International Library of African Music

Intsimbi ka Ntiskana (Ntsikana's bells and Ntsikana's song)

Item

Title

Intsimbi ka Ntiskana (Ntsikana's bells and Ntsikana's song)

Performer / Recordist

Iqela Labavumi bakwa Zwelitsha (Zwelitsha Choral Society),Bokwe, S. T.,Bekwe, J. K.

Tracey, Hugh

Subject

Folk music--Africa

Folk songs, Xhosa

Music--Religious aspects

Description / content note

Ntsikana was the first Christian convert of the Xhosa tribes. "The song was chanted by Ntsikana regularly at dawn of day, standing at his hut door, summoning the people to morning prayer. As people gathered they joined in the strains, adding different parts. Extracts taken from the songbook "Amaculo ase Lovedale.", published by the Lovedale Press.- It is notable that Ntsikana had never heard a church bell. The tune is of African origin. Religious descriptive chant and song.

Type / form

sound recordings

field recordings

sound recording-musical

Language

Xhosa

Place of recording

Africa -- South Africa King Williams Town

Publisher

International Library of African Music (ILAM)

Date recorded

1957

Date issued / published

1957

Identifier

TR026

1

Is Format Of

Analog reel item

Duration (time)

00:05:34

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/10962/135727

Item sets

Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series