Atate wuchona kwa Rhodesia (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR187 (1957) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Copyright Message
- Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
- Description
- His Bango is unusual in that it has two tin resonators, one at each end. He played the strings with his left hand and beat a simple pulse on one of the resonators with his firht and miming the action at the word "Ndito", 'truly'. For the second song he turned his Bango round and held it at right angles pointing away from him touching the strings with his left hand and striking them with his right. This is the normal way of holding the instrument. The performer looked like a little old elf.
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Song, Dance
- Page Count
- 2
- Series Number
- TR187
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Song, Dance, Zither, Banjo, Chintheche District (historical), Nkata Bay District, West Nyasa District (historical), Chinteche District, Nkhata Bay District, Northern Region (Malawi)
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Chintheche District (historical), Nkata Bay District, West Nyasa District (historical), Chinteche District