Yekhwela sekhwele (Get on, let us get on the bus)

Title: Yekhwela sekhwele (Get on, let us get on the bus)
Performer / Recordist: Tsembani Kunene; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Swazi; Folk music; Africa Eswatini Entonjeni, Pigg's Peak
Description / content note: This song is said to be sung by the Swaziz recurited for the mines on their way to join. The bow was stressed, the two segments being 35" and 39" long, the longer, more bass, note being held uppermost. Self delectative song with Makweyana bow, stressed and gourd resonated.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swati
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR072; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:28
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/10962/152851