Kapitas ndi wachabi (The foreman is useless)
- Authors: Faresi Gama and Najuzi Phiri (woman) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Masula, Lilongwe, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153824 , vital:39526 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-07
- Description: "The foreman is useless, I am not married, how am I going to make those bands by myself (Contour ridges). There is an agricultural demonstrator in this village who it appears occassionally demands the making of contour ridges through the lands. This song is in response to a demand upon an unmarried woman to complete the work. Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958
Tikangomva (Yellow cloth)
- Authors: Faresi Gama and Najuzi Phiri (woman) , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1958
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Field recordings , Songs, Nyanja , Songs, Chewa , Nyanja (African people) , Chewa (African people) , Folk music , Africa Malawi Masula, Lilongwe, Nyasaland f-mw
- Language: Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153815 , vital:39525 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR078-06
- Description: "We heard that you bought a yellow cloth and we know at once you were going to be very proud of it. This usually happens at Masula." Topical song.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958