Ha ke a ota kenamphane (I am so thin

Title: Ha ke a ota kenamphane (I am so thin
Performer / Recordist: Mahehlohonolo Lebesa and Maletsoara Johane and Sotho women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Sotho; Sotho (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "I am very thin because I am always walking. I will take a train to the Free State and I will remember Chief Semapa. Mother Mantsala, you should protect me. I have a beautiful blanket, one that is very washable. You only find such a blanket at Leribe which is my home. In Chief Molapo's country among the mountains. I will now stop, I am stopping." Hoeing song
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Sotho
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Lesotho Maseru
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0103; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:30
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Provenance: 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/10962/161696