Njinga ailepele (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR083 , 4 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 player of the second drum was blind and had been so since a child. The hero of the song apparently went to find work outside Nysaland in S. Rhodesia or elsewhere, but on his first journey he failed to bring back with him the coveted bicycle. On his second journey he was successful.
- Content Type
- Field recording (raw)
- Duration
- 4 mins
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- K9000No SQL field called 'subject_id' found with value 23 of tag genre
- Date Recorded
- 1958
- Series Number
- TR083
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology
