- Title
- Nkhopa lero
- Creator
- Widisoni Mazuku
- Creator
- Tumbuka men and women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Songs, Tumbuka
- Subject
- Tumbuka (African people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Kasungu f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185543
- Identifier
- vital:44396
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR189-18
- Description
- This is an exhibition dance done by one or more dancers for the entertainment of the crowd. The drummers are men, friends of the solo dancer and the women of the village sing his dance song for him. His dance consists of a series of rhythmic shakes particularly from his waist down. He wears African made iron bells below the knee and above the ankle. Vimbuza dance song with 2 Goblet Mpanje drums and Mangwanda bells
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:20
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Tumbuka
- 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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