Musikana ne Jaya (Girl and Boy)

Title: Musikana ne Jaya (Girl and Boy)
Performer / Recordist: Stephen R. Gumbo; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Karanga (African people); Folk songs, Shona; Folk music; Africa Zimbabwe Fort Victoria, Southern Rhodesia
Description / content note: A lad is proposing to a girl, bhut she says, "You are to late, I am going to marry someone else." But he goes on pressing his suit. She says, "You must pay lobola if you want me, you must give six cows." At the end she says, "You must swear then, if you want me." Humorous song with Mbira.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Shona; Karanga
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR080; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:27
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/10962/154150