Abafazi bemka (The women are leaving-they have already gone)

Title: Abafazi bemka (The women are leaving-they have already gone)
Creator: Group of young Mpondo married women
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--South Africa
Subject: Folk songs, Xhosa
Subject: Africa South Africa Tabankulu f-sa
Date Issued: 1957
Date: 1957
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/136669
Identifier: vital:37403
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR033-02
Description: This charming song was evidently a great favourite and every one began to sway to the lilt of it. The men then demanded why they couldn't sing too--why just the women. This song is more compicated than at first appears and in some ways is reminiscent of a Hebridean song. Part song.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:03:35
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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