Mbiriwiri ya Mondoro

Title: Mbiriwiri ya Mondoro
Creator: Manyoni Wanyamande
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Shona (African people)
Subject: Folk music--Zimbabwe
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Zimbabwe
Subject: Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria f-rh
Date Issued: 1949
Date: 1949
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180222
Identifier: vital:43334
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR172-11
Description: The name of this tune 'Mbiriwiri' has been associated with the playing of Mbira type instruments from time immemorial. In this case it is also connected with the spirit concept of the Mondoro or Lion spirit. The singer uses several quotations from older songs such as "Regai ndi baiwa ne banga chena, kufa kwandida." This is to be the prophet Chaminuka's last words when he was surrounded by Ndebele soilders who had come to kill him. They could not harm him and he died by being pierced in the armpit with a sharp knife held by a small boy. "Let me be stabbed by a bright knife, the death of my desiring." Song for Mashawi souls with Njari (Mbira).
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:32
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Shona
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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