Kgosi boa-a Kegakilwe bakgosi boa (Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us)

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Title: Kgosi boa-a Kegakilwe bakgosi boa (Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us)
Performer / Recordist: Dintsa Marumolo and about 60 young men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Sotho; Folk songs, Tswana; Sotho-Tswana languages; Tswana (African people); Sotho (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: A most interesting song which may well reflect something of the perplexity of the Tswana who have failed as yet to adjust themselves to the 20th century. "Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us. Oh, we are afraid of the Europeans. We are afraid of their language. The young men all, all are afraid of the Europeans. Oh! where shall we escape to?" Male initiation song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Rolong
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Lesotho Tshidilamolomo
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0107; 3
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:04:18
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/10962/162392

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

Kgosi boa-a Kegakilwe bakgosi boa (Chief Kegakilwe, the chieftainship is leaving us)

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