Mganga mgogope

Title: Mganga mgogope
Creator: Maria Semuyala with Hehe women
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Chaga (African people)
Subject: Hehe (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Tanzania Kilolo f-tz
Date Issued: 1950
Date: 1950
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175049
Identifier: vital:42534
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR157-12
Description: "We fear the earth, for when we die we are buried in earth." Hans Cory, the famous anthropologist who was with us at the recording, suggested that this song had a hidden meaning as well as the literal one. Initiation song for girls, with clapping.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:01:10
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Hehe
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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