Zimbige II (Field Card)

Name: Zimbige II (Field Card)
Author: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977

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Field of Interest: World Music
Copyright Message: Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
Description: This is an instrumental recording only. The player was playing with the thumb of the left hand, the thumb and first finger of the right hand. The Njari is the traditional instrument of the district having originated from the Buhera district further north over two centuries ago, when it began to displace an older variety called the Mbira-dza-Midgimu.
Content Type: Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format: Text
Sub Genre: Spoken Word, Song
Page Count: 2
Series Number: TR082
Subject: World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Spoken Word, Song, Mbira, Mbira, njari, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Mwadzama, Central Region (Malawi)
Keywords and Translated Subjects: África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural