- Title
- Kongoi Maitoling
- Creator
- Cherondet Arap Ng'asura
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Kipsigis (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music--Kenya
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Kenya Sotik f-ke
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177381
- Identifier
- vital:42816
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR165-01
- Description
- A love song in which English words, 'my darling' have been transmogrified into Kipsigis "maitoling" He also calls her little 'calf', a term of great endearment in a pastoral such as these. The singer starts with whistling. The instrument on which this is played is a Chepkongo six string lyre, with one string removed in order to turn it into a five string Kibungandet which uses a different pentatonic scale. Love song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre and whistling.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:36
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Kipsigis
- 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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