Katikalepuke, katikatobeke (About to snap, about to break)

Title: Katikalepuke, katikatobeke (About to snap, about to break)
Performer / Recordist: Isaac Matafwana and Sunkutu; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Ambo (Zambia); Folk songs, Bemba; Topical songs
Description / content note: The words are mostly in Bemba with a little Swahili here and there. "About to snap, about to break. Leave me by myself, so that I can enjoy the pleasure of it. Let the others indulge in their eartly pleasures. Don't worry about them. I like my girl because she dresses well." Topical song with guitar and bottle.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: bemba
Place of recording: Africa -- Zambia Mufulira
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR0023; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:00
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/10962/135125