- Title
- Mpenzi wangu umepotea mjini
- Creator
- Lang Obiero and group of five Luo men
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Folk music--Kenya
- Subject
- Luo (Kenya and Tanzanian people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Kenya Kisumu f-ke
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178847
- Identifier
- vital:42992
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR168-12
- Description
- "My love you are lost in the town. My love here are my last words, I am not bound to say them but I do, because I know what love is. I know you so well. And all the troubles of love too I know. My love you have killed me. Come and heal me, Mary Arabia. You have not cured me of my love and my trouble. You did not choose to heal me, nor did you dream of it when you were aleep. I miss you for you are lost in the town. And now my sister Reda, we have loved each other for a long time. And now, because we are parting, I wish you happiness and beg you to answer me." The singers are all Luo, but sing this item in Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa. Town dance, with 4 guitars and a rattle.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:55
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Luo
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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