- Title
- Onyiego Obara
- 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 Kasipul f-ke
- Date Issued
- 1950
- Date
- 1950
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178075
- Identifier
- vital:42905
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR167-06
- Description
- "When Onyiego Obara invited me to play my lyre at his house there was a large audience. I was surprised for I had never been to town before." The lyre is played horizontally with the bowl and one arm resting on the floor. It is held in this position by the left hand over the top of the upper arm of the lyre and by the foot. Topical song with Thum 8 string lyre, legs bells (-12.55-) and Oduong toe ring (-12.151-).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:28
- 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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