- Title
- Gowu
- Creator
- Francois Kokomendre
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Bangba (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Amasu f-cg
- Date Issued
- 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/166662
- Identifier
- vital:41390
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR0119-14
- Description
- The settings of this zither are made of Kekere cane, the board is Ndete, the resonator (gourd) called the Gara. The strings give out a surprisingly loud note. Only four of the strings were used. "I am a Mombutu and my people were defeated by the Bese." Nostalgic song with zither, Seki 5 strings.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:18
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Mombutu
- 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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