- Title
- Tsepe mpolaye
- Title
- Hoe, kill me
- Creator
- Small group of Pedi women with hoes
- Creator
- Four Pedi women
- Creator
- Tracey, Hugh
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Pedi (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music--South Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa South Africa Bushbuck Ridge f-sa
- Date Issued
- 1963
- Date
- 1963
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/189222
- Identifier
- vital:44828
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR195-11
- Description
- There are several songs of this nature to be found in Africa where the newly married girl is accused by her sister-in-law of being lazy and not doing her share of the hard work, such as hoeing in the fields. Here among the Pedi as elsewhere the women are the agricultural labourers. "Hoe kill me. My in-laws say I am lazy. And I am useless. Hoe kill me." Hoeing song
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:25
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Pedi
- 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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