Tlhaba we re tsena bene kakwe rea (We stab)

Title: Tlhaba we re tsena bene kakwe rea (We stab)
Performer / Recordist: Group of men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Kwena (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "We stab, we enter. This is the song of the Kwena." All these songs were led by different soloists. It is difficult to obtain an adequate translation of an initiation song as they appear to be couched in mysterious and highly idiomatic terms. This song is used also as a fighting song. 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; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:33
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/10962/162835