- Title
- Wakuzi (Who spoiled the relish?)
- Creator
- J. W. Gwengwe and boys
- 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 Kachere, Lilongwe, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153676
- Identifier
- vital:39497
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR077-15
- Description
- "Who has told you to squeeze the caterpillars? Who has told you to prepare the frog? Who has told you to squeeze the chameleon? Who has told you to squeeze the grasshopper? Who has told you to squeeze the snake? Meaning, you have spoiled the relish provided by caterpillars, etc. by squeezing them out instead of leaving them. Of the ones mentioned, the caterpillars, grasshoppers and snakes, but the chameleon definitely inedible. The song which was originally a Nyau dance song is now used as a drinking song. It appears that the creatures mentioned in the song are best cooked in their natural state without being dressed in any way. Drinking song with clapping and struck iron (a hoe) -12.16-.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:38
- 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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