Ambikanire une (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR083 , 2 mins
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 started in Yao and ended in Chewa. A song sung by the boys when they are alone in the veld after their circumcision to keep away lions at night. (The part of the song so sung by the initiates is in Arabic.)
- Content Type
- Field recording (raw)
- Duration
- 2 mins
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Song
- Date Recorded
- 1958
- Series Number
- TR083
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology