He rea nyadiwa (We are despised)

Title: He rea nyadiwa (We are despised)
Performer / Recordist: Serakalala Abotseng and group of 35 men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Ngwaketse (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "We are despised although we are despised. Were are the bullets fired when cattle are captured. Makau wee!" "Makau wee!" is a regimental shout. The official praise is known as Mmoki. Sung when returning from a lion hunt. The following Maboko were spoken in honour of Chief Bathoen II, the present Chief Magogodi Mmolaeatshephe (the man who kills a serpent), spoke the Chief's praises. Hunting song
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Ngwaketse
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Botswana Kanye
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0108; 12
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:06:22
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/10962/162591