Arap Kibaigong (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR165 (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
- The song tells the story of a certain man who was given a pig to look after. He failed to do so properly and was warned that he would be beaten for his negligence. "Arap" means "the son of". The two note chorus is typical of many Kipsigis songs.
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Drinking Song
- Page Count
- 1
- Series Number
- TR165
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, Drinking Song, Lyre, Chepkongo, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Kericho, Kericho County
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural
