He ba bua kgethwa baeme (They thrash skins)

Title: He ba bua kgethwa baeme (They thrash skins)
Performer / Recordist: Tweleve Kwena men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Kwena (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "They thrash skins. Early in the morning with the marks of strips on their backs." The translation is doubtful. It appears that flagellation forms an important part of Tswana men's initiation rites. Male initiation song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Kwena
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Botswana Molepolole
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0109; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:37
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/10962/162826