Rungano rgwe nerera (Story of the orphan girl in the cave)

Title: Rungano rgwe nerera (Story of the orphan girl in the cave)
Performer / Recordist: Rufashas and friend; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk music--Zimbabwe; Karanga (African people); Folk songs, Shona; Folk music; Africa Zimbabwe Takawarasha, Chibi District, Southern Rhodesia
Description / content note: A variation of a story collected at Gutu and eleswhere. It tells of a girl who was locked in a cave and whose brother brought her food every day. He used to sing a special song by which she recognised him and opened the door. But a hyena had been hiding nearby and observed all this. And one day he impersonated the brother and sang his song. The girl opened the door and the hyena ate her up. Stroy with song.
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: TR082; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:09
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/10962/154577