Ilele dona rabavu

Title: Ilele dona rabavu
Performer / Recordist: Elias Silaule and group of 7 Shangaan men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Tsonga; Ronga language; Tsonga (African people); Folk music
Description / content note: "The people in Johannesburg must hear this song." This kind of recitative singing is typical of the whole Shangaan or Tsonga group of sub-tribes. It is cleverly performed and demands a good memory and plenty of reharsal. In the words, it must prove an effective recreation for the performers or else they would not expend so much creative energy and time upon perfecting their performances. Topical song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ronga
Place of recording: Africa -- Mozambique Manica, (Near Lourenco Marques)
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR074; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:31
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/10962/153105