Masilo tswalela kgoro (Masilo close the gate)

Title: Masilo tswalela kgoro (Masilo close the gate)
Creator: Jemina Pheha and 24 women
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana
Subject: Tswana (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa South Africa Saulspoort f-sa
Date Issued: 1959
Date: 1959
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166047
Identifier: vital:41311
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0116-14
Description: "Masilo, close the gate. Close our father's gate. I say, 'Phoroko'" The word 'Phoroko' has a dual meaning to "close the gate" in the sense of "goodbye". Farewell song with metal bucket used as a drum.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:34
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Tswana/Kgatla
Rights: International Library of African Music
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)

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