- Title
- Nimepata mpenzi, mtoto mdogo, mzuri simwachi (I have found my love, a beautiful girl)
- Creator
- Chipukizi Rumba
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk music--Tanzania
- Subject
- Swahili-speaking peoples
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Tanzania Mwanza f-tz
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/179604
- Identifier
- vital:43123
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR170-06
- Description
- This tune, an adaptation of a South American type of rumba, is perhaps the most popular of all town dance songs at the present time (1950) being sung in all the tons of Tanganyika and on the island of Zanzibar. The young men playing this version of the song did not know the words and sanf 'ia-la-la' instead. Swahili Rumbas with 2 Banjos, 1 Mandoline, 2 bass drums, 1 conical drum, laced, 2 kazoos, 2 whistles and a flute.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:57
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Swahili
- 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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