- Title
- Chemirocha I
- Creator
- Bekyibei Arap Mosonick with Cherwo Arap Korogorem
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Kipsigis (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music--Kenya
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177011
- Identifier
- vital:42781
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR164-15
- Description
- The main theme of this song is affection for the Kipsigis country. He also asks 'why the white men should have taken over the country' which incidentally they themselves took from others in the past. He comes, he says, from the Sotik nearby. The name 'Chemirocha' is their pronounciation of 'Jimmy Rodgers' whose gramophone records were the first to be heard in the district. It is now synonymous for anything strange or new. Praise song with Chepkong 6 string bowl lyre.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:40
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Kipsigis
- 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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