Ishetlhana e Tswerwe ke seokamo
Item
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Title
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Ishetlhana e Tswerwe ke seokamo
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Description / content note
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The singers had just come back from initiation school. Here they use floor polish instead of the traditional red ochre with which to stain themselves. Several of them looked like Nilo Hamite men from Kenya and some of their songs also suggested the modality of those Northern tribes coincidence perhaps, but noticable. "The brown cow is held, caught and held prisoner and stands there all day. The other cows are also held fast in the same way. The brown yearling, our father's cow, ruled over nations while held flat." The words are allusive and symbolic. Male initiation song performed while in the veld.
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Publisher
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
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Date issued / published
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1959
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Identifier
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TR0107
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1
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Is Format Of
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Analog reel item
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Duration (time)
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00:03:02
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File format
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wav
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Sample Rate
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15 ips reel
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Digitisation (original)
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96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
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Studer B67 Recorder
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Sound Forge V.6
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Rights Holder
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International Library of African Music
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License
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Access Rights
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Public
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Is Part Of
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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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Format
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audio/mp3
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Genre
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field recordings