Bwelela (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR190 (1950) , 1 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
- There is still sufficient game in this district to lend a meaning to hunting songs. Lions are not uncommon and two lion skins had recently been brought into the chief. A second leader took over at a slighly flatter pitch and the chorus of men adjusted themselves at once to the new level.
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Song
- Page Count
- 1
- Series Number
- TR190
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Song, Clapping, hand, Central Region (Malawi)
