Mmamathlwane (The Bat)

Title: Mmamathlwane (The Bat)
Performer / Recordist: Large group of Hurutshe women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Bat, it is not impossible for it to flutter around." This song may be sung on any party occassion, but is more particularly associated with the girls' return from initiation school. Song for girls returning from initiation, with clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Hurutshe
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Motswedi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0113; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:03:05
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/10962/165529