- Title
- Wadianda wa Bena Shimba (We are the people of Bena Shimba)
- Creator
- Group of 9 Bena Shimba women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Luba (African people)
- Subject
- Northern Lunda (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Bakwanga f-cg
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139183
- Identifier
- vital:37712
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR0047-01
- Description
- This group belonged to the Bena Shimba clan. As well as tipping and sometimes singing into their gourds through a length of metal pipe or tube, the gourd-blowers also struck the sides of the gourds with their hands. The gourds of this group were handsomely decorated with metal studs arranged in patterns. When asked when they performed this song, the answer was, "we sing it for funerals, but also on any sad occassion, for example when a man has to pay a large sum of money to another. Lament with 3 singing gourds (Chipuri), 1 basket rattle (-12.54-), hand clapping (-12.03-) and 1 bottle (-12.17-).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:03:08
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Luba
- 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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