- Title
- Nakhona Singianga Giba I
- Creator
- Group of young Swazi men
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Folk songs, Swazi
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Eswatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152965
- Identifier
- vital:39367
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR073-04
- Description
- A song for running and for walking. The same song is done in two styles. A young men do this style of chanting when loping from one village to another. Their songs change each year, they say, but the style of performance remains. It is part of the young men's set of dances also. "We are as many as those of Giba. We (the people of Sobhuza). Chant for running and walking.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:21
- 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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