Sore Cherono
- Authors: Small Kipsigis girls , not specified , Composer not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-09-15
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/227944 , vital:49503 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR2156 , XYZ5522b
- Description: One of two topical songs with small Kipsigis girls
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-09-15
Sore cherono
- Authors: Small Kipsigis girls , Folk , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Folk Music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya City not specified f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/299589 , vital:57832 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , TP2077-XYZ5522b
- Description: Indigenous music
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Sore cherono
- Authors: Kipsigis girls , Hugh Tracey
- Date: 1950
- Subjects: Kipsigis (African people) , Folk music--Kenya , Folk music , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya Kapkatet f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/177683 , vital:42846 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , TR165-14
- Description: This song "I go for Cherono" is about a woman who went to fetch a girl called Cherono and was met on the path. When asked what she was doing she replied "Sore cherono". This word Sore "I go for" sounds like the English word 'sorry' and now implies a double meaning, as the English word has slipped into the local language. The girls were doing a jerky little dance as they sang which is reflected in their singing. Children anywhere are usually poor subjects for recording and there are no exception. These two items are included to show how small Kipsigis girls perform Both songs show a possibility of school (foreign) influence. Topical song
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950
Udo-udo-ee
- Authors: Bekyibei A. Mosonik , not specified , Tracey, Hugh
- Date: 1950-09-15
- Subjects: Popular music--Africa , Field recordings , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa Kenya city not specified f-ke
- Language: Kipsigis
- Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/227971 , vital:49506 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , Hugh Tracey Commercial Records, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa , CR2156 , XYZ5535a
- Description: One of two goat milking songs
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1950-09-15