Benoni

Title: Benoni
Performer / Recordist: Olive Alexander,Russel Planga; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Xhosa
Description / content note: The soloist was Olive Alexander, the girl says:- "My mother doesn't like me, my father only cares for the cattle he will get for my lobola, my brother never brings me any clothes. So I will go to Benoni and stay with the Sotho and Zulu, I'll make friends there and life will be much gayer." Topical song with dance band.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Xhosa
Place of recording: Africa -- South Africa Grahamstown
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR027; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:50
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/10962/135992