuko mana nawo =A man with two wives has no wife : humorous song (3:10) ; Mbayambwana wane bamutya Cimbwe = Mbaya, my child is called ahyena : humorous song (2:43) ; Ndipeko kayuni karimbula = Letme feed the hungry bird : hunorous song (2:51)
Cewa: Msodomo= Sodom : part one of the mgonda dance (2:50) ; Awelemuwo eedandaula = Awelemuvo worries too much : ilala dance (2:51) ;Misozi = Tears : chintala dance song (2:35) ; O Jere : chintaladance song (1:58)
Tumbuka: Tumbuka ku kaya : self-delectivesong (2:45)
Cewa: Two bow songs : self-delective songs (2:54) ; Three kalimba songs : self-delective songs (4:17) ; MakeYaya = Mother of Yaya : topical song (2:47) ; Kantengo = Thetree : gule dance song (2:38) ; Idzani muone kuwala = Come andsee the glory : part one of the mganda dance (2:50) ; Mangondoazipita = Mangondo must go : chintali dance song (1:36) ;Chifundo chamanga = I long for my mother : lament (1:27). | |
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| Contributor: | Utrecht : Stichting Sharp Wood Productions, [2000] | role: Publisher
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| Contributor: | Tracey, Hugh. | role: Author
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| Contributor: | Kamanga, Beti. | role: Author
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| Contributor: | International Library of African Music. | role: Author
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| Type: | Sound | |
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| is part of: | Historical recordings by Hugh Tracey. | |
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| Place: | Library | role: storage
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