- Title
- Ntakhala ndi mlongo (If only I had a sister)
- Creator
- E. J. Mbewe and I. K. Mwale
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Songs, Nyanja
- Subject
- Songs, Chewa
- Subject
- Nyanja (African people)
- Subject
- Chewa (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Karongs, Salima, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153587
- Identifier
- vital:39483
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR077-07
- Description
- A man complaining that he was born the only child and has no sister. He expresses his sorrow and surprise that it should be so. Usually sung with women to do the mangombe. To be without a sister in this society, a matrilocal one, means the risk of being deprived of a home after the death of the parents. Drinking song.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:19
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- 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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