Mwana wa Maqo (The son of Maqo)

Title: Mwana wa Maqo (The son of Maqo)
Creator: Josiah Muyambo
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Folk songs, Ndau
Subject: Ndau (African people)
Subject: Africa Mozambique Sipungabera f-mz
Date Issued: 1957
Date: 1957
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151985
Identifier: vital:39200
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR067-02
Description: "The son of Maqo ran away from the cotton planting. If you do not beleive me go and ask Maqo himself. I am the son of Ndanjana and my grandfather is Rice." The Portuguese authorities insisted upon the planting of a certain proportion of native fields with a cash crop such as cotton. This means that African males, who normally do not take part in agriculture, leaving it all to the women, were now forced to work in the fields to tend the cotton crops. Several young men went off in search of work elesewhere to avoid their obligations. The name Maqo is a relic from Zulu/Shangaan intrusion as there are no clicks in the local Ndau language. Topical song with mbira dza waNdau with bell, external resonator and 2 manuals.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:37
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Ndau
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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