- Title
- Maikele pafuamu (I once settled on a farm)
- Creator
- Edmond Cileshe
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia)
- Subject
- Folk songs, Bemba
- Subject
- Drinking songs
- Subject
- Africa Zambia Kasama f-za
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135281
- Identifier
- vital:37254
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR0024-04
- Description
- He sings he once wanted to settle on a new farm, but there were so many people who came to advise him, that in the end he was confused and did not do the right thing and his efforts to farm were a failure. Every morning a wagtial sat on the roof of his house and asked him when would he have a child? He considers this most unfortunate because not only had his farm failed, but a bird spoke to him in his own language. The singer became blind just when he began to walk as a child. Tuning of he instrument as follows:- 368, 340, 308, 280, 252, 232, 210, 190, 170, 154, 140 vps. Mupukumo drinking song with Mumamba mbira bell.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:04:06
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- bemba
- 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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