- Title
- Nyiti inkwekwezi (We are the star)
- Creator
- Mushumbo Dlamini and the Star Brothers
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Folk songs, Swazi
- Subject
- Swazi (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Eswatini Havelock Mine, N. Eswatini f-sq
- Date Issued
- 1959
- Date
- 1959
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153187
- Identifier
- vital:39417
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR075-03
- Description
- "We are the star when the sun sets and when sun rises." (i.e. "We shine by night and by day.") The words are in Swati, English and Xhosa. Many such Small groups of singers give themselves fanciful names mostly in English and not in their own vernacular. Topical song (Mbude style).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:05:11
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Swati
- 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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