- Title
- Kumtondo mwana amalira (At the pounding place the child was crying)
- Creator
- P. G. Kalumbamoyo and 2 Chewa women
- 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 Kota Kota, Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153712
- Identifier
- vital:39502
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR077-19
- Description
- This is really a woman's song but here sung by 3 men and is said to be typical of Chewa songs of this nature. "At the pounding place the child was crying. What is it crying for? What is the reason for my child to be beaten? What is it crying for? Let's go, let's go quickly to Jesus, go quickly. Topical song.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:05
- 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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