Mawa

Title: Mawa
Creator: Francois Kokomendre
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Bangba (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Amasu f-cg
Date Issued: 1952
Date: 1952
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166671
Identifier: vital:41391
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0119-15
Description: The settings of this zither are made of Kekere cane, the board is Ndete, the resonator (gourd) called the Gara. The strings give out a surprisingly loud note. Only four of the strings were used. "He weeps for the death of his wife." Nostalgic song with zither, Seki 5 strings.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:01:26
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Mombutu
Rights: International Library of African Music
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)

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