Khonou e ea kga thamo (The brown ox swings its dewlap)

Title: Khonou e ea kga thamo (The brown ox swings its dewlap)
Performer / Recordist: Tshekoeng Mokgosi and 4 men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "The brown ox swings its dewlap, do not swing your dewalp, brown ox! It comes rushing along, swinging its dewalp, brown ox. The yellow ox swings its dewalp, do not swing your dewalp, brown ox! It comes rushing along and swinging its dewalp, brown ox." One woman started the song and was stopped by her friend who took over. The pitch of the song was gradually raised. Threshing song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Tlharo
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Disaneng
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0111; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:16
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/10962/164763