Timba (Timba, the Wren)

Title: Timba (Timba, the Wren)
Creator: 'Limited' Mfundo Phiri
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Arts, Malawi
Subject: Songs, Nyanja
Subject: Nyanja (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Africa Malawi Namira, Chikwawa f-rh
Date Issued: 1958
Date: 1958
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/155930
Identifier: vital:39932
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR088-13
Description: "You mother, Ti-ti-ti- Timba stays in the bushes." The small bird Timba possibly one of the smallest in the district is either a Wren or one of the Tit family from the description given. Appears to be a favourite hero of local stories. Self delectative song with board zither.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:31
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Nyanja/Mang'anja
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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