- Title
- Coka Coka (Go away, go away)
- Creator
- 9 small girls
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Songs, Nyanja
- Subject
- Songs, Chewa
- Subject
- Nyanja (African people)
- Subject
- Chewa (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Dedza, Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153491
- Identifier
- vital:39458
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR076-20
- Description
- The 9 small girls put their 5 mortars in one row and with osne exception two girls pounded in each mortar. "Go away, go away. I don't go! Why shoild I leave this place? An orpahn child is difficult to nurse. Where shall I, an orphan, go? No. no. no, I am sorry for you." The difficulty of bringing up an orphan child is often referred to in African songs. Pounding song with pestle and mortar.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:25
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- 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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