- Title
- Bilumbu
- Creator
- Luba/Hemba men and women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Songs, Luba-Lulua
- Subject
- Luba (African people)
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Kongolo f-cg
- Date Issued
- 1952
- Date
- 1952
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183977
- Identifier
- vital:44104
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR183-11
- Description
- The singers of this item had come north, down the Lualaba river ans were over 400 miles from their home in Kongolo, near the junction of the Lualaba with its tributory which drains the overflow flood waters from Lake Tanganyika. This simple repetitive song is similar to many others associated with divination - the repititions in themselves exercising a kind of hypnotic effect suited to teh occassion. Song and dance for herbalist or diviner, with 2 goblet drums, with mirlitons and closed, and rattles (-12.54-)
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:48
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Luba
- 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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