- Title
- Sekokodia pula wee (We humbly implore rain)
- Creator
- Large group of women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk songs, Tswana
- Subject
- Tswana (African people)
- Subject
- Ngwaketse (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Botswana Kanye f-bs
- Date Issued
- 1959
- Date
- 1959
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162799
- Identifier
- vital:40984
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR0109-07
- Description
- "We humbly implore rain, oh, may it rain! If it rains, we shall rejoice." The land belongs to the chief so they bring him the first fruits and a portion is returned to them of which they make beer and also bring some of it to the Chief. This song and others like it, are sung when they drink the beer themselves. This beer is drunk at the Chief's Kgotla. Rain song.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:03:01
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Tswana/Ngwaketse
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- 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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