Kurarwe (The railway)

Title: Kurarwe (The railway)
Performer / Recordist: Stephen Runeso 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: The performer calls out to the people who are supposed to be travelling on the various 'specials' either trains or buses announcing the different stations and destinations. Fort Victoria to Salisbury, Fort Victoria to Johannesburg or Bulawayo to Salisbury and so on. Stephen Gumbo himself works on the Southern Rhodesian railways. Humorous song with Kalimba (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: TR081; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:17
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/10962/154283