- Title
- Kapitas ndi wachabi (The foreman is useless)
- Creator
- Faresi Gama and Najuzi Phiri (woman)
- 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 Masula, Lilongwe, Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153824
- Identifier
- vital:39526
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR078-07
- Description
- "The foreman is useless, I am not married, how am I going to make those bands by myself (Contour ridges). There is an agricultural demonstrator in this village who it appears occassionally demands the making of contour ridges through the lands. This song is in response to a demand upon an unmarried woman to complete the work. Topical song.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:45
- 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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