Uzubale kakukhle (Write nicely)

Title: Uzubale kakukhle (Write nicely)
Performer / Recordist: Iqela Labavumi bakwa Zwelitsha (Zwelitsha Choral Society); Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Xhosa; Wedding music
Description / content note: "Write nicely in the register, because the marriage certificate is going to be sent to a far country." (i.e. Pretoria). This song is sung when the bride and groom are signing the register - it goes on - "We see here two clans or all various members of the tribe gathered together. Wedding 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; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:47
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/10962/135763