- Title
- Mwali wa Ngwi
- Creator
- Kanyense Muange
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk songs, Kamba
- Subject
- Kamba (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music--Kenya
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Kenya Machakos f-ke
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175977
- Identifier
- vital:42646
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR160-12
- Description
- Mwali is the name for the traditional way of retailing or chanting a legend, and Mwathi is a song. The singer boasts that he alone is the best singer of the district and greets his clever friends who make decorations for the dancers. In his second item he describes also the rifles he carried as a soilder. Praise chant.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:52
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Kamba
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
- Hits: 721
- Visitors: 764
- Downloads: 46
Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
View Details Download | SOURCE1 | 12. Mwali wa Ngwi TR160-12.mp3 | 2 MB | MP3 Audio File (Tagged) | View Details Download |