- Title
- Mande mpa khomo
- Creator
- Shawa
- Creator
- Govati
- Creator
- Chewa women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Songs, Tumbuka
- Subject
- Tumbuka (African people)
- Subject
- Songs, Chewa
- Subject
- Chewa (African people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Lilongwe f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186480
- Identifier
- vital:44503
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR191-07
- Description
- "When I die, dig my grave before my door as I do not wish to be buried with all the others." A song for singing on the way home after a drinking party. The two leading singers sing as if they were having a friendly argument pointing at each other and generally helping each other along. The custom of burying a person near his own door or beside his own hut is also found in the Zamgesi River Valley among the Tonga. Drinking song
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:38
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Tumbuka
- Language
- Chewa, Chichewa, Nyanja
- 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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