Kgatha shoewanene (We have driven the guinea fowl)
Item
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Title
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Kgatha shoewanene (We have driven the guinea fowl)
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Description / content note
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"We men, we have driven the guinea fowl into the ruined, deserted kraal. We have driven it, we have driven it. We did, we drove it to the deserted kraal." This song is now used for threshing. Initiation is no longer practised in this district but the similarity in the wording of this song to the one recorded at Kanye seems to confirm its having been an initiation song originally. It is the general custom among the Tswana people for guinea fowl to be hunted by the younger men and then given to the older men. Threshing song.
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Publisher
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
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Date issued / published
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1959
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Identifier
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TR0111
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2
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Is Format Of
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Analog reel item
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Duration (time)
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00:02:27
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File format
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wav
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Sample Rate
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15 ips reel
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Digitisation (original)
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96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
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Studer B67 Recorder
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Sound Forge V.6
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Rights Holder
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International Library of African Music
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License
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Access Rights
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Public
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Is Part Of
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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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Format
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audio/mp3
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Genre
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field recordings