Hela libenche (Hey, benches)

Title: Hela libenche (Hey, benches)
Performer / Recordist: Malefetsane Mosese and large group of men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Sotho; Sotho (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Hey, benches. Hey, lelingoana, benches are just enough for the Chiefs. I have no sister. I swearby stones. I swear by a rock of flint stone. Machache, Makotoko's place, Metolong. Machache is slippery because of the smoothness of the flat stones (slate). Remove your dress from the railway line, vagabond." Metolong, place near Machache. Lengae men's initiation 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: TR0106; 5
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:58
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/10962/162220