Hela Banana (Hey! Girls!)

Title: Hela Banana (Hey! Girls!)
Creator: Mamojela Letsipa, Mahanyane Rakaki, James Mofokeng and group of women
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Sotho
Subject: Sotho (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Lesotho Berea f-lo
Date Issued: 1959
Date: 1959
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/161137
Identifier: vital:40595
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0101-14
Description: "Hey! girls, the reaping machine is making a noise. At sunrise I reap. Mother Matabo, men, Father Manyetse. At sunrise, at Koali's village. Mother Matholoana, the Chieftainess." The song is interspersed with Lithoko and exhortations to throw away medicines and charms. Mathuela diviner's song with small drum (-14.03-), frame drum (-14.92-) and clapping (-12.03-).
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:06:06
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Sotho
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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