Aliva enaku adheta (Track)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR142 , 3 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
- A song in which a number of topics are touched upon including Ngobi, a local glutton, and the sorrow of a mourner who sits alone in a house watching over the dead body of a friend or relative. This combination of lyre and lute is popular among Soga minstrels.
- Content Type
- Field recording (raw)
- Duration
- 3 mins
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Narrative Songs
- Date Recorded
- 1950
- Series Number
- TR142
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology