Phatshwa bolela (Tell us, black and white ox)

Title: Phatshwa bolela (Tell us, black and white ox)
Performer / Recordist: Rantana Dinake and a large group of men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Ngwaketse (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Black and white ox, tell us where the trampled grass has been swept away. The grass which was carried awayby the water." In the words of this song, the rain clouds are likened to a black and white ox. The rain has beaten down the grass and swept away the debris of broken stalks. Where? A good example of the poetic imagery typical of some Tswana poetry. Rain 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: TR0109; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:20
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/10962/162790