- Title
- Mashine akwata ku mulwe-aye
- Title
- The machine caught him
- Creator
- Three Chokwe men
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk songs, Chokwe
- Subject
- Chokwe (African people)
- Subject
- Luvale (African people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Angola Mount Lowmani f-ao
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183461
- Identifier
- vital:43993
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR180-13
- Description
- "When he was working a machine caught him and he died." The singers refer to a friend of theirs who died in an accident. The heavy vibration of the three drums make a celeste with the voices. Towards the end of the recording the three drums are taken out separately which reveals the part each plays in the composite rhythm. Chianda dance, with 3 goblet drums, open, pinned and weighted, hand beaten
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:03:29
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Chokwe
- Language
- Luvale
- 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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