- Title
- Nonkala (The crab)
- Creator
- Jury Mpelho
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk songs, Xhosa
- Subject
- Africa South Africa Grahamstown f-sa
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135934
- Identifier
- vital:37314
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR027-06
- Description
- The crab, being a water animal, is this case, a river crab, is being addressed as a diviner. The Xhosa believe their ancestral spirits inhabit streams. Topical song with dance band including saxaphone, double bass, guitar and drum
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:47
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Xhosa
- 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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