- Title
- Melo (Name of a man)
- Creator
- Young girls and 4 drummers
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Arts, Malawi
- Subject
- Songs, Nyanja
- Subject
- Nyanja (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Chipwembwe, Fort Herald f-rh
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155811
- Identifier
- vital:39919
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR088-01
- Description
- The drums are carved out of Mutondo wood (one of Sokosa wood) cut locally on the plain. The maker Bauleni made No. 5 as long ago as 1930. The others are more recent. The membranes are of ox hide. The dance is well performed by the young girls who stand in a row or semicircle near the drums and each comes out in turn to do a solo dance, a clever rhythmic routine ending with a sharp pelvic jerk. As one girl finishes another immediately takes her place. The drums are all played with curved wooden beaters except the 2 bass drums numbers 8 and 9 which are played with hands. Some of the girls held clappers and one a tin rattle. Likhuba dance with 9 drums.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:43
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyanja/Mang'anja
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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