Kob'a ntja (The blanket made of dog skin)

Title: Kob'a ntja (The blanket made of dog skin)
Creator: Mamojela Letsipa, Mahanyane Rakaki, James Mofokeng and group of women
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Sotho
Subject: Sotho (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
Date Issued: 1959
Date: 1959
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161127
Identifier: vital:40594
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0101-13
Description: Note the interesting change in the middle of the song. "O Mother! She is wearing a dog's skin blanket. The people despise her. They want me in the cool places, where the Dhlamini live. I am not a Zulu. I am a 'Portuguese'. I, Maboshabane, speak. I speak with a sore heart. I tell you, I am suffering from a stomach-ache. Come and cure me." The singer could not explain the reference to being a 'Portuguese'. African tribesmen who come from the Portuguese territory of Mozambique often refer to themselves as 'Portuguese', i.e. a citizen of Portuguese territory. Mathuela diviner's song with small drum (-14.03-), frame drum (-14.92-) and clapping (-12.03-).
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:03:36
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Sotho
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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