- Title
- Imbube Ingonyama (You are the lion)
- Creator
- Five girls from the Queen mother's village
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Folk songs, Swazi
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152240
- Identifier
- vital:39237
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR068-08
- Description
- The song goes on:- "You are growing up to eat man and kill people." The song is sung by the brides' party when the king's daughter is going to be married. The song is addressed to the bridegroom. Lamkhwanse Tsemba was the leader. The prefix "la" indicates she is married. Four of these girls were married and wore their hair in the "Swati dome", the other had her hair painted and combed to form a circular cap. Wedding song.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:45
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Swati
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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