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A public 4-minute-52-second field recording of a Malawian valimba xylophone and rattles, recorded at Singano village in 1990. Valimba is related to, but not identical with, the Sena ulimba tradition in the preview-only recording this replaces.
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Listening access: Archive audio · 4:52 · International Library of African Music
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Full 4:52 public archive audio item with an HTML5 player and downloadable MP3; CC BY-NC-SA as credited by the archive. Browser playback not independently tested.
Source credit: International Library of African Music · Rhodes University · Andrew Tracey Collection, November 1990