- Title
- Jean Ndjela ku parquet (Jean Ndjela before the court)
- Creator
- Ombiza Charles
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk songs, Zande
- Subject
- Alur (African people)
- Subject
- Swahili-speaking peoples
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Stanleyville f-cg
- Date Issued
- 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/168090
- Identifier
- vital:41540
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR0124-10
- Description
- Jean Ndjela before the high court, Parquet, is the slang French term used for the court. This song recounts how Ndjela was condemned to prison together with a number of others, Maria Pilipili and the mulatresse amongst them, and ends by saying "Ndjela you cannot take stolen goods to the grave." Topical song, with guitar, bottle and friction stick.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:59
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Zande/Vongara
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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