Tsa eja setsi

Title: Tsa eja setsi
Performer / Recordist: Group of Sotho men and small Sotho boys (Performers); Composer not specified; Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--South Africa; Folk songs, Sotho
Description / content note: The spirited re-enaction of a mouse-hunt was performed by a group of middle-aged Sotho men, who had all gone mouse-hunting in their youth as herdboys. One sat on the ground, stabbing at imaginery mice, whilst the others encouraged him with shouts and cries-indicating in which direction the mouse had gone. It got away.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Southern Sotho
Place of recording: Africa -- South Africa Matatiele
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR018; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:46
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134196