- Title
- Umbala (Colour)
- Creator
- Group of young Xhosa men
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk music--South Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Xhosa (African people)
- Subject
- Africa South Africa Kentani f-sa
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/150412
- Identifier
- vital:38973
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR060-03
- Description
- This group of "Amakwenkwe" (young unitiated men) all wrapped in red blankets, carrying sticks and wearing bead leggings, sang very well with gravity and intersity. They were all under 18 years of age. In the interval between the songs, they went off to fetch their sticks and struck them together during the song to mark the rhythm. Three group fighting song, with sticks and whistles.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:38
- 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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