Ga re a nwa ka nkgwana pele (There is a pot of beer in front of us)

Title: Ga re a nwa ka nkgwana pele (There is a pot of beer in front of us)
Creator: Stone Kgaswe and 4 Kgatla men
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana
Subject: Tswana (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa South Africa Rustenburg f-sa
Date Issued: 1959
Date: 1959
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166236
Identifier: vital:41341
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0117-04
Description: "We have in front of us a pot of beer. We are asking for the dregs" (meaning: 'We are longing to finish it). But the dregs are also the thickest part of the brew and are, therefore considered the best. Stone Kgaswe is the Postmaster of Mabe's kraal. Drinking song.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:01:44
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Tswana/Kgatla
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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