- Title
- Ukugwiya
- Creator
- Group of old Hlubi men
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk music--South Africa
- Subject
- Tembu (African people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Folk songs, Xhosa
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139564
- Identifier
- vital:37751
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR049-02
- Description
- Individual men spring out from the circle of singers and start their cries and their own song. The performance is continuous. The occasion uopn which this kind of song is sung is immediately after a circumcision ceremony. Some Hlubi call this Giya, others Gwiya. Post-initiation Giya dances with sticks.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:09:40
- 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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