- Title
- Peter Okola
- Creator
- Nyawaga Mgele
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people)
- Subject
- Folk music--Kenya
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Kenya Siaya f-ke
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177880
- Identifier
- vital:42885
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR166-13
- Description
- The player sits on a wooden pillow with small metal bells strung onto the calf of his right leg. He also has an iron ring on the big toe with which he strikes the lower arm of the lyre which is resting on the floor. 'Peter Okole, an African sub inspector of police was invited to a party to play hs lyric. He was embrassed at the beginning of the meal when he was asked to say grace as he did not know one. He remembers what a high class family this was and how people should learn manners from them. Morality song with Thum 8 string lyre, leg bells (-12.55-) and Adoung toe ring (-12.151-).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:46
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Luo
- 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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