Idi Mambo

Title: Idi Mambo
Creator: Muliama Namale and Ganda people
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Music--Uganda
Subject: Folk songs, Ganda
Subject: Ganda (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Uganda Kampala f-ug
Date Issued: 1952
Date: 1952
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170887
Identifier: vital:41979
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0138-05
Description: This song is about Idi Mambo, a local eccentric who went about doing peciliar things. He once climbed up a tree and stayed there for four days to the amazement of the people who came from far and near to see him. It appears that 'pole sitting' is not prerogative of eccentric Americans only. Historical song, with one tall conical drum, open, pinned 34" x 9" - one large connical drum laced, 19" x 15 1/2" and hand clapping (-12.03-).
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:46
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Ganda
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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