Mwana angu ngale (My child Ngale)

Title: Mwana angu ngale (My child Ngale)
Creator: Waziya Bilaimo and Nyundo Katona
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Yao (African people)
Subject: Arts, Malawi
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Africa Malawi Chiwambo Village, Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
Date Issued: 1958
Date: 1958
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154702
Identifier: vital:39766
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR083-04
Description: A verse used in a Mohammedon initiation ceremony at the time of circumcision, as used mostly by the Yao element. Although several Yao claim to speak a kind of Swhaili few understand it and repeat religious chants parrot-wise. When asked what the verse meant the singer replied, "You must not ask me, ask the Fundi (teacher). Mohammedon Initiation.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:01:30
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Yao
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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