Ba Serenje balokulila bawishibo (Serenje is weeping over his father)

Title: Ba Serenje balokulila bawishibo (Serenje is weeping over his father)
Creator: Adamsoni Kabamba
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia)
Subject: Instrumental music
Subject: Mbira music
Subject: Africa Zambia Serenje f-za
Date Issued: 1957
Date: 1957
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134640
Identifier: vital:37186
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0021-04
Description: "When Serenje's father died, he mourned for a long time. "Toranchi" has taught me how to shoot on the rifle range, so, now I have learnt to shoot, I may be going to the war, and do not know if I will ever come back." This is a piece of fantasy, for in fact, Mr. Torrence has not taught him to shoot, but it is an oblique form of flattery and praise. He is fond of Mr. Torrence who is assistant African personnel manager, and that is why he sings about him in this way. The fact that Mr. Torrence was an officer in the King's African Rifles during the war may have contributed to the singer's hero worship of him. Self-delectative song with Kankowele fan-shaped mbira with external resonator.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:41
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Lala
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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