Daula mabanja nangu Mpezeni
- Authors: Blaisoni Jere , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185507 , vital:44392 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR189-14
- Description: Mpezeni was a famous chief of the Ngoni in the Fort Jameson district of Northern Rhodesia about 200 miles south of this village. He was defeated by the British. "The conqueror of all the chiefs is Mpezeni. My child Dangala, let us go." The tuning:- 280, 260, 232, 176, 156, 140 vs. The tuning of this Bango is of doubtful accuracy. Self delecatative song with Bango board zither, (7 notes)
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- Date Issued: 1950
Namfikilankhu
- Authors: Taines Chirwa , Nancy Luhana , Tumbuka girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk music--Africa , Songs, Tumbuka , Tumbuka (African people) , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Malawi Mzimba f-mw
- Language: Tumbuka
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/185186 , vital:44337 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR188-16
- Description: "When I get there who will look after me, as they do not know me there." The girls were clearly out of breath with the effort of both pounding and singing. Pounding song with mortar and two pestles
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950