Rungano rgwe rombe (The story of the minstrel)

Title: Rungano rgwe rombe (The story of the minstrel)
Performer / Recordist: Robin Magiriri; 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: The story teller is a nephew of the chief Takawarasha. One day when a hungry minstrel waswalking through the country he found a woman spreading her mealie meal in the sun and asked her for some of it. She said "I cannot do so or I will be beaten tonight", "Who will beat you?" he asked. She said "My mother", So he sang what had happened so that she would be persuaded to change her mind and give him some.
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; 19
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:16
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/10962/154658